sleep by phil burns
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Tips For Sleeping
There are many ways to induce sleep.
Well, lots of suggested methods, some of which might even work.
They all start with the same, fairly obvious, advice.
Make yourself comfortable, relax muscles, close eyes, breathe evenly.
The most interesting next move is this.
Think of what you have forgotten.
I find this distressing.
I fear it might give rise to unwelcome, suppressed memories.
If you talk in your sleep, as I do, you might unwittingly blurt out something inappropriate.
And my unfortunate wife would discover what really happened to her predecessor.