text: my bodies tired but my mind seems restless, how can i go to sleep?   self hypnotize yourself to sleep. close your eyes. picture a place that makes you the most happy..mountains,beach,green pastures, something you can picture in detail. then begin to 'build' it in your mind. begin with things closest to you and then work outwards, and as you imagine outwards imagine yourself moving slowly forward. it helps if you think the sentence"slowly i walk....." as you move outwards.  best way to describe it is for me to tell you mine i guess. i imagine the sky dark,the only light being the moon..it's full. i hear the ocean as it comes in and out. slowly i walk toward it feeling cool sand on my bare feet. i creep closer and closer to the shoreline. first just my toes get submerged in the warm water, then my calves(you have to actually see and hear your imagery it'll take practice before you can do it real good.) long imagery short i eventually end up fully submerged and swim slowly to the very bottom of the water where there is a small pin prick of light (the pinprick of light is important you need it in yours too) i slowly make my way to it and as i move closer it gets gradually bigger. if i'm still awake after i reach it i imagine going through it until i am on the other side which is sky blue and i 'float' through the air. you have to make your senses cooperate with you...hearing smelling and feeling everything imagined. this really works and it's a technique i read in a book years ago when i was younger. can't remember the book just the technique. it puts me to sleep every time and everyone i have shared it with has found peaceful slumber also. oh big detail make sure your room is quiet and dark unless the dark bothers you.