One thing i do when i try to sleep is i just like jump(kinda when someone sneaks behind you and then just yells something) sometimes when i'm about to fall asleep, it happens because, well idk.
when i try to sleep. i imagine things the way i want to. for example if i want to like be the coolest kid in school. i think of me as the cool kid. i beat the other bullies and have tons of gf.
Well, I read in this one magazine that you can try counting from 1 to whatever, just until you fall asleep. don't try it, it's bogus because it actually stimulates your mind more. even if you fall asleep, you're not likely to have a very good sleep.
I do many weird things, one time I flopped around randomly like a fish till I grew tired, one time I listened to some stupid stories on CD and grew so bored..., another I Put on a fan and held my eyes open in front of it for along time, that worked really well
I talk to myself about anything and everything until I start to fall asleep, not loudly or anything, just softly and quietly. I have a personal explantion for why we jump, by that I mean it's just what I interpret the jump to be. I've always believed it to be my soul or spirit returning back to me. I've felt that when we sleep it's like giving our soul a chance to rest as well, like a brief recharge, but when something bad or terrible happens our soul returns to us and it hits us so hard we jump...I know it sounds dumb but thats what I think the jump is...