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Use a Calming Pre-Sleep Routine

Try to enter sleep as calm as possible. Helpful options mentioned include meditation, deep breathing, a warm bath, prayer, or reading a comforting book. Avoid going to sleep anxious or hyped up, and avoid highly exciting or novelty-heavy content such as stress-inducing video games; choose material that is calming and not too exciting or too boring.

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“But to me, That's the key part is bringing down your sympathetic nervous system before you go to sleep so that your sleep can be adaptive, your locus aureus can shut off like it normally does or should do, and then able to erase the novelty of it.”

Andrew Huberman · Essentials: Use Sleep to Enhance Learning, Memory & Emotional State | Dr. Gina Poe · Sep 3, 2026 · 26:49 · YouTube ↗
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