A content creator revealed how his body reacted after trying a military sleep method, which is said to help soldiers fall asleep in even the most inhospitable conditions.
The step-by-step method is actually quite easy to follow and you can try it at home if you're having some trouble sleeping, with it taking just 'two minutes'.
How to do the military sleep method
Essentially, all you need to do is get into a comfortable position and focus on your breathing.
Then, you'll slowly relax every bit of your body, from your cheek muscles down to your toes, with the end goal of shutting down completely.
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Once you're completely relaxed, take deep breaths and imagine yourself in a peaceful setting, whether that be by the beach on holiday, or in a canoe on a lake.
But if this doesn't work, repeat 'don't think' to yourself in your head until you drift off.
This is exactly what YouTuber Browney did - the creator has over seven million subscribers and often pushes his body to do a number of different challenges for videos, though this may be one of the easier tasks he's carried out.
In a video titled 'I Tried The 10 Most Extreme Sleep Methods', the Dutch social media personality tried to carry out a few famous sleep methods, with the military sleep method being one of them.
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He took a while to get to sleep but noted that visualising 'don't think' as big letters in his head helped him doze off, before waking up the next morning.
The results
Keeping track of his vitals and sleep stats for each method, Browney - whose real name is Stan Bruininck - explained: "This was interesting, I slept for seven hours 45 minutes, [had] a resting heart rate of 45 beats per minute and my restorative sleep was decent/average," as his average bpm is 46.
He continued: "It wasn't two minutes but it took me less than five minutes to understand this method and fall asleep, next time I struggle falling asleep this is the method that I will try 100 percent next."
Members of Browney's team also gave it a go, with two out of three giving the method a thumbs up, finding it helpful when trying to fall asleep.
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The other however, said it was b******t, though Browney explained to him that it could be because he hasn't had trouble falling asleep in the past and this method could benefit those that struggle to make it to Dreamland.
Joshua Nair