The Eye Trick A Surgeon Swears By To Fall Back Asleep At 3AM

My insomnia doesn’t show up when I’m falling asleep. Instead, it kicks in when I wake up at 3am – and find it absolutely impossible to nod back off.

I’ve tried “ clock blocking ,” willing myself to stay up at night as a form of “ paradoxical intention ,” and getting enough morning light , to varying degrees of success.

But for surgeon Dr Katelyn Tondo-Steele , the secret to uninterrupted slumber lies in an eye trick.

In an Instagram Reel , she said: “I have no problem falling asleep, but if I get up in the middle of the night, I have a lot of trouble getting back to sleep”.

After seeing a “sleep hack” and testing it, though, she reckons, “if I have tried it 15 times, it’s worked 14″.

The eye trick is very simple

Dr Tondo-Steele says that the move, which is done with your e