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psychological disorders are diagnosed and the sleep problems disappear after their medical
treatment and healing.
By many researchers who deal with sleep disorders, attention is drawn again and again to certain
rules for a reasonable sleep hygiene. This includes the design of the sleeping environment and the
daily routine, the natural sleep-wake cycle and the behavioral recommendations for the night. If you
have difficulties falling asleep, please take the following precautions.
• Don’t drink caffeinated drinks such as coffee, black tea or cola after lunch
• Never use alcohol as a sleep aid
• Avoid the use of appetite suppressants
• Do not eat heavy meals in the evening
• Decrease your mental and physical exertion before bedtime
• Ensure a pleasant atmosphere in the bedroom
• Ventilate the bedroom well
• Only go to bed when you are tired
• Use the bed only for sleeping and not for reading, drinking, smoking or watching television
• Get up every morning at the same time
• Do not sleep during the day
It proves to be particularly efficient to set up a personal ritual. What this means is to do the same
actions just before bedtime. Examples for this are
• Drink a cup of tea or milk with honey
• Apply cream on a certain part of the body (eg the face)
• Apply an aromatic oil on your cheeks
• Breathe 10 times in and out deeply in front of the open window
Now use the use the Dream Mate. The principle is very simple. By being forced to focus on the
device and to react with a remote control, your thoughts are directed in a certain direction. Other
thoughts are stopped and pondering about unresolved conflicts is interrupted.
Setting up the device
The device projects lines with a random timing on the ceiling or a wall. Place the projector so you can
have a good look on the projection in your sleep position. At best you should look over the tip of your
nose, so you don’t have to open your eyes too wide.
Start of the sleep cycle
Before you reduce or turn off the room lights, please take the remote control in your hand and check
where the control key is located. Now take your sleep position. If you just press the button once now,
the time how long the timer should run appears in the display. The default is 1 minute. If you prefer
a longer period of time, press the button repeatedly until the time starts to flash. Then increase the
interval in 1-minute increments (for detailed information see “To use the sleep function”). When you
are finished, wait until the flashing stops. Now the countdown starts. You can follow the first few
seconds on the display. Then projection changes to lines and you need to continue to count the
seconds in your head. If you think the set time is up, press the button again. Now you see if you were
right. If you should have significantly miscalculated the time, try it again. You will gradually achieve
better results.
You will notice that your eyelids will become heavy. If you feel the need to sleep now, allow yourself
to do so. Do not think about anything else but the numbers. If you find yourself that your mind
wanders away, immediately open your eyes again and start a new sleep cycle. Do not let your brain
begin to brood over any problems! Concentrate only on your sleep cycle and the numbers.
