Hello there
Welcome to the sleep clinic
I'm so happy you decided to volunteer today
We're doing a very exciting, or should I say relaxing experiment
I'm very very happy that you're here.
Let me run through what I'm going to do with you.
So with me today I have a myriad of items that are going to be used on you to trigger your relaxation
If you feel any sort of tingles or euphoria or just general sleepiness, that's what we're going for and you can let me know.
Feel free to fall asleep during this test.
I will be taking your blood pressure before and after the entire test, but other than that
I have you hooked up.
to some non evasive
tools
Sorry, there's a-.
Okay. And that will give us all the information that we need so all you need to do is sit back and relax.
We have over 10
Triggers I would like to try on you.
Does that sound okay?
Great. Well.
First things first
Let me test you blood pressure, okay?
Let me put my clipboard down.
Okay.
This is going to go around your arm okay?
Okay.
Is that steady?
Good good. Very good.
This...Goes there...
Okay.
Very good.
See, that was easy!
And you won't see this again until the very end of the test.
So if you have
fallen asleep by then
all the better.
So before you can truly enjoy these triggers, let's get you comfortable.
Sorry 'bout my instruments
Alright.
So in you bed at home do you have a twin, a full, a queen, or a king?
And would you say that your mattress is on the softer or the firmer side?
Do you use, how many blankets do you use?
sheets, and then do you use a blanket or comforter or quilt?
okay.
Then how many pillows do you sleep with?
Okay
Do you tend to sleep on your side, on your back, on your stomach, or a combo?
I see
And how many hours do you sleep at night?
You can do the weekday if that's more normal for you.
The weekday and how about the weekend?
Okie doke.
So.
I have for you
This pillow
And this ...
feel it
This is a combo latex pillow
It is extremely soft
And it is very malleable to your head.
If you squish it down it will pop right back up unlike those Tempur-Pedic beds or pillows
Okay, so
You can keep your pillow right behind your head
And I also have ...
Your robe
So this is a very very plush robe
just for you
ya
feel it
So you can put this on while I get the first test ready.
Okay
So let's prepare for the first trigger.
The first one I would like you to do today is the simple hand movement trigger.
So I want to do the visual triggers first
because if you fall asleep, um, I won't be able to gauge your reaction to them.
So I would like to do some hand movements.
And I will have you complete some simple tasks such as following my finger.
Okay great.
So you could just concentrate on my hands.
getting close to your face
but not being too invasive
you can let me know if you're uncomfortable with anything
in this entire process, okay?
by studying the effects ...
of personal attention
and concentration
as well as the understudied "art" you can say of visual stimulation
instead of the use of sounds
I'm not going to spend too much time on every trigger.
because I would like you to get the full effect
but just enough
Okay
okay
now
what I would like you to do
is simply follow
my finger okay?
just with your eyes you don't have to move your head okay
there we go
this way
up
good
and down
and over here
and over here
and I'm going to go a little bit closer to you
good
and good job
okay
there we go
okay
perfect job
let me mark that
Do you have any feedback about that trigger?
On a scale from one to ten?
okay
very good
So the rest of the triggers are going to be very sound-based.
So what I'm going to do ...
... is hook you up with one of these ...
... incredibly relaxing ...
... headphone sets.
Now I have two options for you.
This first option
in the pink
is a lighter material
and this black pair
is thicker and and it's fleece-y
so these
are the sleep phones
Pajamas for your ears
It's very aptly put
So if you've had trouble
with earbuds or headphones, not being able to lie on your side while you're trying to listen to something to relax or fall asleep
this is your solution
I personally use these every single night
So this option is actually the corded option which means it's attached just like regular headphones
with a jack
but, you can get bluetooth ones etc. etc. if cords aren't your style
and then inside
there's a right
and a left speaker
so it goes over your head like a headband
and sits snuggly
on your ears
I'm just going to put it over your head like this
and make sure
that the speakers
line up to your ears
they're completely flat when you lay down
side to side
