The Nuance

Why Are Some People So Good at Falling Asleep?

And if you’re not one of those people, what you can learn from them

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
5 min readNov 7, 2019
Illustration: Kieran Blakey

TThe metaphor of “falling” asleep is a good one; it suggests a change from one state to another that is largely out of one’s control. While some people’s nightly tumble into sleep is quick and effortless, for others it can be…

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a long-time contributor at TIME and other media orgs. I write mostly about health. I grew up in Michigan, but these days I live in southwest Germany.