Eli5: Why cant we just signal to our brain when we want to fall asleep?

Question

When we lay down at night why our brain does not recognize it and make us fall asleep much easier? Interesting that we have control over so much things but not our own body.

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Answer 1

You can teach your brain to fall asleep anywhere quickly. Navy Seals train to do it I believe. Probably takes awhile to get good at it.