Why can’t we go to sleep on demand like how we are controlling other parts of the body?

Question

We can stop breathing when we want to. We can also “tell” our body to do what we want such as moving, holding, typing, etc. So why can’t we just “tell” our brain to go to sleep immediately instead of having to wait for it to fall asleep.

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Answer 1

My wife does, she can fall asleep at the flip of a switch. We can be talking one second and she is snoring the next. Makes me jealous actually, i usually toss and turn for at least 30 minutes before i fall asleep.