why does it take time to fall asleep and we can’t force it consciously?

Question

Other brain activities like focusing, reading, remembering and so on, can be triggered actively whenever we want, but we can’t decide when we fall asleep. Besides some specific conditions must be fulfilled, like being tired, in a relaxing position, appropriate light…

In: Biology

Answer 1

Electromagnetic signals have a huge impact on your ability to fall asleep as well. For a long time, I have had issues to fall asleep. After talking to my doctor, I removed all electronics out of the bed room (yes, all of them: TV, cells phones, tablets, radios, etc.). I even went with the good old mechanical alarm clock. After a couple of days, I noticed that I was able to fall asleep within 5 minutes, which would usually take me 1 hour. A lot of environmental influences can impact our ability to fall asleep.