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<\/p>\nIf you’re a victim of disturbed sleep, you could be in luck.\u00a0For\u00a0one doctor believes he may have solved the mystery.<\/p>\n
A simple one-minute ‘effective trick’ could\u00a0help calm the nerves in seconds \u2014 by ‘fooling’ the body into thinking it is relaxed.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0Dr Joe Whittington, a US-based emergency room medic,\u00a0taking control of your eye movement by focusing on a single object can help restore calm.<\/p>\n
In a TikTok video watched more than 20,000 times, he urged people to trying the method, known as the ‘Infinity Tracing Technique’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This involves putting a finger up into the air and tracing the infinity symbol slowly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dr Joe said: ‘Brain won’t shut up at night? Do you ever lay in bed at night overthinking all of the embarrassing things you’ve done since childhood? Same.<\/p>\n
‘As you’re tracing this infinity symbol, you’re going to just follow it with you eyes \u2014 only your eyes.<\/p>\n
‘What this does is activate your vestibular center which is involved with your balance and eye movements.’<\/p>\n
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According to Dr Joe Whittington, a US-based emergency room medic, taking control of your eye movement by focusing on a single object can help restore calm<\/p>\n
According to the NHS<\/a> the vestibular system \u2014 located within the inner ear \u2014\u00a0is stimulated by movement up or down, backward or forwards, and around or over.<\/p>\n Focusing on gentle, slow and predictable movements are just one of the techniques, the health service suggests to calm a sensitive vestibular system.\u00a0<\/p>\n While the method isn’t a replacement for professional support, many praised Dr Whittington’s advice to ease the nightly onslaught of overthinking.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Didn\u2019t realize why I did this.. but it makes sense now,’ one TikTok<\/a> user said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Others also compared it to\u00a0Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy,\u00a0a psychological treatment that’s been found to reduce the symptoms of PTSD.<\/p>\n ‘That\u2019s almost the same thing as EMDR. Science behind it is fascinating!’, another wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘DIY EMDR therapy,’ a second said, with a third adding: ‘Sounds like the same science behind EMDR therapy’.<\/p>\n EMDR is recommended by\u00a0NHS watchdog the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to help treat PTSD alongside other talking therapies.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sleep deprivation\u00a0can lead to obesity, memory loss, diabetes, heart disease, heightened and unstable emotions, impaired ability to learn and a reduced immune response, leaving you vulnerable to disease<\/p>\n While the method isn’t a replacement for professional support, many praised Dr Whittington’s advice to ease the nightly onslaught of overthinking<\/p>\n It uses one of two ways to process memories \u2014 moving your eyes from side to side or tapping from side to side.\u00a0<\/p>\n This is believed to stimulate either side of your brain in an alternating left-right fashion to help you access your subconscious mind and process what is stored in there and how it affects you.\u00a0<\/p>\n People often take around 10 to 20 minutes normally to nod off after turning off the lights, the Sleep Foundation say.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Last year, a study found\u00a0that around one in six Brits suffer insomnia, yet 65 per cent never seek help for their sleep problem.<\/p>\n The poll of 2,000 people, by The Sleep Charity, found\u00a0nine in ten experience some sort of sleep problem, while one in two engage in high-risk or dangerous behaviours when unable to sleep.<\/p>\n Poor sleep has been linked to a number of health problems, including cancer<\/a>, stroke and infertility.\u00a0<\/p>\n Experts have long advised that waking up during the night does not necessarily mean you have insomnia, which figures suggest affects up to 14million Brits<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Sleep](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/78475367-14591519-Sleep_deprivation_can_lead_to_obesity_memory_loss_diabetes_heart-a-1_1744278916911.jpeg\")
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