# I've discovered a gross way to fall asleep **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528 "2018-02-09T17:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/1 "2018-02-09T17:22:12Z")
How can anyone resist a thread title like this? I’ve had acne for decades and am a professional picker/popper. I stumbled onto the “Dr. Pimple Popper” YouTube channel last week; she’s a dermatologist who records and posts zit procedures. This week I’ve been watching her vids when I’m in bed and they lull me to sleep in about 20 minutes. Given that it usually takes me up to two hours to fall asleep, this has been great – it’s very cathartic seeing juicy blackheads and grody zits spew their contents. Maybe I’ve discovered a new kind of meditation or even religion! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/2 "2018-02-09T17:29:30Z")
You’re a loony. A gross loony. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/3 "2018-02-09T17:33:09Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > You’re a loony. > > A gross loony. > > 😃 I can own this. BTW, why don’t I have our emoticon menu when I post from my phone? I really need them for this thread! 😵 ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/4 "2018-02-09T17:34:48Z")
I think it’s more the structure of the videos rather than the content themselves. That is, it’s probably because you’re watching something where the content is repetitive without a linear structure. I do something similar, but with yoga videos. It gives my brain something to focus on without having to think too much about it. And if I doze or space out for an interval, my brain doesn’t realize there was a gap. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/5 "2018-02-09T17:40:24Z")
I would think this would just be a gross way to keep you on a diet. It would certainly kill cravings for anything creme filled. Much like I discovered I can’t eat and watch **Hoarders**. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/6 "2018-02-09T17:49:42Z")
Go watch abscess draining videos, you’ll be out in 5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/7 "2018-02-09T17:56:35Z")
You need your own show about people who watch pimple popping shows to go to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/8 "2018-02-09T18:06:01Z")
I do wonder if it’s your brain thinking “If I go to sleep, I can stop watching this!” Since I started CPAP, I often fall asleep before I can get my mask on. I know it’s my brain avoiding it, because it used to take me ages… now, I’ll conk out even sitting on the edge of the bed before I put That Contraption on. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/9 "2018-02-09T18:06:33Z")
I watch unsuspecting rodents get shot straight through the brain as a sleep-inducing aid. It’s a youtube channel devoted to pest control, and it’s filmed in England. Invasive grey squirrels are lured in to a feeder, and then shot. The narrator/hunter has a calm, pleasant delivery. It’s a little like listening to those restrained, understated English sports announcers who cover Wimbledon or golf tournaments. It sends me right to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/10 "2018-02-09T21:03:38Z")
You know, some people pop _pills_ to go to sleep… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/11 "2018-02-09T22:00:28Z")
> [@Grumbacher\_Red](#): > > Much like I discovered I can’t eat and watch **Hoarders**. OMG Yes. The worst is when they cook something for themselves in one of those raunchy kitchens. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/12 "2018-02-09T22:23:09Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > You need your own show about people who watch pimple popping shows to go to sleep. Actually, Dr. Pimple Popper has a new show (on TLC, I think ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-discovered-a-gross-way-to-fall-asleep/808528/13 "2018-02-09T23:18:48Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > OMG Yes. The worst is when they cook something for themselves in one of those raunchy kitchens. I can’t eat while watching Dr. Pol.