[svachalek]

From your description it may be acting as a placebo -- the act of putting the pill into your mouth is what tells your subconscious to activate a sleep cycle.

[zeroonetwothree]

Placebos are actually very effective for improving sleep

[fc417fc802]

If you call it a ritual instead of a placebo it suddenly sounds much more credible.

[brewdad]

But a ritual sounds like something they practiced in the Middle Ages. Placebo sounds modern and scientific.

[echoangle]

Don’t jinx it

[VagabundoP]

placebo works whether you believe or not and even if you know.

They are very powerful.

[echoangle]

It’s less than if you don’t know though, right?