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1. Read the Bible. Or the encyclopedia. Or anything that is interesting and requires concentration but is not whiz-bang exciting.

2. Don't do or watch anything exciting right before bed. See #1.

Regarding hallucinations: True story. Once I had this vivid nightmare that my wife was a vampire. I woke up yelling, and she of course tried to calm me down and get me to go back to sleep. Yeah, right, like that was gonna happen! Hey, I've SEEN the movies, baby! So I lay there for an hour watching her sleep. Finally I realized how silly I was being and fell asleep myself. Naturally, the next morning I was her bloodless zombie slave. Going on 23 years now.