
The Cognitive Shuffle for Sleep: A Word Game You Lose
The cognitive shuffle for sleep is a word game you lose on purpose: seed word, letter by letter, random images, until the worry cannot find a storyline.
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The cognitive shuffle for sleep is a word game you lose on purpose: seed word, letter by letter, random images, until the worry cannot find a storyline.

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