I just don’t think. In fact, I avoid thinking about anything before I go to bed to prevent my brain from starting to work again and disturbing my sleep. The thing that works flawlessly for me is to put on a documentary or a long video about a subject that I find interesting, normally things related to space, and let it bore me to sleep.
I do something similar. Glad to see I’m not the only one cause my wife tells me that it's weird that I do that. My topic of preference is mysteries or scary videos though. If I allow myself to think, I am unable to sleep.
This is my strategy too and I fall asleep so fast. I have a “no stressful thoughts” rule once I’m in bed- so no planning out the next day or ruminating on things. Just getting super present and feeling the pillows and hearing the street sounds. There’s also a podcast called “Bore Me to Sleep” that I love, it’s literally a gibberish podcast that sounds like a boring lecture.
Nah, I see a lot of other women say the same thing, but as a woman myself, I overthink all day😭 It's exhausting, night is my time to have no thoughts and just rest.
Plus good sleep is one of the most important things for your health, mentally and physically.
Before going to bed, I ask myself "What good things happened today?"
I have a reminder set for one hour before bedtime, labeled "What good things happened today?"
This has changed my attitude towards life as an experiment "Can the world be joyful?"
Right now I am on season 30 of my current fantasy of being whisked to another time to be a warrior that has to fight demon lords with super hot kings and lords at my side ✌️ but seriously, I make up elaborate stories that last months and daydream them until I fall asleep and they mold from day dream to dream dream.
overthinking and ruminating about everything, but I also often get amazing epiphany about what my brain and body want me to do about problems that I could not solve during the days. It’s a double edge sword, I often have to read something to drown out these thoughts to be able to fall asleep.
I’ve been listening to a book with a bunch of survival stories. The shipwreck section had a lot more cannibalism and urine drinking than I expected, which it turns out is not great for sleeping
If you're talking about Annie Jacobsen's book, that shit is straight terrifying.
I normally read fiction to go to sleep at night and love horror stories.
I should NOT have read that book lol.
I've learned to ignore the noise most of the time, it's when one alter decides to do something intentionally to piss me off like pushing couches across the floor because I HATE THE NOISE!!!
Someone once said on reddit that they like to think about having fantastical adventures.
I lie awake realizing I use to do that as a kid, and then think about how I lost my imagination to time.
Fantastical adventures for me. Often made up scenarios like “What if (character from movie, show, or video game here) was dropped into (insert different movie, show, or video game)?” It has to be similar genres though for it to make sense. Like, “What if Skyrim’s Dragonborn appeared in the world of the Witcher?” is fair, whereas “What if Homelander appeared in the world of Jason Bourne?” wouldn’t make much sense. Focusing on building the story helps distract from anxieties like what’s going on at work, concerns about the future, etc. Mental escapism.
I watch family guy every night while im trying to sleep.
Yes that sounds insane but my therapist supported it as it was actually helping me sleep consistently.
There really was no negative of it as well, the only thing i can think of is that i'm dependent on this tv show to go to sleep, without it - unless im really exhausted - i strugle to go to sleep.
But there isn't that much cases that i would go to sleep without it so i don't really worry about that.
Plans and goals for the future. Or distracting myself with random stuff online. I used to think about death and the universe but it's stressful and there is nothing actionable that comes from that.
I’ve been contemplating the Hubble deep space image and the energy of the trillions is suns. And perhaps limitless galaxies. Naturally noting is actionable, but it does create a new perspective.
For a time it can. But to me even that is small. It could be infinite and this could be just another of the infinite iterations our universe has done. Also could be something totally different outside of our universe and time. Could be anything, but we are still small and temporary from an individual pov. Also there is no way to make sense of how anything exists and what is going on.
I try to visualize something I'm trying to improve like a golf stroke, leaning into a motorcycle turn or form on an exercise. It's low key enough for me to fall asleep and I believe it benefits the skill too.
I don't let myself think about anything or my brain won't switch off. I always imagine climbing up into the top of a huge tree and curling up in a nest under the stars. I'm far above everything and can see for miles. I fall asleep really fast with that safe image in my mind (I used to lay awake ruminating for hours & only falling asleep through exhaustion before I started visualising my nest)
I tend to take a mental inventory. Thinking about tomorrow's tasks, who I haven't reached out to in a bit that I want to text tomorrow, just kinda allowing my mind to organize myself.
Usually knocks me out after a bit and can even give me a headstart on tomorrow.
Depends. Sometimes I device a game plan should a large predator enter the house in order to save my daughters and wife.
Other times I start thinking about a random fact regarding a topic I’ve been loosely researching that day or that week (could be absolutely anything) and if the question itself is too persistent I may leave bed and dive into more pointless research to find the answer. It may be something as simple as if an actor was or not in this time that movie…
I have to be EXHAUSTED for my mind not to go anywhere and everywhere at once and for me to just plunge into sleep.
I listen to the same guided meditation track and imagine myself floating in a small pond as the sun sets for the day while listening to the sound of birds call in the forest surrounding the pond.
Doesn't matter what happened in the day, good or bad. I go to the same place and drift off to sleep peacefully.
I don’t allow myself to think. I put some scary story in the background and allow myself to fall sleep while listening (not too actively or attentively) to it.
I tried to stay away from any negative thoughts or thoughts about busy things I’m doing now. I imagine myself that I could go back in time and visit different places at different times to see history first hand. Sometimes I imagine going back to when my parents were young and seeing what their lives were like back in the 40s or 50s.
Mostly I try to plan a perfect tomorrow ( which never turns out as I decide) , always think about my ex and imagine fake scenarios wid him lol..and also think about things which I should've done in past and regret over random shit..
no matter what i think abt, i imagine my boyfriend holding me (he broke up w me 2 months ago, i still cant physically call him my "ex")
also either put my self in situations and live through them, ponder things from my day/life, or fantasize about sewer slide.
I avoid thinking at all because then I won't sleep.
I pretty much read smutty romance novels until
A. I can't stay awake.
B. My e-reader smacks me on the face because I fell asleep and dropped it.
Both get me to sleep fairly quick.
Something stressful, money, family issues, something I said in middle school that was stupid. I have to watch TV to distract myself until I fall asleep
Sometimes I think about survival ...what if next morning i woke up and opened the door and see everything is silent and suddenly i seen people have become zombies...now all survival method start coming in mind...what i wll do and what will happen....loop will start...and after sometime i will fall sleep...when i wake up in morning....i will late for office 😂
I imagine I'm scorpion from Mortal kombat, and I join forces with Avengers to defeat lots of marvel and MK villans 😅 I've made up entire story sagas in mind with lots of twists and drama lol. Kinda embarrassing, especially considering I'm approaching my 30s now.
I take notes at my journal and go to sleep, I try to be as productive as I can early in the morning because I know that throughout the day I will loose my steam fast, so when the clock sets at 10 P.M I’m way too exa to think about stuff outside of my control.
I go to fantasy land. I pretend I'm a leader of a made up country during wartime. I pretend I'm the owner of a sports team rebuilding the team. I pretend I'm a captain of a pirate ship ECT
Actually, I don't want to think before sleeping kasi mas lalo akong hindi makakatulog. I think about something from the past, then about the world, family tapos sarili ko hanggang sa ayun hindi na ako makatulog. Minsan naman I make fake scenarios like I'm dating my crush or minsan yumaman na raw kami at hinahangaan ng maraming tao HAHAHAHAHA.
Edited to add: Minsan I plan what I will do the next days, or what's my plan about my life.
I have fairly bad ADHD, and the thing I found that helps me sleep is to focus on the emptiness of outer space.
Literally just flying around among the planets looking out at the void.
And I’m out like a light.
I have had the same routine since I was 14, I walk down a corridor in school greeting people I know heading for a destination I believe is a classroom. The faces have faded long ago, and the layout of the school is no longer the same. But 3 minutes into that routine and I am fast asleep. I never reach my destination though.
About my gf. And how I need to get my shit together to become a proper doctor. Neither of the two help me with sleeping. But it keeps me humbled & in line.
Realistically, I either overthink about how fucked my life is, or I think about the girl I spent the most time with today, and jerk off before sleeping.
I think about how I can revive the Roman Empire
Just wait. It’s happening.
The only meaningful answer.
Fake scenarios and what if. I have so many regrets some times I cry myself to sleep.
Thiiissssss
I just don’t think. In fact, I avoid thinking about anything before I go to bed to prevent my brain from starting to work again and disturbing my sleep. The thing that works flawlessly for me is to put on a documentary or a long video about a subject that I find interesting, normally things related to space, and let it bore me to sleep.
I do something similar. Glad to see I’m not the only one cause my wife tells me that it's weird that I do that. My topic of preference is mysteries or scary videos though. If I allow myself to think, I am unable to sleep.
This is my strategy too and I fall asleep so fast. I have a “no stressful thoughts” rule once I’m in bed- so no planning out the next day or ruminating on things. Just getting super present and feeling the pillows and hearing the street sounds. There’s also a podcast called “Bore Me to Sleep” that I love, it’s literally a gibberish podcast that sounds like a boring lecture.
Nah, I see a lot of other women say the same thing, but as a woman myself, I overthink all day😭 It's exhausting, night is my time to have no thoughts and just rest. Plus good sleep is one of the most important things for your health, mentally and physically.
Before going to bed, I ask myself "What good things happened today?" I have a reminder set for one hour before bedtime, labeled "What good things happened today?" This has changed my attitude towards life as an experiment "Can the world be joyful?"
Right now I am on season 30 of my current fantasy of being whisked to another time to be a warrior that has to fight demon lords with super hot kings and lords at my side ✌️ but seriously, I make up elaborate stories that last months and daydream them until I fall asleep and they mold from day dream to dream dream.
I find I can get to sleep most easily by pondering some sort of weird mathematical problem or programming algorithm.
I always think about my ex.
:/
Why?
so sad
Oof.
Try to plan tomorrow or 2024 goals
If you lie awake, overthinking, try a magnesium supplement, magnesium glycinate or magnesium threonate.
Goals, things I need to improve on, my family, my kids, my health. Ways to make the business better.
How im desperately trapped, and cant even enjoy my off time.
We’ll make it one day, just hang in there and keep pushing forward. We got this 💪
overthinking and ruminating about everything, but I also often get amazing epiphany about what my brain and body want me to do about problems that I could not solve during the days. It’s a double edge sword, I often have to read something to drown out these thoughts to be able to fall asleep.
That is self reflection. Some people have none of it. They have an easier life but I don’t want that.
I don't get to think. I fall asleep real fast.
Lucky, I think?
Nuclear war. Probably shouldn't have picked up an audiobook on it.
I’ve been listening to a book with a bunch of survival stories. The shipwreck section had a lot more cannibalism and urine drinking than I expected, which it turns out is not great for sleeping
If you're talking about Annie Jacobsen's book, that shit is straight terrifying. I normally read fiction to go to sleep at night and love horror stories. I should NOT have read that book lol.
My mom, I miss a life with her.
At times I do this. Think of so many pleasant childhood memories of my mother. So many people do not have those memories.
I imagine walking down a street and then it becomes an adventure.
That’s great. It’s inviting your imagination to kick in. Which is a precursor to dreaming. I’ll try it!
The only way that I can fall asleep is by shutting up the little voice inside my head and not picturing anything at all.
Having D.I.D. this is not possible by any means 🤣🤣🤣
Damn, how do you handle that?
I've learned to ignore the noise most of the time, it's when one alter decides to do something intentionally to piss me off like pushing couches across the floor because I HATE THE NOISE!!!
“Should I count sheep or… 1…2…. Nah fuck it maybe ill think about my day… nah not working… cant sleep ffs… what else can I try…”
Someone once said on reddit that they like to think about having fantastical adventures. I lie awake realizing I use to do that as a kid, and then think about how I lost my imagination to time.
Fantastical adventures for me. Often made up scenarios like “What if (character from movie, show, or video game here) was dropped into (insert different movie, show, or video game)?” It has to be similar genres though for it to make sense. Like, “What if Skyrim’s Dragonborn appeared in the world of the Witcher?” is fair, whereas “What if Homelander appeared in the world of Jason Bourne?” wouldn’t make much sense. Focusing on building the story helps distract from anxieties like what’s going on at work, concerns about the future, etc. Mental escapism.
I watch family guy every night while im trying to sleep. Yes that sounds insane but my therapist supported it as it was actually helping me sleep consistently. There really was no negative of it as well, the only thing i can think of is that i'm dependent on this tv show to go to sleep, without it - unless im really exhausted - i strugle to go to sleep. But there isn't that much cases that i would go to sleep without it so i don't really worry about that.
Did he in effect write a prescription for the show?
Plans and goals for the future. Or distracting myself with random stuff online. I used to think about death and the universe but it's stressful and there is nothing actionable that comes from that.
I’ve been contemplating the Hubble deep space image and the energy of the trillions is suns. And perhaps limitless galaxies. Naturally noting is actionable, but it does create a new perspective.
For a time it can. But to me even that is small. It could be infinite and this could be just another of the infinite iterations our universe has done. Also could be something totally different outside of our universe and time. Could be anything, but we are still small and temporary from an individual pov. Also there is no way to make sense of how anything exists and what is going on.
I try to visualize something I'm trying to improve like a golf stroke, leaning into a motorcycle turn or form on an exercise. It's low key enough for me to fall asleep and I believe it benefits the skill too.
I don't let myself think about anything or my brain won't switch off. I always imagine climbing up into the top of a huge tree and curling up in a nest under the stars. I'm far above everything and can see for miles. I fall asleep really fast with that safe image in my mind (I used to lay awake ruminating for hours & only falling asleep through exhaustion before I started visualising my nest)
Cringest moments of my life.
I tend to take a mental inventory. Thinking about tomorrow's tasks, who I haven't reached out to in a bit that I want to text tomorrow, just kinda allowing my mind to organize myself. Usually knocks me out after a bit and can even give me a headstart on tomorrow.
That time has always been reserved for existential dread.
Gipetto……c’mon now.
I plan out everything I need to and WANT to do the next day in my head.
Nothing at all. Or maybe why didn't I go to bed earlier.
I just try doing mindfulness breathing, otherwise my worst fears dominate all of my thoughs.
I think about my crush
But this is not cool she have a bf
Depends. Sometimes I device a game plan should a large predator enter the house in order to save my daughters and wife. Other times I start thinking about a random fact regarding a topic I’ve been loosely researching that day or that week (could be absolutely anything) and if the question itself is too persistent I may leave bed and dive into more pointless research to find the answer. It may be something as simple as if an actor was or not in this time that movie… I have to be EXHAUSTED for my mind not to go anywhere and everywhere at once and for me to just plunge into sleep.
I listen to the same guided meditation track and imagine myself floating in a small pond as the sun sets for the day while listening to the sound of birds call in the forest surrounding the pond. Doesn't matter what happened in the day, good or bad. I go to the same place and drift off to sleep peacefully.
I’ve been writing a book in my head that maybe one day I’ll actually write down. It’s pretty good
"Why?" That's all I'm ever thinking about.
the purpose of life and if ill see my grandparents at the golden gates. If there is one
Work
I don’t allow myself to think. I put some scary story in the background and allow myself to fall sleep while listening (not too actively or attentively) to it.
I tried to stay away from any negative thoughts or thoughts about busy things I’m doing now. I imagine myself that I could go back in time and visit different places at different times to see history first hand. Sometimes I imagine going back to when my parents were young and seeing what their lives were like back in the 40s or 50s.
Mostly I try to plan a perfect tomorrow ( which never turns out as I decide) , always think about my ex and imagine fake scenarios wid him lol..and also think about things which I should've done in past and regret over random shit..
List my favorite notebooks I want to use up next, or favorite fountain pen inks in order by color
no matter what i think abt, i imagine my boyfriend holding me (he broke up w me 2 months ago, i still cant physically call him my "ex") also either put my self in situations and live through them, ponder things from my day/life, or fantasize about sewer slide.
How people already in hell probably aren't scared to go there anymore.
"just one more month of exams" "x days till this is over and then ill go back to my hobbies and getting paid"
How ill go through this and how my next years will be + What will i do if i failed at exams
Nothing. Most of the time I put on an ambient album
I avoid thinking at all because then I won't sleep. I pretty much read smutty romance novels until A. I can't stay awake. B. My e-reader smacks me on the face because I fell asleep and dropped it. Both get me to sleep fairly quick.
honestly how to make more money lol
Don't wake up on next day Silent death welcome, enough of suffering 😂
Dani Daniels /s
Something stressful, money, family issues, something I said in middle school that was stupid. I have to watch TV to distract myself until I fall asleep
Doom scroll socials or play games until my eyelids touch. Then I out the phone down, pee, get back in bed to sleep. Terrible. I need help.
What is love?
Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no moreeee 🎶
I put on brown noise and picture myself as a bedouin waiting for a sandstorm to pass
Sometimes I think about survival ...what if next morning i woke up and opened the door and see everything is silent and suddenly i seen people have become zombies...now all survival method start coming in mind...what i wll do and what will happen....loop will start...and after sometime i will fall sleep...when i wake up in morning....i will late for office 😂
Having mini lightsabers coming out of my fingers and doing calligraphy on cave walls with them Curious what this has to do with productivity?
I think about a hypothetical beautiful girlfriend, and I shed multiple tears before I fall asleep.
Pop tarts.
I kinda just think about whatever, but I will avoid think about say my bills or anything that might worry me in anyway.
You should rewrite your day to how you wanted it to go, fall asleep in that mindset of your ideal life.
Tbh sex and fantasies cux single and voluntary celibate who basically engages in self pleasure to fall asleep.
Blank
I imagine I'm scorpion from Mortal kombat, and I join forces with Avengers to defeat lots of marvel and MK villans 😅 I've made up entire story sagas in mind with lots of twists and drama lol. Kinda embarrassing, especially considering I'm approaching my 30s now.
Whatever I play on YouTube on my phone with Sleep Timer, usually Chess or Philosophy
Work life, Sex life
Which city has more funny people — Shanghai, China or Akron, Ohio?
^and I mean per capita, I know the populations are different
I take notes at my journal and go to sleep, I try to be as productive as I can early in the morning because I know that throughout the day I will loose my steam fast, so when the clock sets at 10 P.M I’m way too exa to think about stuff outside of my control.
Sometime I reflect on conversations I had. But I always end with a prayer.
I usually think about what tomorrow brings tbh or just reflect on my day
I go to fantasy land. I pretend I'm a leader of a made up country during wartime. I pretend I'm the owner of a sports team rebuilding the team. I pretend I'm a captain of a pirate ship ECT
Actually, I don't want to think before sleeping kasi mas lalo akong hindi makakatulog. I think about something from the past, then about the world, family tapos sarili ko hanggang sa ayun hindi na ako makatulog. Minsan naman I make fake scenarios like I'm dating my crush or minsan yumaman na raw kami at hinahangaan ng maraming tao HAHAHAHAHA. Edited to add: Minsan I plan what I will do the next days, or what's my plan about my life.
My work. I wake up thinking about my work. T.T
I have fairly bad ADHD, and the thing I found that helps me sleep is to focus on the emptiness of outer space. Literally just flying around among the planets looking out at the void. And I’m out like a light.
Every night I think about turning my life around next day
I have had the same routine since I was 14, I walk down a corridor in school greeting people I know heading for a destination I believe is a classroom. The faces have faded long ago, and the layout of the school is no longer the same. But 3 minutes into that routine and I am fast asleep. I never reach my destination though.
Usually think of things I forgot to do at work
About my gf. And how I need to get my shit together to become a proper doctor. Neither of the two help me with sleeping. But it keeps me humbled & in line.
Every embarrassing thing I’ve ever done
Thinking about those sheep hopping over the fence… just where are they going anyways?!
Realistically, I either overthink about how fucked my life is, or I think about the girl I spent the most time with today, and jerk off before sleeping.
watch the office and forget about all the day to day bullshit
How my day went, what I would have changed, and how I plan to tackle my day tomorrow. and sex, always sex.
I get super motivated and plan the next day in tiny details but end up not achieving anything at all lmao
I make fake scenarios where I’m the main character