I turn on some beautiful music and if I'm very tired or drunk, I fall asleep right away. If not, I do the same thing as you. I can think sometimes for hours, and then suddenly look at the clock and wonder how the hell it is four in the morning and I'm still up. It sucks sometimes.
I'm so envious of you guys who are able to fall asleep to music. I just can't - I need silence. I imagine it would be super relaxing to do it.I turn on music most nights when I sleep alone while working on the road. When I'm at home I usually don't, but some nights I have to grab my iPhone and put my earbuds in if I'm really having trouble.
It can be anything too, not necessarily just relaxing music. I'm the kind of person who has to listen to the song or type of music they are feeling right at that moment, so even if it is metal I will put it on, otherwise I just lay there annoyed that I'm not listening to what I want to hear.
I haven't been able to fall asleep to silence in probably ten years or more. I have pretty severe ringing in my ears due to an accident when I was in fourth grade, so silence drives me up a wall. I make cd's with about five songs on them-just enough to put me to sleep-and then play that cd for about a week before changing it out for different music. It's just kinda a nightly ritual now. Whenever I have friends sleep over they just about go crazy.I'm so envious of you guys who are able to fall asleep to music. I just can't - I need silence. I imagine it would be super relaxing to do it.
I haven't been able to fall asleep to silence in probably ten years or more. I have pretty severe ringing in my ears due to an accident when I was in fourth grade, so silence drives me up a wall. I make cd's with about five songs on them-just enough to put me to sleep-and then play that cd for about a week before changing it out for different music. It's just kinda a nightly ritual now. Whenever I have friends sleep over they just about go crazy.
I love the idea of nightly rituals - even if that particular ritual would drive me up the wall too:tongue:. It sucks that you don't have choice about it though.
I talk to myself inside my head until my eyelids feel like they weigh 100 lbs. Sometimes with a picture of my muse, to help me think clearer.
I think about pretty much anything. Usually things involving myself. I'm often reassuring myself of some feeling I have, putting deep thought into why I feel that way, and etc.
Sometimes I'll play out imagined scenarios in my head. Last night, as I was falling asleep, I was imagining myself with this girl I like. There was lots of cuddling involved. Maybe a little sex, too.:laughing: I try not to think of sex while falling asleep, because once I get a hard on, it usually doesn't go away until it's taken care of.:crazy:
TMI? Sorry.:tongue:
Sometimes I'll play out imagined scenarios in my head. Last night, as I was falling asleep, I was imagining myself with this girl I like. There was lots of cuddling involved. Maybe a little sex, too.:laughing: I try not to think of sex while falling asleep, because once I get a hard on, it usually doesn't go away until it's taken care of.:crazy:
TMI? Sorry.:tongue:
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I imagine that you'd fall asleep faster after you'd taken care of it :wink:
Ok, so I've noticed a bunch of people here have said that they create little stories and scenarios in their heads when they're trying to fall asleep. Is this something that you do deliberately? Or is something that just happens?
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Haha, I would also imagine this. They say it relieves stress and migraines. It must work as a sleep-aid as well..:happy:
Sometimes I act out scenarios in my mind while I'm in the shower. It gets pretty ridiculous because I do realize that sometimes it does get to the point where I literally talk to a wall.
My mind wanders all the time, and it's not limited to right before I fall asleep.
Sometimes I act out scenarios in my mind while I'm in the shower. It gets pretty ridiculous because I do realize that sometimes it does get to the point where I literally talk to a wall.
I think we can narrow this down and just say that being in the bathroom in general is a great place to think and be alone :laughing:Let's not forget sitting on the toilet. Also a great place to do some thinking, or acting out scenarios.:laughing: