re: What do you think about when you try to fall asleep?

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’ll take “your mom” for $1000

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I’ve had his mom for much cheaper than that

I generally rub one out while I think about one of my exes. If I am not relaxed enough to fall asleep after that, I do the old fashioned thing and count sheep.

it sounds crazy, but counting sheep in your head occupies both sides of your brain by counting and envisioning sheep at the same time...that usually crowds everything else out of my head and I sleep pretty quickly.

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Sitting on the point on Bayou Lacombe at sunset, after most of the boat traffic has gone back to dock- the last trawler just might be passing by. The sky is purple and streaked with orange and the water is still like a black mirror. A few egrets might be flying low on the expanse of marsh and forever sky. There might be a killdeer's nest a few feet away- where I always approach to see the best acting on the natural stage when she starts dragging that wing on the ground to protect her eggs. Just a few blips in the water every now and then- every thing slowly and peacefully making its way to ground and water.

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Damn dude.... reading what you think about made me sleepy.

I sleep like a baby knowing I wasn't the one to ruin the OB's cooler brotherhood.

Polymer chemistry.

Makes me nod off every time.

Sometimes my brain is too preoccupied by a difficult day or apprehension of the next for sleep. I stop the anxious inner chatter by imagining being shipwrecked on a beautiful island abundant with fruit and game. Everything I need for building the treehouse, food/water storage, etc is available on the ship. Somehow this helps me relax and drift into sleep. I make no plans for escaping the island because it is so peaceful that there is no reason to leave.

I have done this ever since I was a little kid. As I got older, I even began including my family and eventually our family friends in the scenario to prevent inbreeding.

I can't sleep without meds....so if I'm thinking about stuff I fall down the rabbit hole that is my brain...

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You need Valium. Or therapy. That’s a lot of anxiety.

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Nah. Works for me. It’s better than eating addictive pills every night.

I have a hard time falling asleep. What works best for me is counting backwards from 1000, and picturing the number as I think it. When my mind wanders, I redirect back to counting. It’s boring & focused enough to usually do the trick.

You know, just the usual stuff