What are some good things to think about while falling asleep? - Stressed kitty seeks modern koans

[Nader's Branch]

When I fall asleep, my defualt is to think about random story scenarios and try to continue off of what has already been thought up. When I REALLY want to sleep, I think think of the void. Just black nothingness. It pulsates around me and there is nothing before or beyond. I chill out and focus on the blank ether. That puts me right to bed.

 

[C.U.N.T.]

Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant and Karl Pilkington on XFM.
I've listened to those episodes for years and still do almost every night to get to sleep.
Otherwise listening to white noise, thunderstorms or taking melatonin an hour or so before you want to sleep has been great.

 

[Takodachi]

I like to recreate historical battles I've read about in my head

 

[Haramburger]

I imagine I'm a lava monster with a katana killing homeless people in San Francisco, and also burning their tents and shopping carts. Imagine your high scores and highlight reel, and how the alphabet agencies and presidency would react to an actual monster killing "citizens." If that's too imaginative for you, scale it down a bit, maybe being a ghost that can invade federal agents' homes while they sleep and giving them a scratch on their taint that draws blood.

 

[Stardust]

Cuddling with lots of kittens. Corny, yes, but most anyone who has let a group of kittens climb on them knows, this can also be a stress reliever.

Thinking of that is almost as relaxing and happy as the real deal.

 

[Abella]

I try to close my eyes and visualize myself somewhere peaceful like in the middle of a meadow, desert or forest.

 

[Sandraker]

Always try to get a bit of studying in on whatever topic I'm focused on and dwell on that before I sleep.

 

[Professor G. Raff]

Increasingly elaborate fantasies about dying instantly in spectacular ways, such as thin wires moving at rapid speeds that act like a cookie cutter and turn your head chunks into pretty shapes! Then you can hope like Christmas morning you'll die in your sleep and just not wake up, oh boy! ...but you always wake up not dead and are forced to endure another day of horrific sentience... well, there's always tomorrow night.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

I think about how nice it will be to sleep forever at the end. The thought is less frightening with age.

 

[Pissmaster]

I like to think about boating around the ocean in a little shanty boat and getting stranded on an uncharted island

Imagine being just on your own on a little tropical island flush with coconut trees and a little lagoon where you can easily catch fish and the only civilization is whatever you've got in your cozy little boat:


and you use whatever you have in that boat to crack open coconuts and cook your fish and read until you fall asleep

 

[DatBepisTho]

I smoke half a joint of something mellowing and then listen to the radio on low volume. It helps my two cats will get on the bed with me and cuddle up when the weather's cool, too.
-Or read a book until I feel tired enough to sleep, that helps if weed isn't an option.

 

[Iamtheknifechampion]

I try not to think about stuff when trying to sleep, because my brain goes from happy thoughts to extremely dark ones outta nowhere. It usually revolves around if I'll be remembered, I know it really stupid but I have fear of being forgotten and not accomplishing anything worth a dam in my life.

 

[DDBCAE CBAADCBE]

When I need to get to sleep I always imagine superheroes fighting each other and for some reason that always knocks me out pretty quick.

 

[Image Reactions]

I have insomnia.

These two videos, alongside some medication, help me sleep.

 

[Airbrushed Van Art]

Hilariously enough, I count. “One one thousand, two one thousand…” up to about twenty then start over again.

I don’t know why but it always works.