Do you think of what you did during the day while you're laying in your bed trying to fall asleep?

No, not really. I only go to bed when I’m actually sleepy, since I don’t have a schedule to keep, so I go right to sleep.

A lot of times. I’m an overthinker. My mind is often stuck in the past or future, rather than the now.

I am an overthinker as well… the thing that keeps me up the most is analyzing the decisions I’ve made in this lifetime and trying to find a solution to my current problems.

Sometimes. Sometimes I think about what I’m doing the next day and how early I need to get up or not. Sometimes I drift off thinking of what I’ve been reading and the plot sort of continues in my head into my dreams. Sometimes random-seeming things pop in my head. Other times I just fall straight to sleep.

I kind of do that, and exagerate to great lenghts, then it transitions into what I will be doing next, and it sort of prepares me for stuff. It’s a cool exercise.

sometimes. but if if dwelling on it serves no purpose—if i have guilt but no clear way to improve (or—to be frank—know i’m unlikely to improve immediately) here’s what i do: i get up and do stuff. useful stuff i’ve put off, creative stuff, or something compelling. i don’t worry about sleep. the most compelling thing is usually writing down what happened, how i feel, etc. which often gives insight, always gives some relief. remember: if you run, things will chase. it’s nature!

Only during the two seconds it takes me to fall asleep.

Nah, I usually think about all of the stuff that has to be done the following day.

I generally fall asleep thinking about what I have to do tomorrow, there is nothing you can do about the past.

Some nights, no. But if I did something I wish I really, really hadn’t done, I will turn it over in my mind repeatedly and wonder what I could have done differently, or fearing that I’ll be judged harshly by other people for it. There’s a few things I’m still embarrassed by that I logically know no one else even remembers or cares about that I’ll think on occasionally before I drop off to sleep, something from 3 years ago in one instance.

I would like to be able to let go of my mistakes and not punish myself for being human and get some sleep.

No, I try to move past the day that has ended. I may consider what I need to do the next day. Mostly, I think of ways to keep my husband from snoring, talking in his sleep or flopping his arm over and bopping me in the head. He’s been a mess, lately!

I overthink things as well. I usually have to wait till I am exhausted before going to bed, or I will run over the day’s conversations for hours.

i just dream about it.

yes sometimes, but i usually think about the next day. i usually worry about what i need to get done.

Yes i do and it leads to weird dreams

Yes I do this quite frequently. You’ve probably heard this before but it really works for me , to calm my head down so I can sleep. I write those thoughts down. I just keep a paper notebook and a pen near my bed. When the thoughts cross my mind instead of thinking them through over and over I just write it down and tell myself I’ll think about it in the morning. For your example i would have wrote ‘don’t scream at kids’ or something of that nature.

I guess I’m kind of weird about this, but if I have trouble falling asleep, I find that performing mental math exercises helps me doze off. Like counting by perfect squares (1×1=1, 2×2=4, 3×3=9 etc) or finding patterns within a Fibonacci sequence.
hey, I told you I’m weird; but it works for me!

@Yetanotheruser : Yeah, when having trouble sleeping that sort of thing can work for a lot of us. It’s not as weird as you might think. :^>