To fall asleep, you must first pretend to be asleep. amirite?

And then I wonder how long I actually slept for and figure I might as well try to trick my brain into feeling energized by lying to myself and saying it must've been a decent amount of time. "After all like how could hours have gone by so quick if I was awake? Right…?"

by Lonnieking 9 hours ago

My go to in that situation is watching Mondragon Chiropractic on YouTube

by Anonymous 9 hours ago

The most infuriating emotions in my life have been because of this phenomenon.

by Ok-Medium3319 8 hours ago

You could say, we have a time machine which we call sleep.

by Anonymous 8 hours ago

No I have to be trying to watch something or doing something to fall asleep

by sporerlenora 8 hours ago

Or trying hard to not fall asleep. Those are the only two options.

by Anonymous 7 hours ago

Not true. I've fallen asleep watching a show or a movie I had every intention to watch till the end.

by Icy_University_4588 7 hours ago

Then it works as a time machine.

by Anonymous 7 hours ago

Not true. The only way i can sleep every night is smoke and drink until i pass out. I never at any moment close my eyes and try to sleep

by brant20 7 hours ago

What troubles you friend?

by Dorotheaaltenwe 7 hours ago

This got a prolonged belly laugh out of me, and I don't even know why. But you're right, OP.

by veronicacarter 6 hours ago

Unless you're like me. I fall asleep in seconds.

by Anonymous 6 hours ago

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by Anonymous 6 hours ago

Yeah, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't

by Ill_Tennis_8806 6 hours ago

Yeah say that to a person who hasn't slept for three days lol

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

When I can't fall asleep quickly I focus on holding my eyes open for as long as I can

by Faheyjaydon 5 hours ago

And then to pretend that you are asleep, first you need to make sure your brain doesn't think of anything.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

When attempting to sleep, I concentrate on my breathing to clear my mind of thinking.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

You can pretend to be asleep, you can't pretend to be awake.

by Anonymous 5 hours ago

If you've got kids you know this isn't true. My sons roll around, hold self conversations, wave their arms in the air, yeet stuffed toys off the bed (and have to go get them to put them back) Eventually they sleep, but they sure as hell aren't pretending first. Now the non parents among you may say, you gotta tire them out first, or you gotta put them to bed later... This is all happening at 10:15pm after they have spent the entire day running, throwing, riding, fighting, etc.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

I agree. I've found that the easiest way for me to shut down my mind is to just listen to myself breathe, Lights out.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

To start a car, you must first pretend to start the car

by Aldenpfannersti 4 hours ago

I'm gonna get black out drunk when I get off work to prove this wrong

by Katrineledner 4 hours ago