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I often notice these demented moments before I fall asleep. Completely nonsensical thoughts like the argument from bear bicyclist study when you need to turnkey

I often notice these demented moments before I fall asleep. Completely nonsensical thoughts like the argument from bear bicyclist study when you need to turnkey.

croisillon 2y ago
at the beginning of the night i regularly have this strain of thought: "oh shit i'm still not sleeping? but i was just planning a vacation on the moon, i must be sleeping"
- aradox66 2y ago
  "I'm still awake" can become a kind of assumption that survives falling asleep
aszantu 2y ago
Sleep writing is funny Put a piece of paper under the hand with a pencil, write down thoughts until you're gone, read in the morning - profit
- aszantu 2y ago
  hehe, those who tried it, what did you get out of it?
MadcapJake 2y ago
Salvador Dali would hold an object like a spoon in his hand while sitting in front of his canvas and fall asleep. This would cause him to drop the spoon waking him back up and then he would draw what he saw.
atiffany 2y ago
Hypnagogia is the name of this state between sleep and wakefulness - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia
EvanAnderson 2y ago
In my youth I'd keep friends on the phone entirely too long, and sometimes fall asleep while talking. (How my friends tolerated me I'll never know...) Occasionally I'd realize I was saying something ridiculous and catch myself. Most times, though, they'd ask me for clarification about whatever crazy-sounding thing I said and I'd snap back to wakefulness (briefly). I wish I had recordings of some of those things I said. They left my mind almost immediately (to the point that I couldn't respond to questions asked directly after whatever I'd said). It would be entertaining to know what I was saying. (I didn't ask friends at the time and, at >30 years ago, I doubt any of them remember.) I read to my daughter before bed. She drifts off sometimes when I'm reading "boring" stuff (at her request) and says fun things. I keep notes and ask her about it later. I enjoy the window into her mind.
siavosh 2y ago
I think these thoughts are happening all the time we just don't normally notice them. During the transition to sleep, some parts of our thinking mind start shutting off and the filter cracks and that's what we notice sometimes, if we remember.
- ImHereToVote 2y ago
  It might be the latent space hidden in the deep parts of our brain.
waltbosz 2y ago
I've always had difficulty falling asleep and I often notice when I enter this state and I get excited because it means I'm about to fall asleep. I'm excited because the frustration of still being awake is over. Also, sometimes when I wake up I have a few minutes where nonsense ideas seem perfectly reasonable. Or it will feel like a complete loss of inhabitation.
- derwiki 2y ago
  I similarly get excited, but regularly so excited that it wakes me back up.

I often notice these demented moments before I fall asleep. Completely nonsensical thoughts like the argument from bear bicyclist study when you need to turnkey.

croisillon 2y ago

at the beginning of the night i regularly have this strain of thought: "oh shit i'm still not sleeping? but i was just planning a vacation on the moon, i must be sleeping"

aradox66 2y ago
"I'm still awake" can become a kind of assumption that survives falling asleep

aszantu 2y ago

Sleep writing is funny Put a piece of paper under the hand with a pencil, write down thoughts until you're gone, read in the morning - profit

aszantu 2y ago
hehe, those who tried it, what did you get out of it?

MadcapJake 2y ago

Salvador Dali would hold an object like a spoon in his hand while sitting in front of his canvas and fall asleep. This would cause him to drop the spoon waking him back up and then he would draw what he saw.

atiffany 2y ago

Hypnagogia is the name of this state between sleep and wakefulness - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia

EvanAnderson 2y ago

In my youth I'd keep friends on the phone entirely too long, and sometimes fall asleep while talking. (How my friends tolerated me I'll never know...) Occasionally I'd realize I was saying something ridiculous and catch myself. Most times, though, they'd ask me for clarification about whatever crazy-sounding thing I said and I'd snap back to wakefulness (briefly). I wish I had recordings of some of those things I said. They left my mind almost immediately (to the point that I couldn't respond to questions asked directly after whatever I'd said). It would be entertaining to know what I was saying. (I didn't ask friends at the time and, at >30 years ago, I doubt any of them remember.) I read to my daughter before bed. She drifts off sometimes when I'm reading "boring" stuff (at her request) and says fun things. I keep notes and ask her about it later. I enjoy the window into her mind.

siavosh 2y ago

I think these thoughts are happening all the time we just don't normally notice them. During the transition to sleep, some parts of our thinking mind start shutting off and the filter cracks and that's what we notice sometimes, if we remember.

ImHereToVote 2y ago
It might be the latent space hidden in the deep parts of our brain.

waltbosz 2y ago

I've always had difficulty falling asleep and I often notice when I enter this state and I get excited because it means I'm about to fall asleep. I'm excited because the frustration of still being awake is over. Also, sometimes when I wake up I have a few minutes where nonsense ideas seem perfectly reasonable. Or it will feel like a complete loss of inhabitation.

derwiki 2y ago
I similarly get excited, but regularly so excited that it wakes me back up.