Who here thinks about ‘scenarios’ when they’re falling asleep at night? What kinds of things do you think about?
August 25, 2025
Who here thinks about ‘scenarios’ when they’re falling asleep at night? What kinds of things do you think about?
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Yeah, I’ve planned out full romcom plots in my head while falling asleep. Cast list and everything
If I could quit my job I could be travelling the world.
One day I will take in many homeless kittens and cats.
That I might find a job that pays me my worth.
Where shall I call home in my old age? ( I’m currently nomadic and haven’t settled.)
Oh if you’re asking about actual issues:
When /how will all the wars stop?
Why do we need borders and governments and how can we have a border less world?
How will humanity end?
Hm… when I was a teenager, I liked to daydream about anime/fantasy worlds, and being a character in it. And then I’d fall asleep.
It’s either a cringe-worthy moment from the past hunting me or something sexual
There’s no middle ground
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I used to do this all the time when I was younger!! My parents would sometimes work super late, leaving me and my younger brothers home alone. I was maybe 7 years old. And I would have these scenarios pop in my head about what would happen if they died and I had to take care of them. It was so ridiculous. I would think that I had to quit school and work so I wouldn’t be separated from my baby brothers. So ridiculous 😅
If I’m not thinking about something that happened during the day, I’m focused on something from my past.
Alot of sexual things with a coworker
Every single thing I should have said but didn’t over the past 30 or so years
Oh gosh I hope I’m not alone in this!? I have a full story that I visit most nights to help me fall asleep. It’s just like… a story (I came up with it as a teen) that I basically “write” every night but I see it play out in my mind as a movie. There’s a general trajectory to the story but I just have the characters play out scenes basically—sometimes ones I’ve visited before or totally new plots. It soothes me haha.
I used to have a major crush on a guy and have thought of some cringy ones.
But these days, I think of really cool mansion cages I could build my bunny and all the steps. It’s me with overalls and a drill.
Or running away to some poorer country, starting over and building water systems as a water engineer. I would also live on a farm. I’d read books in that language during my free time. I’d also be less scrawny and have muscles.
Or getting a private pilot license and flying a cessna over some pretty sunsets.
Or surfing and catching easy waves.
My ideal scenario is all 3 combined, but I fall asleep and dream of whatever my subconscious wants instead.
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When I’m trying to fall asleep, I frequently have racing thoughts about my loved ones dying and how I would react/handle the fallout. My dad, my husband, even my child. All credit to my ✨childhood trauma✨
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OMG I do this to help me sleep! Having something to “plan” and focus on helps for some reason. I used to be a tutor, so sometimes I like to think about how I would explain things to people.
One fun exercise is to pretend I volunteered to hang out at the hospital with someone who just came out of a 25 year coma. And just all the different things that would be interesting to talk about in that context.
All the time. Most of the time im just thinking about being w my bf
Bed means intimacy for me nothing else..
I imagine rearranging my furniture and how everything would fit
What I would do if I caught a pickpocket trying to steal my purse
I have “built” my dream home/palace in my head and over time the detail has expanded and become more vivid. Often I’ll just “walk around” visiting all the different rooms I’ve added until I fall asleep.
TV show ships fanfic stories.
Lots of things but a more relaxing experience for me to fall asleep is to think about the show I’m watching and what happens next. Either I’ve seen it before and go based off that OR a show I haven’t seen and I try to think about what I would like to happen next. It relaxes me. lol
I like to run through how I would approach accidently running into old “friends”.
I, of course would be absolutely cool & will automatically show them just how much I have grown, whilst they are still exactly the same lol
Me. Lots of maladaptive dreaming depending on the music playing in the background.
i think about what it would be like to grow old with someone. i create fake scenarios of what our home would look like, our kids laughing while they play in the backyard, etc. just finally being at peace with my love, i suppose
Being rich💔 lol
Exactly the same as me. Sometimes I replay scenes that are “finalized” for comfort and sometimes I workshop modifications to scenes or alternative endings. Still the same story since my teenaged years.
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Yeah, I’ve planned out full romcom plots in my head while falling asleep. Cast list and everything
If I could quit my job I could be travelling the world.
One day I will take in many homeless kittens and cats.
That I might find a job that pays me my worth.
Where shall I call home in my old age? ( I’m currently nomadic and haven’t settled.)
Oh if you’re asking about actual issues:
When /how will all the wars stop?
Why do we need borders and governments and how can we have a border less world?
How will humanity end?
Hm… when I was a teenager, I liked to daydream about anime/fantasy worlds, and being a character in it. And then I’d fall asleep.
It’s either a cringe-worthy moment from the past hunting me or something sexual
There’s no middle ground
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I used to do this all the time when I was younger!! My parents would sometimes work super late, leaving me and my younger brothers home alone. I was maybe 7 years old. And I would have these scenarios pop in my head about what would happen if they died and I had to take care of them. It was so ridiculous. I would think that I had to quit school and work so I wouldn’t be separated from my baby brothers. So ridiculous 😅
If I’m not thinking about something that happened during the day, I’m focused on something from my past.
Alot of sexual things with a coworker
Every single thing I should have said but didn’t over the past 30 or so years
Oh gosh I hope I’m not alone in this!? I have a full story that I visit most nights to help me fall asleep. It’s just like… a story (I came up with it as a teen) that I basically “write” every night but I see it play out in my mind as a movie. There’s a general trajectory to the story but I just have the characters play out scenes basically—sometimes ones I’ve visited before or totally new plots. It soothes me haha.
I used to have a major crush on a guy and have thought of some cringy ones.
But these days, I think of really cool mansion cages I could build my bunny and all the steps. It’s me with overalls and a drill.
Or running away to some poorer country, starting over and building water systems as a water engineer. I would also live on a farm. I’d read books in that language during my free time. I’d also be less scrawny and have muscles.
Or getting a private pilot license and flying a cessna over some pretty sunsets.
Or surfing and catching easy waves.
My ideal scenario is all 3 combined, but I fall asleep and dream of whatever my subconscious wants instead.
[removed]
When I’m trying to fall asleep, I frequently have racing thoughts about my loved ones dying and how I would react/handle the fallout. My dad, my husband, even my child. All credit to my ✨childhood trauma✨
[removed]
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OMG I do this to help me sleep! Having something to “plan” and focus on helps for some reason. I used to be a tutor, so sometimes I like to think about how I would explain things to people.
One fun exercise is to pretend I volunteered to hang out at the hospital with someone who just came out of a 25 year coma. And just all the different things that would be interesting to talk about in that context.
All the time. Most of the time im just thinking about being w my bf
Bed means intimacy for me nothing else..
I imagine rearranging my furniture and how everything would fit
What I would do if I caught a pickpocket trying to steal my purse
I have “built” my dream home/palace in my head and over time the detail has expanded and become more vivid. Often I’ll just “walk around” visiting all the different rooms I’ve added until I fall asleep.
TV show ships fanfic stories.
Lots of things but a more relaxing experience for me to fall asleep is to think about the show I’m watching and what happens next. Either I’ve seen it before and go based off that OR a show I haven’t seen and I try to think about what I would like to happen next. It relaxes me. lol
I like to run through how I would approach accidently running into old “friends”.
I, of course would be absolutely cool & will automatically show them just how much I have grown, whilst they are still exactly the same lol
Me. Lots of maladaptive dreaming depending on the music playing in the background.
i think about what it would be like to grow old with someone. i create fake scenarios of what our home would look like, our kids laughing while they play in the backyard, etc. just finally being at peace with my love, i suppose
Being rich💔 lol
Exactly the same as me. Sometimes I replay scenes that are “finalized” for comfort and sometimes I workshop modifications to scenes or alternative endings. Still the same story since my teenaged years.