I need to occupy my mind with something that isn’t related to real life. Not just avoiding topics that are stressful or otherwise emotionally loaded, just thinking about anything I’m going to do or things in my life will stop me sleeping. So I think of stories and fiction worlds until the day dreams become actual dreams.
Since I got into the habit my sleep has gotten far more regular and I have had more control over went it happens.
Go to bed at the same time every night and create bedtime rituals to tell your body that it’s time to sleep. These can be elaborate as a certain tea and a favorite comfy chair, or simple as washing your face and brushing your teeth, just perform them consistently before getting in bed for about two weeks and your sleep patterns should improve.
In my defense, I was hearing this over sometimes-fuzzy analog radio rather than off a tape or CD where the track title might clue me in. Less defensible: not noticing the other words that make more sense when talking about radar.
I was once listening to The Pillows’ “I Think I Can” around a friend. Japanese band, lots of their songs are in English but you’d never know through the singer’s heavy Japanese accent. He repeats the titular line a lot in the song and my friend thought he was singing “I lick my cunt.”
That was 15 years ago and it’s still all I hear when I listen to the song.
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