Does your brain shut off when you go to bed?

[12amos]

It all depends on how exhausted I am and how much work I have done during the day.  If I'm totally pooped I immediately fall asleep, if not I think of all of the things on my to do list for the following day before falling asleep. 

[inertia4]

No my brain works 24/7. I am always thinking. I even had an erotic, well, not really, a sort of sexy dream last night. So, my brain is moving along just fine.

[natashaspy]

I have the same problem, so tired that I can barely keep my eyes open, the minute my head hits the pillow, my eyes pop open and i start thinking about the list of things I need to do the next day.

[nguzman1]

That happens to me alot, it becomes irritating when I am really tired.

[pressman]

I go to bed late so I can fall asleep but lately itis not working takese a while till I fall asleep

[renee10]

I go through this often. I don't know what to do about it.

[ancmetro]

     Sometimes when I go to bed, my brain does not want to shut off. So, I watch some TV programs

[aggie49]

no it does not that's why i have insommia i wish it would but mine is really bad and i take medicine but it does not work

[missplaymate618]

Yes I haven't had a good night sleep in years, when I lay down I just think about everything that's going on and when I do get to sleep I wake up and can't get back to sleep.

[rghvac69]

My brain never shuts down so I have to take melatonin to fall asleep.

[linderlizzie]

Let's hope none of your brains ever shut down. Then you're like dead.

Your brain solves problems while your asleep. It does things it cannot do while awake. I think that is fascinating, mind boggling and wonderful. 

I solve the thinking at night thing by listening to audio tapes that are telling stories. Puts me right out. Just a thought. Get it?

[JediJohnnie]

I haven't had trouble sleeping lately,but I know what you mean. Typically the warm weather makes me sleepy,so I get tired quicker.

[jiuchan]

sometimes it doesn't. usually when my brain doesn't shut off, that's when i can't sleep. it's because there's so much things happening in my mind that my brain is focused on trying to figure out what to do. lol! i need to figure out how to relax my mind so my brain can rest. lol!

[ba2dow]

My boyfriend and my kids can attest to this. I can shut my brain off and fall asleep within a minute of hitting the pillow. I am not sure how I just stop thinking and then I fall asleep. Though it wasn't always that easy..guess it comes with age. :-)

[jenniferhoder]

Ha ha ha...if only it were that easy right?
Usually my brain goes on for a bit until I finally get too exhausted to think anymore