This has been happening for about a year now, give or take a couple of months. At least once a month, I will have a restless night. What I mean by that is there will be one night each month when I will be unable to fall asleep for unknown reasons. I'll toss and turn all night, completely unable to stay still and pass out. The odd thing is that I am wide awake the next day, despite little or no actual sleep.

I'm not worried, but i'm annoyed by it; I hate not being able to sleep, even if I don't feel tired when I "wake up". I had my restless night for april last night, and it was awful because I have a bad cold and was forced to breathe through my mouth. Last night, for some reason I kept thinking about an assignment I had finished. I wasn't worrying about finishing it, but just thinking about it. I couldn't stop thinking about it - the image was just in my head, and as much as I tried, I couldn't think of anything different.

Random thoughts like that usually pop up in my head on these restless nights. The last time I experienced a restless night, I think I had been thinking about my cat. Not worrying about her or wondering if she is asleep...Just thinking about her. I couldn't even daydream, which I always do to help me pass out - these random thoughts just embed themselves in my brain and refuse to allow me to think about anything else.

Does anyone else get this? Does it sound strange?