I'm either asleep the whole time (or almost the whole time) or alert the whole time - usually never inbetween - doesn't matter if I'm laying down while listening or sitting upright in a chair, result is the same.

I have the same problem - even while sitting upright in a chair. Many times I think I'm trying to focus on what's said so much that I just can't relax... other times I think because I have trouble with 1 four letter word: OBEY - once that word hits, everything tends to stop for me. Obedient, I am no...