Quiet Down At Night
- Do you suffer from an overactive mind at nighttime?
- What helps you to quiet racing thoughts so you can get a peaceful sleep?
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Absolutely I have an overactive mind, especially at night. Usually playing a cozy video game and playing some of my comfort Let's Plays on YouTube helps a lot.
Sometimes journaling or coloring helps, but I get so nervous about "ruining" the picture or "writing something that doesn't matter" that I don't always find that helps.
Definitely an over thinker. I listen to a lot of different things at night depending on how my anxiety is and what my brain needs. Some of these were shared to me by others, some I stumbled across in the wee hours of the morning when I’m looking for something to fall asleep to:
Meditation: Headspace, breathing, counting backward
Podcast: Nothing Much Happens
YouTube: Get Sleepy and certain sound baths, sometimes church choirs or monks chanting
Sounds: waves, rivers, cats purring, different color noises - some bother me and some relax me. You have to try them out and see what works for you.
@soulsings
When I find my mind racing at night, I start to breathe deeply and imagine my body getting heavier each time I breathe out. This usually helps calm me pretty quickly and then I'm asleep!
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@soulsings, yes! Sometimes it seems like our issues are controlling us (it's more common than you think). Anyway, since the pandemic I usually have a routine for sleep time, and that helps me a lot, that's why I'll share it with you:
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Speefrnn commentary or weather storms
@soulsings. Anytime I watch videos from a local band I'm a fan of, for some reason everything and anything that I've been worried about or thinking about goes away. Their music is like medicine to my brain...it's really strange lol
For me meditations and prayers helps a lot.
My opinion on why you are too active at night is because your mind was on hyperactivity throughout the day. So try to stay alert and calm in the daytime to have a goodnight sleep.
@Hereforyouall144 I think you’re right about an overactive daytime mind affecting sleep.
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- Do you suffer from an overactive mind at nighttime?
yes, sometimes it hits me - What helps you to quiet racing thoughts so you can get a peaceful sleep?
usually meditation apps or reading a few pages of books.