How do I stop over thinking at night?

Overthinking at night is pretty common, I can relate and understand how difficult it is to have the constant thoughts about something that seem to never leave your mind, specially at night, maybe because that's a peaceful time otherwise for your brain to start repeating the thoughts and not allowing it to rest. A few things that can be helpful to curb overthinking is to first know the thought or thing/situation about which you are overthinking, when the root cause is identified it's easy to move on, journaling or writing the thoughts is a great way to give those repetitive thoughts and emotions a lot out, lastly to remember that one can't really change the past and overthinking it does no help so always better to accept it and try to remember the lessons and experience and move on, for other situations, present and future, again...if it's something that can be worked upon, one can always try to do that . Talking to someone, letting out these thoughts, discussing them helps as well .

Understandably, night time could particularly take a toll on the mind. All your doubts and sorrows that you could have been successfully ignoring throughout the day, seek your attention at night time. You feel puzzled and are unable to have answers - making the thoughts repeat themselves in your mind. It, then, is helpful to practise mindfulness towards your thoughts and feelings and look to observe and understand them from a distance, not just at night, but throughout your day. Just as a caring parent goes a distance to help bring a smile to their child's face, allow the same care to flow from you towards your mind. Get to know your mind and its needs more, its health more, and direct it towards engagements which bring it a lasting fulfillment.

1)Before going to sleep, write everything that is worrying you down in a journal or diary. I find this to be very helpful. 2) Another tactic is to think in a week, a month or a few years how much will the thing you'll be worrying about matter? Often it will be not at all. 3) Try to establish a routine before bed, not looking at screens etc. Good luck xo

Make sure to get an early night and help your brain relax by cutting down phone and laptop use at night, try and avoid blue light in your room, no caffeine after the evening and try not to eat too late at night. Then try and do relaxing activities like baths or reading to keep yourself in a nice frame of mind before you sleep

It can be hard to quiet the mind at night, but one thought to keep in mind is that it's night time and you can't do anything until the morning. Some techniques that help are deep breathing, counting sheep, visualizing yourself in your dream environment, reading a book, or even listening to soothing music.

create a bedtime routine for yourself turn off the electronics and pick up a warm beverage and good book instead

I spend a lot of time doing things that I like- for example: being intentional with my friends/relationships, taking time for myself, spending time outside, or just doing different things.

Nighttime anxiety is a recognized condition. Finding some relaxing activities, like walking, reading, sketching, listening to music, can help. Also some find that smelling Lavender oil or taking Lemon Balm extract capsules can help as well. You can also try writing - take a piece of paper and write down all the words that are going through your mind. That can help your brain sort it all out. You can also try just accepting it - say to yourself "OK, you are worried about something, it's ok. I'll be with you and you can be the way you are for as long as you need to be." Then take a few deep breaths and listen to what comes back.

Over thinking at night, means disturbed mind and poor sleep, for stopping it make some rules to self, like 1) Writing diary before sleep and try to improve situation with positive thinking. 2) Relaxing your mind and body. 3) Meditation 4) Talking with positive people and getting solution 5) Postponing thoughts on next day, like "let's see tomorrow. 6) Activity scheduling. Know this over thinking leads to depression which is always bad for a person, and depression changes perspective towards life, So thinking is good but overthinking and per predictions are useless. so be positive and live in current time not in past or future, things are unpredictable.

In most cases, I find that people who say they are "overthinking" turn out to be "underthinking" -- that is, they tend to forget many facts that are highly relevant to the thing they're "overthinking" about, letting their worries grow to monstrous proportions with little resemblance to reality. The best way to stop "overthinking" is to recognize it as "underthinking", then do a meditation exercise for a minute or two, or five. Get yourself grounded, outside of the things that are worrying you, and take a clear look at all the facts that might have some bearing on your difficulties. When you have the facts in mind, practice acceptance: if you can change things, change them. If you can't, then no amount of "overthinking" will do you any good, so add that fact to the others you have pulled together, and practice letting go of the things you can't change