How do I stop over thinking at night?

This is really an awkward thing to deal with but with practice it can be over ruled by having patience and learn how to focus, firstly a quiet room as possible is best and either sitting or laying down and a pair of headphones would be an advantage, think of something that really calms you normally: rainfall, gentle wind through trees etc and by using media find a suitable meditation/relaxation sound/video and play this to yourself without interruptions and concentrate on the smallest details in the sounds just imagining yourself to be there, find a sound file that's suits you! and if it works/calms you revisit that situation again and again so you end up with that being your cushion where you can lose the other thoughts behind, I find this been done when your in bed so you can just drift off.

Try to distract your mind. you can read a book before going to sleep or you can watch something delightful to freshen up your mood. Then try to sleep, follow a routine like this,it will help slowly.

Hi! Overthinking is something many of us are susceptible to. It is a part of human nature and you should not feel ashamed when you do so. One possible way to overcome overthinking is to complete a relaxation ritual before sleeping. This can help to clear your mind and place you in a comfortable mindset. I personally use the free app Pzizz which has a sleep guide that takes you through the processing of drifting of and allows you to personalise the track as you would like. Try to normalise this routine as your mind will then recognise the realization ritual as a sign that deep sleep is near.

When I wake up in the night and my mind is racing, just like last night, there are two things that help me get back to sleep feeling better. The first is remembering the quote, "The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep" by E. Joseph Cossman. Because it's so true! How often does the thing we seem so anxious or angry about get drastically reduced in the morning after some sleep? I trust in this. Then the next thing I do is pay close attention to how it all feels physically inside of me and I turn my attention inward. Usually this puts me back to sleep fairly quickly. It takes practice, but eventually it becomes a sort of meditation; as thoughts re-enter my mind I simply move back into the physical feelings. What I've found is that initially it was a little scary- these were feelings I'd rather run from, but I did that by over thinking! Eventually I learned there is comfort and even peace by going INTO the feelings, because it's there that the whole me resides, not just the piece of me that seems so controlling in my mind.

Listen to instrumental music or read a good book and just meditate. I'm sure you can easily go to sleep when you do this.

Maybe listen to some music that make you in a better mood, or try to meditate. There are several videos on Youtube that can help.

Do you have anything you are worried about ? Is this a concern for your needs and wants ? then I cannot blame you ; You may read or exhaust your self on something productive

I really don't think we'll ever stop thinking, That's what we do. I personally do this myself witch helps me fall asleep faster. I think we all hate sitting there and working about something we have no control over. I also think we want to change thing's fastly and that's why we dream about it. Try to think happy thought and see if that helps.

One method is to write down whatever is occupying your mind to look at tomorrow. That way you're sort of setting the issue aside for tomorrow, and you can be sure you won't forget.

Try talking to someone or texting or reading to keep yourself busy and to keep your mind off of stuff like that... it's something I usually do and it helps a lot