What are some techniques to help you fall asleep at night when you are really stressed?

If you find yourself struggling to sleep at night some things I would recommend is meditation. You'll find that listening to meditation music that have isochronic and binaural beats will also be helpful while trying to meditate. Another good idea is try having a warm bath or shower to relax your body. Lastly, try using natural remedies or vitamins that assist your mind and body in falling asleep.

Deep breathing really helps. There are many ways to do it, but the one I personally use is breathing in for 4 seconds, hold for 2 seonds and breathe out for 6 seconds. Additionally, listening to Smiling Mind meditation clips helps (especially the Sleep meditation in the 16-18 years program). Listening to relaxing music on YouTube (I just type in "sleep music playlist") or relaxing, peaceful nature clips also really helps. I try to focus on the sounds and nothing else. I hope some of these suggestions were useful!

One thing that i used to use to help me to fall asleep when i had depression and anxiety, were guided relaxation apps. They are basically apps which have guided meditation recordings which you can listen to in bed

I listen to an anxiety and depression video on YouTube that plays relaxing music and help me unwind

Worries and a lack of serotonin (which regulates melotonin which helps you sleep) can make it difficult. Getting sunlight and laughing (stick on a comedy!) are two things which can increase serotonin. An out of wack sleep schedule might also make sleeping more difficult, or a lack of exercise. I'm not sure whether I'm meant to give advice here so I will answer anonymously, but I also use a breathing technique: breathe in deeply for 4 seconds (you can use a clock's ticking to time), hold for 7, breathe out for 8. It makes me feel more relaxed. Another thing I do personally is imagine being in a peaceful place as I often dream about what I was thinking about before I went to sleep. I imagine walking through a field of lavender at dusk. I'm on my own and I go to this giant tree and go and sit in it. It's all very calm. I hope I shared soemthing useful here :)

Try to stay away from your gadgets (TV, phone, laptop, Tab, etc) at least for 1 hour before you go to bed. Read a nice book which makes you feel happy. Have a nice refreshing herbal tea, use essential oils or maybe light some aromatic candles. Having a warm shower also helps when you are not able to sleep because of stress. Make sure your room is warm and comfortable with the right temperature and brightness. Whatever that is stressing you, keep those thoughts away and start thinking about positive things about yourself and around you. If possible, try doing meditation before going to sleep. That will keep all negative energy away and help you sleep.

I have found a few things to be helpful: every night I try to play calming piano music in the background, sometimes I meditate, and I also like to do nice things for myself at night like drinking hot tea and watching a tv show that I have been enjoying. I like to do things that distract me from my stress, but I have also noticed that it is helpful to give my brain a bit of time to deal with the stress as well so thoughts about it don't clog my mind when I do try to sleep.

I ensure that I have a good bath and ready to sleep mode. I do some self reflection on the positive things that had happened on that day. Therefore I can outweight the good things that I had achieved as compared to the problem that I am thinking of. This would give some sense that "I had really achieved alot today". Other than that, I also meditate especially to get mindfulness in my mind and getting them onboard by listening to positive youtube links. I listen on motivational and NLP techniques application to see if any key takeaways that I can apply.