Why can't my mind stop thinking when I'm trying to sleep?

When we are in bed there is not much focus on anything else other than our thoughts , so our brain goes into over time. 1. Give yourself some mental and physical wind-down time. 2. Don't worry in bed.3. Focus on mental imagery. 4. Separate productive worry from unproductive worry.

The annoying thing about thoughts is, the more you want them to go away, the more they'll get stuck. What you've got to do is realize there's all these thoughts floating around in your head, and let them be. You have to just be okay with them being there and not interact with them.

You most likely have insomnia its when a part of your brain is stressed or over thinking although this may not always be the case

May be because you have some worries or unsolved queries active in your mind. It is always better to understand onself and try to figure out the situation regarding what might be the problem. You could also start making a logbook of things that you keep on thinking while you are trying to sleep and that might give you a clue on what the problem might be.

The mind has many thoughts going. When the head hits the pillow sometimes that is when the race begins. I have spent many a sleepless night worrying about the days events in excitement or nervousness. Just know that all you can do ... is all you can do. Rome wasn't built in a day and especially not a night. Just breathe deeply. relax close your eyes and just make like ELSA AND LET IT GO!!!

Your mind can't stop because you lay down at night and you finally have time to comprehend everything. You don't have the distraction of making food, writing, or poetry you just have your bed and your ceiling and that never ending train of thoughts and memories you haven't thought about all day. Suddenly it all comes back because there's nothing to distract you. Nothing to do but close your eyes and think.

Because when you go to sleep, since your body is not doing anything anymore, it is normal for your brain activity to increase. You think about what you've done today, which makes you think about a thousand other stuff that happened in your whole life, you can call it a"stream of consciousness". Your body wants to sleep but your mind is acting otherwise. Try relaxing yourself with soft music.

Sleep is actually a phase where you lead yourself to a state of mind, where brain is suddenly directed to refrain from any other work which you were previously doing. So now all the concentration is to a certain peak or just collected like a water in bowl, So which ever thoughts you have is going to strike the water again and again. If you want to stop thinking, then you need to drain the water out. How to do that? Simply direct your brain to think something else, something that will make you relax. So mind will be like "Oh, Now I have no work to do". :)

You probably have a hard time letting go of mistakes you have made in the past. Try to divert your mind and focus on slow, light breaths, if anything bad comes up, block it by chanting in your head or pausing the thought.

Your over thinking things, the best bet is to be calm and dont overthink. Listening to music or reading a book usually helps