I get this problem a lot and meditation is one thing that doesn't really help me, personally. At least when I'm meditating on stopping/slowing down the thoughts. I'm sure it works for some people but when I do it, I feel like I'm only making the thoughts more powerful. The harder I push them away, the more they come at me, and then I start to get a headache and then I really don't get any sleep.
One thing that does help me when it's like that is to not fight the thoughts, but to just watch them from a distance and not attach myself to them. If that makes any sense. I don't fight them, I flow with them and let them happen until they eventually run out of energy. Maybe I'll even help them happen or try to push them into becoming more and more irrational so that I start to slip into sleep. And if THAT doesn't work, then white noise helps - Sometimes I'll take a shower and just listen to the noise. Relaxes me a lot.
Everything that Hitokage said really helps a lot too.
What really sucks is when you're aware that you're dreaming and watching memories from the day before replayed over and over and over. I hope some of these things help!
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