Over thinking

[James1234567]

Ruminations are really messing me up but I can't stop. Stuck in a bad rut.

[fauxartist]

yep..... very familiar with the hamster wheel of thoughts endlessly running in my head at night sometimes before I can go to sleep. I take an over the counter sleep aid and put my headphones on to act as white noise to stop hearing the over analysing of every issue in my life in my head, every tiny detail, every what if, only if, should I have....all that stuff. The white noise is either very quiet music with no words to fixate on, or the opposite oddly, I listen to a tv show but have it turned down so I don't really here the dialogue.

[James1234567 in reply to fauxartist]

I do the same but the daytime hours I can't break free.

[Hidden]

When I get like that, I use Michael Sealey on You Tube, Mediation for Detachment/Overthinking. Find it is helping quite a bit too.....

[Agora1 in reply to Hidden]

I enjoy Michael Sealey's videos as well as The Honest Guys. Their voices are so soothing. x

[Krazie]

If you want to stop the ruminations, then it needs to be replaced with something else. Try focusing on a soothing word or phrase. For example: "let it go". "be not afraid". A hum might work. Just repeat over and over.

Best wishes, James.

[fauxartist in reply to Krazie]

that's a very good thought....I do something similar... I tell myself when the broken record keeps skipping on a thought.... there's nothing I can do to change it... let it go... let it go.