Deep breathing, positive mantras and tackling negative thoughts can help get you out of your head and cool down your anxiety. Source: Cleveland Clinic
NOTE: Occasionally I’ll go to bed, nod right off, and I’m in dreamland . . . until I open my eyes and my mind has a 30 meter head start on me and I’m trying my best to catch up. I’ve learned if I keep chasing my mind, my sleep is over for the night. I may as well get up and make coffee. I’ve picked up a few tricks that shuts my anxious mind down and before you know it I’m back in dream land. The deep breathing works. One trick I use is to arbitrarily pick a number, say 72. I visualize my mind drawing 72. Then I work down to 71 and so on. I visualize my mind drawing the number. I’ll begin to drift and I’ll find myself not counting down but counting up say to 73. I stop and start over again at 72. I’m usually sound asleep in 10 minutes. Make up your own silly head games, they usually work to get the mind to change tracks. Here’s wishing you a good night’s sleep.