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Just lay still for 20 minutes and let your mind wander without distractions Just. I've never been able to do that. I'm always thinking, even when I am exhauste
by Afforess 12y ago
Just lay still for 20 minutes and let your mind wander without distractions
Just. I've never been able to do that. I'm always thinking, even when I am exhausted. (Usually then, about how exhausted I am.)
- steveax 12y agoMy secret: short story podcasts. Engages my brain just enough to help turn off the competing thoughts. There really is something to that bedtime story thing!
- vijucat 12y agoThis could be due to the momentum of thinking anxiously, or in a forced way in general, throughout the day. If you are able to think at a natural pace throughout the day, your thoughts will be calm, or at least, come to you at a natural pace, at bedtime / nap-time, too.
- Swizec 12y ago> I'm always thinking Otherwise known as "lettings your mind wander". Just go with it, you don't have to not-think. It is perfectly fine to spend 20 minutes laying down and thinking.
- masklinn 12y agoAnd what's supposed to happen when it's an hour later and the mind is still wandering but not sleeping any more than originally?
- zimpenfish 12y agoTry unwandering it? Count from 1 upwards and restart every time your mind wanders off the counting.
- Swizec 12y agoNothing much? You don't have to fall asleep to feel rested from taking an hour long break ...