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A racing mind

Your thoughts keep going when the lights go off.

When the noise of the day stops, the planning part of your mind fills the silence with whatever is unfinished. Arguing with those thoughts rarely works. Giving your mind something duller to hold usually does better.

Two things to try

Tool · UP TO 20 MIN
Cognitive shuffle
Picturing ordinary, unrelated objects one at a time leaves no thread for worry to follow. The tool reads them out softly while the screen fades to black.
Open cognitive shuffle
Technique
A worry list, early in the evening
Ten minutes after dinner writing down what is on your mind, with one next step for each, means less of it is waiting for you when you lie down.
Why your mind speeds up at night

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Tired even after sleepingYou get the hours, but you still wake up exhausted.

Two things to try

Cognitive shuffle

A worry list, early in the evening

If you would like the occasional note

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