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Originally Posted by malcolmk14
I used to leave a little notebook and pen beside the bed. If something like this happened where I just couldn’t stop ruminating I would pull it out and write down everything I wanted to write down about the situation so I could come back to it in the morning. And that was the mindset, I’m writing this down to deal with in the morning. What I wanted to say, do, etc., I think that helped clear everything up and allows your brain the space it needs to then fall asleep. It’s down on paper and at the moment that’s all you can do.
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Someone mentioned a technique to me once that I have started doing (along with writing things out). I thank my brain for my ridiculous/anxious/exaggerated thought and tell myself “thanks for the thought, but that isn’t helpful right now”. Or “fearing that scenario isn’t helpful right now because it doesn’t even exist”. Basically trying to go with the flow of my thoughts instead of trying to stop them and getting frustrated that I can’t turn them off. Sounds sort of silly but it’s actually helping me.