🌙 Quiet a busy mind before sleep Overthinking at night can feel especially frustrating because your body may be tired while your min...
🌙 Quiet a busy mind before sleep
Overthinking at night can feel especially frustrating because your body may be tired while your mind stays busy with planning, replaying conversations, unfinished tasks or “what if” thoughts. Sleep research links pre-sleep cognitive arousal, a busy, alert or worried mental state near bedtime, with difficulty falling asleep and poorer sleep.[2]
TL;DR: People can get stuck in their thoughts at night for different reasons. Once the day quiets down, worries and unfinished thoughts may be easier to notice, while stress, insomnia habits or anxiety can keep the mind alert. Instead of trying to switch your thoughts off, focus on making bedtime less of a struggle and on habits that help your bed feel like a place for sleep.
Good starting point: combine one strategy earlier in the day, such as planned worry time or a wind-down routine, with one simple plan for nights when you are awake and your thoughts keep looping.
