Yes try not to drink coffee or work yourself up in anyway before going to bed. This includes removing yourself from the Internet, agreed approx. an hour before bed.
Your mind actually doesn't stop thinking anyway. What happens is your subconscious mind takes over when you fall asleep.
To try to prepare your subconscious mind people usually say think of boring things or nothing. Since both of these things involve active thinking then you may find yourself in a loop and never fall asleep. Until you eventually drop from mental exhaustion.
Here's what I have successfully tried, and I have now got in down packed and working like a dream!
Each time any thought enters your mind, disregard it and 'trick' your mind and go blank (no subject, no active thought). When another thought enters your mind again disregard it and go blank.
Continue this over and over. It usually takes at most 10 or so mins at max. and you fall asleep.
There are other 'relaxation' options like allow your feet to relax, allow your legs to relax etc etc, but this never helped me really. I just felt heavy!
Of course the only last option is to get sleeping pills from the doctor. But you need to have a sound mind before the doctor agrees to this.
Is it normal that I cant stop thinking when I try to sleep?
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Yes try not to drink coffee or work yourself up in anyway before going to bed. This includes removing yourself from the Internet, agreed approx. an hour before bed.
Your mind actually doesn't stop thinking anyway. What happens is your subconscious mind takes over when you fall asleep.
To try to prepare your subconscious mind people usually say think of boring things or nothing. Since both of these things involve active thinking then you may find yourself in a loop and never fall asleep. Until you eventually drop from mental exhaustion.
Here's what I have successfully tried, and I have now got in down packed and working like a dream!
Each time any thought enters your mind, disregard it and 'trick' your mind and go blank (no subject, no active thought). When another thought enters your mind again disregard it and go blank.
Continue this over and over. It usually takes at most 10 or so mins at max. and you fall asleep.
There are other 'relaxation' options like allow your feet to relax, allow your legs to relax etc etc, but this never helped me really. I just felt heavy!
Of course the only last option is to get sleeping pills from the doctor. But you need to have a sound mind before the doctor agrees to this.