How do you "turn off" your mind?

dseag2 said:
My mind is constantly racing, either with thoughts or songs. I had a massage today and just wanted to tune out and enjoy it but my mind was either thinking about what was being done to my body or about the chores that I had to do. I tried focusing on breathing but it didn't work. Has anyone been successful in doing this?
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when you find out please share...I'll pay you..... :sneaky:
 
jujube said:
I have nights when my mind is determined to whirl me around with regrets, should-haves, shouldn't-haves, misdeeds both by me and against me and, in general, the detritus of 74+ plus years on this mortal coil.

I used to take a lowest-dose Valium a half hour before bed and that would send me off for a good night's sleep but that was only throwing a blanket over the problem.

I don't have as many "crazy nights" as I used to, thank goodness, but I do have a lot of nightmares/Cecil B. Deville cast-of-thousands epic dreams.
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me too..almost exactly word for word. I take a 5mg dose of Valium..the tiny baby dose, which fyi the locum doc has just cancelled my prescription for Diazepam on Friday, because I'm ''addicted'' having been on this baby pill for a couple of years... well I take it to prevent the muscle spasms in my back during the night , but thanks for the help doc when I reached out to you for help to calm my mind šŸ˜«šŸ˜–..what did she do to help me get over my lack of ability to calm my mind while trying to sleep after a really traumatic incidence?.. nothing, except send me a link by email to M.I.N.D..in case I ever had thoughts of Suicide..

Now I'm worse off than before.. no Diazepam even ...
 

I use thc. I am a believer of better life through chemistry. I've had enough drama in my life. thc helps my ptsd which I developed from being alive. As long as my son & his son are alright I have no other concerns anymore. I worry politically, but only because I'm concerned for my grandson's future. Trying to be as personally uninvested as I possibly can. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter anymore and probably never did.

Rock music helps.
 
Pepper said:
I use thc. I am a believer of better life through chemistry. I've had enough drama in my life. thc helps my ptsd which I developed from being alive. As long as my son & his son are alright I have no other concerns anymore. I worry politically, but only because I'm concerned for my grandson's future. Trying to be as personally uninvested as I possibly can. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter anymore and probably never did.

Rock music helps.
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Hate talking to myself but what I just realized, in essence, is that I'm saying 'turn on, tune in, drop out' and I never truly prescribed to the last part until my dotage. :cool:
 
Jan14 said:
Itā€™s a curse. Trying to get out of your head and into your body. I use the Calm App. It helps some.
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I guess this is why none of the relaxation techniques has ever worked for me; I have no desire to get into my body and don't trust it one inch since all it's ever done is betray me. So I've finally after too many years given up on it and see it as something to just my head around from one place to another, lol. And I love feeding my head (i.e., reading or watching tv) anyway, so that's my only go-to.
 
My mind runs rampant at the best of timesā€¦so..rather than get stressed,I remind myself that I can catch up on naps the next day,also,I have never needed much sleepā€¦so,I read, watch the news which isnā€™t wise but what the heck ā€¦sometimes I do listen to my sound machine,,sound of rain with claps of thunder,while watching the snow come downā€¦šŸ„±šŸ„±
 
Snow74 said:
My mind runs rampant at the best of timesā€¦so..rather than get stressed,I remind myself that I can catch up on naps the next day,also,I have never needed much sleepā€¦so,I read, watch the news which isnā€™t wise but what the heck ā€¦sometimes I do listen to my sound machine,,sound of rain with claps of thunder,while watching the snow come downā€¦šŸ„±šŸ„±
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I've given up on trying to get a good night's sleep; the only time I ever get a good night's sleep is if I did absolutely nothing that day, just relaxed and read and watched tv and played games on the computer. And since I never have a day like that anymore--it's been years--I haven't had a good night's sleep in years, I don't think it's in the cards anymore.
 
Early morning I might think of something I need to do, so I'm laying in bed and the tiny little thought I had is now class 5 tornado. I know it is useless to sleep at this point, I get out of bed, go down stairs turn on some music and sleep on the couch. I don't want to disturb my wife soundly sleeping in bed so the couch downstairs is the perfect solution.

Learning how to temporarily distract your mind is the key to managing your thoughts?
 
officerripley said:
I've given up on trying to get a good night's sleep; the only time I ever get a good night's sleep is if I did absolutely nothing that day, just relaxed and read and watched tv and played games on the computer. And since I never have a day like that anymore--it's been years--I haven't had a good night's sleep in years, I don't think it's in the cards anymore.
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Have you tired looking for ideas to help with sleep on YouTube?
 
I do my deep breathing exercise that we used to do in yoga class. It really helped when I was getting a root canal, and also when I had a ganglion operation on my hand under local anaesthetic.

Just let your body relax, empty your mind, and concentrate on your breathing. It works.
 
While some of you want to "turn off" your minds. I set my "instrument" to solve the important questions of the day. Like , why do humans have such big butts? How can you build a raider proof tomb for Egyptians Pharaohs? Why do 2022 cars look like new cars? If we're taking billions of barrels of oil out of the ground, isn't it going to sink? And If I hear a cool song from the 60s, I get to mentally hear it 8,000 times.
 
Mr. Ed said:
Have you tired looking for ideas to help with sleep on YouTube?
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Yeah, I've tried everything; every medical professional I've gone to has tried everything; the few times I've had to have surgery with general anaesthesia, they've had a heck of a time getting me under. So I've given up on mind relaxation or sleep; I used to worry about getting too tired to drive well but I rarely drive anymore anyway so I don't care anymore.
 
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