i'm just trying to chill out for the night and play acnh and listen fo music, but i cannot get my brain to stop ruminating and worrying about things outside of my control. does anyone else experience this when trying to relax? i need to sleep soon, but my brain won't turn off :(
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@Sazbaz27x it's terrible, i just wish for one second i could rest 😔
Yeah mines the same it sucks, also I love animal crossing ✨
@Chihuahuaprincess the animal crossing grind is real rn 😍🫶
@abi.kail I’m so obsessed I named my kittens after pate and stitches 🤭
Try putting on animal crossing streams or video on your tv or your phone to fall asleep to. I find that meditation content gets me too into a headspace of acknowledging the anxiety and making it worse. If you feel similar about meditation and self-help content, then focusing your mind on your interrests can be soothing. However I'll be honest, be careful not to turn it into the only way you can sleep. I haven't *not* slept with a youtube video on my phone in the last 2 years it became a ritual for me 💀
@sillyoverthinker it can't be as bad as me using the mary jane as a ritual. started using it to help me sleep about 2 years ago too, and now it's ritualistic for me to smoke right before bed and now it's not even helping me sleep 💔💔. i'm definitely gonna try watching streamers to help me sleep instead of playing!! i appreciate your comment 🫶
I do erp scripts or not engaging my worst thoughts and then I go do a jigsaw 🧩. https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/erp-scripting-for-ocd/ https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/shoulders-back-the-man-in-the-park/
I'm having the hardest time right now with my own ruminating negative thoughts that may or may not possibly come true. I fear the worst and replay what that looks like in my head over and over. The best I can do is my best and wait for the horror to end. I want to cry, but can't. I'm scared and alone in my head. My anxiety is extreme. What should I do in the meantime while I'm going through this? How can I minimize or stop the way I'm feeling? Please, I need help.
Advice needed please: Has anybody ever been in a situation where something traumatic or heartbreaking was happening in their life and struggled with rumination? I know there is like a normal amount that you should process something and cry it out but I don’t know that it is conducive to anything to do that on and off for hours? Wouldn’t it at a certain point be considered unhelpful rumination? And if so how does one stop? Because I’m going through something so hurtful and confusing that I don’t know how to stop thinking about it and the usual distractions don’t work for very long. And idk how important this is but it just happened today so it’s very fresh which makes it even harder to not think about and “figure out” why x, y, z happened. Goodness, I’m sorry if I’m weird or a baby
Guys I need help. I feel so alone . Basically I have this compulsion where I feel the need to write everything but this stems from me being anxious about EVERYTHING. Like my mom came in my room and I was irritated and snapped, immediately regretted now I keep writing “don’t be mean to mom next time” but I keep thinking about it. Then I think about how I finally left my house today and all the surfaces I touched that could’ve been contaminated and now I’m writing “next time don’t touch this and this”. Then I think about all the things I need to be doing for this week and I’m writing “don’t forget to do this and this” even though I’ve written it 5 times already. This is what happens everyday btw. My brain always thinks about something I need to be doing and making me anxious that I’ll forget it which is why I write it down on my notes app. I’m sooo mentally exhausted I need help pls!! Anyone have any advice ? I used to think I need to stop the writing but really I need to stop the anxious thoughts coming into my head . People say I need to accept the thoughts and let it go but that’s too hard for me
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