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Racing thoughts are the worst. They really get intense for me in the AM, right after waking up. If I don't snap out of it, I can spend hours in bed starring into space. I lose time this way too.
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Guided meditation for racing thoughts. There are some on YouTube.
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Practicing mindfulness can help a lot here. I prefer doing a guided version to help me out
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I force myself to read a book.
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The last several weeks I’ve listened to guided meditations almost all night long. That or the music on the calm app. I’ll fall asleep for a bit and then wake back up and I just put another meditation back on. I also took Xanax at 2:45 am last night because it was ridiculous
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Being on prescribed anxiety meds (SSRI) is the only thing that ever helped me.
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I wasn’t prescribed them for the sleeping difficulties, but I found that once I took the meds, my sleeping issues went away
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on spotify there's a podcast called sleep with me it's a gibberish story so you can have something to pay attention to with out getting so invested you can't fall asleep
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- 21w
My mind just starts racing with thoughts all day. I overthink aswell so I just tend to sit in the thoughts and can’t escape. I mostly have thoughts that tell me I don’t like the things I do like snowboarding or backpacking or if I even if I love my girlfriend. Deep down I know I do but then I start getting worried that the more I think these things the more they come true. Then I have tons and tons of more thoughts throughout the day and it just feels like I’m constantly having anxiety and constantly battling my brain over things that don’t even make sense. I’m only 17 and this is extremely hard and I feel like I’m wasting these teenage years. I don’t know what to do or where to go. I’ve picked up reading my bible and praying more but the thoughts persist please help.
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- 16w
What's a piece of advice you give when someone has constantly intrusive thoughts and ruminations that won't stop? Interested to see what you tell others.....more on this when I see some replies!!!
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Hi - just for some context, I have OCD and ADHD. I hate bringing this up, but with these diagnoses, when intertwined, there is ALWAYS a thought. I never stop thinking. This is really hard, especially because I feel like I always need to be talking to someone. Whether it’s my friends or family, talking to people brings me down to earth from certain kinds of thought spirals. However, when I’m alone it is the hardest. When my friends don’t reply I have this compulsion to text again or I need to constantly check my notifications so that I have none left to check. But then to them or new people I talk to, this behavior probably comes across as overwhelming or too much. I’m trying to control it and use erp, but also, I have my moments where I’m just vunerable and give into the compulsion. It’s genuinely so embarassing and maybe not as big a deal as I’m making it out to be but, how do I manage? And how do I relax?
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