Racing Thoughts While Trying To Sleep? Try This. 

Bro is getting jumpscared by a guided meditation. You really are stressed lol.

Oh my gosh from I've started to prepare myself then I zone out and get scared the shit out of

but i feel like with his type of voice, is the minimum surprise ever, i had listening to worst videos of meditation 😂

Lmao thanks for the heads up OOP know what u mean already!

Bruh the same shit happened to me with this exact one 😭😭

i do this a lot, and when i’m already pretty tired, it works wonders. but sometimes i get really invested in the story and lose sleep 😂 so i guess read something that’s not super engaging but interesting enough to keep your attention until you’re ready to sleep

I just found out if I read verbally (say the words) this makes my breathing like take in a hole breath then let it out slowly as I say the words this slows my heart rate down so sleep comes easy //??

If this works for you , why are you watching this video? Just wondering

That’s bad for your eyes though. Make sure you are reading in good lighting and your eyes shouldn’t strain

For me it's nature/space documentaries. Same idea, different medium!

Ikr

My only and favourite one. Nothing else works.

Who is he?

@@PaulaTheLittleOne I have no idea

@@PaulaTheLittleOne I think his name is andy

Same I have never ended his 10 minutes, I always sleep before

I love your suggestion. Side note, if you already had the solution, how did you end up here? Lol

Who know it takes you ten minutes.. 🤌🏼10 mins is a long time 😛

Every time I feel my pulse I get nervous and it gets faster and faster and then I’m nauseous

You

@@scrubara 😂u good?

I've been having that exactly same thing!

Me too 😢

Ugh bro I need sleep for exams and my mind goes into overdrive

I'll wake up in the night, but only half way, in a semi-conscious state. I'm not actually conscious of my environment or of sound but I'm totally absorbed in my mind, in my thinking; and like you said often just random repetitive thinking about some topic. And then after some time I'll become come to my senses, literally haha. Its so strange, if I have a fan on I literally observe the moment that my hearing-sense opens and I become conscious of the sound of the fan, where before I couldn't hear it at all.

Sounds like adhd.

I think his name is Andy Pubbicombe

@@zathouse Puddicombe. Founded Headspace.

Yeah. I prefer his voice. The other voices have too much energy for sleep. This guy's voice hits the spot every time. I always look for him.

His name is Andy!!! Hes arguably the best narrator on Headspace

@@the06waves Thanks!!❤️

I needed to see this thanks:)

i’m so sorry to hear this :( perhaps instead the next time you try you could count upwards? and if you want to tire out your brain you could try count up in two’s? if that might be too challenging, you could just try counting up normally instead? i hope ur doing okay ❤️

Jeez bro you’ll be okay tho I understand sometimes you gotta take it one day at a time

I count backwards starting at 100. And if I drop a few I don't worry about it.

I feel the same way !! I’m in college so my sleep schedule is terrible and I’ve had to go from not having any background noises to only being able to listen to him . I’ve literally tired scrolling through all of them to find the playlist with only him on it, but I’ve had no luck

No homo, same

Did it work?!

It all* your English is very good ❤ -fellow language learner :)

@@Infinitykristy22 huh?

@@Infinitykristy22 what are you even talking about? The sentence was correct.

@@Sapphirefiree im not sure how a sound on RU-vid word help someone in grief. so...

Can you repost or link the series..?? 🙏per favore

best of luck 🌸💕

First thing first - are you trying to be calm? 3 things to check - do not block thoughts, judge thoughts, control thoughts. Let them come and let them go - like clouds come and go in the sky. Be the WITNESS to this whole internal phenomena. See how these pieces are the reason why these things happen to you. Next: meditate on the sensations itself. Just be a WITNESS to these sensations.Nothing, NOTHING in this world is permanent. These sensations, thoughts etc these frequency, intensity will keep changing. Become a curious observer to all this. Last: As you practice this, slowly your mind will free itself. It takes a while. At first, if your mind gets wilder - it is a GOOD sign. Sign that it is readying to free up. We call this waterfall experience. When you clean a dirty cup, it looks like cup is getting dirtier when you pour water to it - but in reality it is getting cleaner. Try and let me know if you have questions. Atleast give it a month or two.

@@DhavalKenia thanks! It’s been 2 months since the month long episode and I’ve been traveling around the world, and honestly I’m a different person now and I can sleep, but I will practice what you told me! It really means a lot you sent that. You are a kind human. If you wanted context here’s it short, March 27th 2023 6am I found out my best friend committed suicide. It was a very dark and depressive moment for me as I was the only person mentioned in his good bye note. I felt like it was my fault and started to fall into a deep spiral that felt un escape-able. Went to the doctor to get meds and then they responded terribly on the third day giving me Hallucinations, insomnia, racing heart, and dissociation for three weeks before recovering but the insomnia stayed, I’m much better now but I strive to be better and better.

@@SteelKitty17 thank god you are safe. I wish you all the love and pray for your friend's life. Although what he did is unjustifiable and by no means healthy - I pray that he is in a better place. I hope you forgive yourself and move on with your life in a healthy way. God bless!

Hope you're okay buddy

@A it was an ad for the video after

How was it? Did you fall asleep?

@@shira7867i think it worked too well 😅

Hey Tony, would you mind sharing a login detail for headspace. I would really appreciate. Thank you

@@joshuaokebata what kind of detail?

If you have a subscribed headspace account that you can share with me. Could leave my mail with you

@@joshuaokebata My account? Have not been able for 2 wks to access my page, can't log on, so I can't help you... and I'm a girl, thus Toni

So this is likely the adrenaline running through your mind caused by background anxiety. I get thoughts like that when I’m anxious just before bed and I get completely random and abnormal thoughts for me

The more you practice observing your thoughts eg through practicing meditation or in therapy, the more you catch them at the beginning and become aware and conscious of their origins and how your mind likes to catch hold of them and tread the same familiar patterns. Acknowledge and meet the needs driving the thoughts and they will calm down.

The more you practice observing your thoughts eg through practicing meditation or in therapy, the more you catch them at the beginning and become aware and conscious of their origins and how your mind likes to catch hold of them and tread the same familiar patterns. Acknowledge and meet the needs driving the thoughts and they will calm down.

The voices in my head just start talking to each other

damn.

True, but don’t beat yourself up for that. Eventually you won’t begin to pay attention to anything or overthink. You gotta feel it

I’m the same

Same

They have headspace busy mind also Netflix has good one interactive one as well

My advice would be to break that pattern once those thoughts come up. Think of it like a emergency button. Once you start over thinking, get up and do something. Like cleaning, work, hobbies, learning something new helps too. The plan is to break that habit of over thinking.

Have you ever been testing for OCD? There are a lot of similar symptoms to what you’re describing, and can often be the reason for ruminating on obsessive thoughts, past experiences and fears. As someone who has gone through that process, it might be useful to put a name to what you’re going through

He’s the creator and founder of headspace. Just look that up, he is the predominant meditation instructor on the headspace app.

Hey how are you

Really? That is the whole point - for you to forget it . - gently Then just start from 0 to 10,000 - I bet you won’t be able to get to Atleast to 100 and you will be already asleep

Lol you seem fun💀

I honestly agree, 100 would have felt a lot less stressfull, or just 10 over and over. Especially when he kept talking while I was trying to focus on counting, it just irritated me awake.

It doesn’t take very long to count down to 100 though so your thoughts would just come back again. The whole point is that the number is so ridiculously high that you won’t be able to count down to 1 before you go to sleep.

The number counting distracts your brain from the stressful racing thoughts by narrowing it down to one single thought. The narrator talks over the counting to remind you that it doesn’t matter if you forget a number, just move on to the next one; they also know that people’s counting will get interrupted by their racing thoughts, so he’s essentially talking over those negative thoughts. Obviously if someone’s prone to obsessive compulsion it might not be the right exercise for them, in which case it might be best to look at something specifically targeted at people with obsessive compulsive thoughts.