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The dream is a phenomenon very sensitive to our emotional state. Many people cannot sleep at night because they begin to have negative thoughts that magnify their worries, so falling asleep becomes a chimera.
Being anxious during the day causes us to accumulate small states of anxiety that, when the night arrives, when we need to disconnect the mind, to sleep, prevent the brain from ordering this disconnection.
If you are one of those people with a tendency to worry excessively, it is good that you set aside some time during the day to manage those worries that arise during the day.
Write them down on a piece of paper, so you can change them for other affirmations that have a more optimistic and hopeful tone to your problems.
Our thoughts are very valuable, they give us a lot of information about situations that maybe we are not handling very well and, although they are uncomfortable, if you listen to them carefully and give them full attention, they will give you the keys to what we can change so that they decrease or disappear. So first listen, then accept and, if you can, change it.
Many times, first we feel the manifestation: pressure in the chest, shortness of breath, sweating can occur. It is just then, when we must stop and think what has been our last thought. You will write down in a list the thoughts that generate anxiety and you will see that most of the time, they are repeated over and over again.
How to manage thoughts when you have trouble sleeping?
One of the most important aspects is: don't obsess, or ask questions like: Why can't I sleep? Better, ask yourself: what can I do if I don't sleep? This way of thinking will help you reduce anxiety and redirect the situation. This happens when we focus, not so much on what is happening to us, but on how we respond to that situation, intervening in the factors that depend on us.
So let's take control of the matter, with the STOP technique: So that, every time you detect that the humming has started in your head and won't let you be calm, you will tell yourself inside, in a forceful way "STOP!" and from the stop, each of its letters acquires a meaning, so it is a word that means other words:
- S: Knowing how to stop: date counts the input of thoughts and stops their flow.
- T: Take a break: inhale, exhale, as if you will expel the thought through your mouth.
- O: Observe, recognize what is there, what is it that has worried you? Observes the situation descriptively, without emotional involvement, takes distance, perspective of the situation.
- P: Proceeds, look for some activity that distracts the brain and prevents the return of the intrusive thought.
