I know it all to well. Short term - If you hadn't look into sleep hygiene or bed hygiene this may help a bit to get some sleep and rest the active mind. Things like go have a shower, change your bedding, Remove all electronic equipment from your bedroom all help to feel more comfortable to finally get some sleep.

Maybe a long tern thing to look at ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) Which is part of the mindfulness approaches available in the US and Australia and growing. One of the skills is to break up all sorts or our random thoughts even irrational ones by thinking things like "thinking" thanking your brain for coming up with incredible creative stories etc. It can be a bit of a mind game to get started but does work and gets easier as you go along. There are a few self help books available on it and will explain it better then I could. One in particular The happiness trap - DR Russ Harris, Which I got this out from my local library -Which was part of my CBT homework.

I have the same thoughts that come out of nowhere. Things that have really pissed me off lately and keep replaying in my head. I just yell stop in my mind and the thoughts go away for a while but something will trigger it again and I mentally yell stop! Hoping it holds my head together until I can see a psych to put me back on Depakote. Bad enough I have fibro but now this is going on too. Crazy ain't it!

I deal with insomnia a lot.I tried to get some sleep earlier and was not able to shut my mind down.So I do what I feel helps me get some of the stuff in my head off my chest.I write in my journal and just got back to posting on daily strength in hopes my anxiety med kicks in soon were I can get some sleep.Hope everyone else finds a remedy for not being able to sleep.Good Luck.Hugs.

I have some serious disquieting thoughts lately, and unfortunately, I've tried to quiet them with food. A bowl of cereal here a piece of toast there. I keep waking up and heading to the kitchen each time, hoping to quiet the thoughts and go back to bed. I've been told to ride out each wave of thoughts, It's pretty hard. And I feel for you. *hugs*

I can't ever fall asleep without my cd player on listening to guided imagery. It drowns out all the voices inside my head and when I wake up during the night I just play it again and it puts me back to sleep. I don't know what I would do without it.

Mind control can be a tough thing but yes, it can be done.
I used to suffer horribly from bad thoughts that wouldn't go
away, Now I've learned to just deliberately change what I'm
thinking, and sometimes I can even make my mind go blank.
I still have times when it doesn't work but with practice it gets
easier. I hope you can find some relief soon. Big Hugs

I usually watch tv so my mind is concentrating on the movie and not able to think it's own thoughts.

When I have negative thoughts I usually listen to music. It helps a lot. Sometimes if the thoughts are really dark and repetitive I write them down and throw them away. In doing so it makes me feel like yes I have acknowledged that they are there and throwing them away signifies that they don't control me. You are going to get through this. I know it is a sucky feeling.