If you haven’t meditated before, I suggest downloading the Headspace app. I assume they still have a free intro set that teaches the basics. You can use those techniques like controlling your breath or doing a body scan to try to calm your mind.
Also a psychiatrist told me somestudy showed that putting your phone on airplane mode at night helps. Don’t just put away to charge, put it in airplane mode so you know there’s nothing updating and no notifications you’re missing.
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No but it’s seriously helpful and I wish I did it more than like once every two weeks. Use an app like Headspace, Calm, or Insight Timer and try the shortest option they have, 1-2 minutes. Or even just set a timer on your phone (with a nicer alarm tone) for a couple minutes and just close your eyes and breathe (even just lying down in bed, doesn’t have to be sitting up. The rare times I can do this consistently, I feel so much calmer and just more content in the interior, makes me reach for my phone a whole lot less.
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Try the Insight Timer app, so many amazing meditations and white noise that will help you fall asleep in no time!
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I'm no psychologist, but a good way to stop anxiety brain and ruminating is to interrupt the thought cycle. Meditation and mindfulness are good ways to do this by turning off the thoughts and resetting.
There are plenty of apps out there for this but a lot of them are paid. If you're just starting out or don't have financial resources, I highly recommend the 'first this' podcast by Kathryn Nicolai. At least in my podcast feed it's free and no ads, each ep is 10 mins of guided meditation. It helps my brain calm down and shut up.
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