Anxiety

 

Another technique for keeping daily anxiety and worry out of your thoughts while you try to fall asleep is to keep a daily diary.  Make sure to include all your worries and fears in your diary along with the events of the day.  The goal here is to actualize your feelings in writing so that you can be free of them in the evening.  The act of physically writing is the key here to acknowledging that you are worried while at the same time giving yourself permission to rest and deal with these feeling tomorrow.

You can reduce the effects that worry and stress can create for your body by using some of the other methods for achieving relaxation described in this book.  You may want to consider a combination of soothing music and yoga to clear your mind.  Or perhaps reading quietly will keep your mind from wandering back to the stressful thoughts you had during the day.  Once again, the goal here is to relax and prepare you for a night of restful sleep.