[Celyn]

Mind racing when sleeping? Hmm, that's a difficult one. Sometimes I get strange dreams or something and I wake up and don't feel so good- perhaps as though I have been processing something while sleeping. Or I might suddenly wake up and have a flood of thoughts.

I'm not sure if my mind 'races' as such but sometimes I struggle getting to sleep because I can't stop thinking. It's just a flow of thoughts, all connected, but I just keep thinking and thinking and thinking. It does make it difficult to get to sleep. This happened last night. I try and catch myself when it happens and tell myself that there's not much point in thinking as I'm not getting anywhere and all it does is prevent me from sleeping. I either try to think of something else (especially if whatever I'm thinking about isn't particularly pleasant) or I'll try and stop thinking completely and just engage in a bit of mindfulness- focusing on the sensations of lying in bed.

Not sure what to suggest if it's happening in your sleep though as you may not have a lot of control over that. Apart from trying to de-stress before bed and develop good sleeping habits maybe. Anything that might be bothering you that might be behind this?