Sometime I have really bad thoughts about the people I love the most?

Question

Ok I am not crazy I am completely sane but why is it when I am trying to fall asleep at night or my mind is wondering for something to think about it always goes to something bad. Usually it is about myself or someone I love dying. It is starting to make me really nervous. I am starting to lose sleep because I am afraid that I won't wake up. I just start crying and when I try to change my thought path it just jumps to something else along the same line. Is there something I can do to stop this? Am I lacking some sort of vitamin?

I try to think of things that make me happy but then it gets turned around into something bad.

I would never act on any of my crazy thoughts but they are not like I am doing something to someone. One would be like my best someone I love dies in a car accident.

Basically people dying too soon. As for me I am not afraid of dying but I am I don't know how to explain it. It is just weird...

Answer 1

I agree that you're overthinking things. You've taken something that's mostly normal (bad thoughts stray into everyone's mind at one time or another) and dwelt on it until you've made it much bigger than it needs to be.

When you go to bed at night, try clearing your mind totally...pick a soothing word and just repeat it over and over and over in your head until you've relaxed yourself to sleep. It's like meditating and can help to calm your brain down....the word I use is "banana"...say it slowly and calmly.

Or another technique is to picture a tennis ball bouncing back and forth across a net (don't picture the people or anything like that, just the ball going back and forth). Follow the ball with your eyes...that helps to simulate REM sleep and can help you fall asleep faster.

Answer 2

You are thinking too much and make yourself paraniod, you need to be more tired before you lay down. Read or something and think of the good things that happened that day that make you happy. Everyone thinks crazy thoughts, it's when you act on them that you have to start worrying. I wouldn't worry about dying, everyone does at some point and lifes goes on for the rest until they do.

Answer 3

I get this feeling sometimes. I think it's pretty normal to be afraid of something happening to people you love--after all, you don't want to lose them. Losing sleep over it, however, is unhealthy. You should try to clear your mind right before closing your lights, reading, or just think about something you're really interested in.