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20th May 2022
12:10pm BST

People couldn't believe how effective the technique was, and took to the comments to thank the TikToker. One person said: "You just set my brain in airplane mode." Another wrote: "I have ADHD. I. Cannot. BELIEVE. How quickly this worked. I’m stunned." A third commented: "This just put my brain on mute almost immediately. Thank you." This technique can obviously be used whenever you start overthinking, not just if you're trying to get to sleep. There is some science behind why we overthink at night though. Carley Symes from the Counselling Directory recently told the Huffington Post: “Our days are filled with things to do and process and think about right from the get-go. "The only time we really start to switch off from those things is when we are laid in bed, getting ready to go to sleep. So it makes sense that all those things we haven’t had space for throughout the day take hold.” As your brain is no longer occupied with work and everyday life, it suddenly has free space to fill - and does so by trying to process what information is needed and not from the past 24 hours. You can read more about this here. Related links:@thementallevel This makes no sense but it works. ? #lifehacks #jedi #flowstate #healing #spiritualitytok #fitnesstiktok #yogatiktok #manifestingtok #healingtok #selfcaretok #sportstiktok #businesstiktok #meditationtok #anxiety #overthinking #calm #chill #mentalhealth #relaxing #flowing #fyp ♬ original sound - The Mental Level
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