I am a 'thinker' & can not shut down my brain at night, does that happen to you?

Yes! This used to happen to me all the time. Then I discovered a cure - reading! Take a book to bed and have a little read - you'll still be thinking of things but it'll be the book and it'll send you either into a dream or just tire you out enough to sleep. It'll relax you because it takes your mind off the days before and ahead. Escapism as they say. It certainly works for me.

I can remember this happening to me when I was younger if I'm not mistaken, sometimes my thoughts would be running like crazy through my head, and I'd have to get up and write them down. These days, I tend to be more bothered at night by deep and vivid dreams and nightmares. However, if I'm disturbed...perhaps by a dream...or some noise...then it can be hard for me to get back to sleep, and I'll just like there thinking. Often I'll just get up and do some work, until such a time as I am exhausted. Then I'll lie down and try and sleep...even then it can take me a whileto enter a truly deep sleep.

many people ccan be like this, especially if you are the type that would usually think of a lot of things, and if you do think - is it about new ideas, or was it to worry about something?

Problems is one of the reason why people can't sleep easily. Whether it is work related or family problem. Or maybe if you are excited with something, like vacation or meeting a long lost friend can be a reason for having sleepless nights.

that's a very common issue I guess. Our brains never shut down really. Even when we sleep it is active and you think or rather dream. You dream every night, you just don't remember all of your dreams. Sometimes my brain feels empty though. Then I'm staring holes into the air and I think of nothing. I can't say that's a very nice feeling but sometimes it can be relieving after hours and hours and hours of mental work.

Absolutely. However, this is one of the reasons I like working at home, so that I can take advantage of inspiration whenever it strikes instead of trying to suppress it. But if it's presenting a problem or a certain schedule has to be kept, I find that evening exercise, housework, or other physically draining activity to tire myself out can get my body to shut down against the mind's protests.

Hey we have the same problem. Every night I can't stop thinking about so many things especially the things that has happened during the day and the things I am going to do the next day and that becomes my problem when I already want to sleep. I'm thinking too much every night. I think that's because I got a new job which makes me excited and nervous whenever I think about it. There are so many things happeneing to me everyday at work which I think about when I go to bed and I'm too nervous for the next day that's why i cannot sleep.

All the time. Some people are just wound tight like this and have an very overactive brain. It takes a lot to get them relaxed. One other issue that causes insomnia like this is a thyroid problem. It can be over or under active and can have similar symptoms depending upon a persons chemistry. It couldn't hurt to get it checked out to see if that is causing your sleepless nights. I had that problem and found out it was my thyroid. But after 5 years of taking a low dose medication which fixed the sleep issue I developed other thyroid problems and had to have it removed. Now, even though I have to take a little pill for the rest of my life to substitute the fact that I no longer have a thyroid I now have insomnia really bad and there isn't a fix for it. I can be up for 18 hrs or 2 days and then crash for 16 plus hours and start the cycle all over again. This is rare and doesn't usually happen to too many people. You could also try working out later in the day to wear your body down. Then you might fall asleep faster due to exhausted muscles and sleep well. Take a very warm shower and lie down with a timer to some soft music. That can relax you and get you to sleep too. Talk about you day with your partner, sibling or parents to get your day off your chest so that you will have hashed over everything on your mind so it might be clear by bedtime.

It happens to my boyfriend most of the time. He always told me that he used to think a lot of things when he's bored and get so much hungry because of it. :)

If I do this, I am in the spell of stress. But I used to count and relaxed to sleep right away. I don't want to think much.

Going to bed at the same time every night helps. Also, try to think about something you like, a goal or dream, and how you want to accomplish it. Try to be in control over what you are thinking about. Slowing down your thoughts with music may helps as well. Your body likes to do the same thing, a pattern, rhythm, whatever you want to call it. So, a routine helps your mind to calm down.

Yes, yes, yes! This happens to me all the time. It's not unnusual for me to try to start going to sleep around 10PM, not be able to sleep and keep trying, on and off, until 5 or 6 in the morning. If I have to work in the morning, I just lost a full night's sleep. I used to keep a tablet by my bed. When I began to think of things, I would write them down. It was like once I wrote them down my brain to need to remember them anymore. It actually worked! Why don't I do that anymore??!! I'll have to try it. Maybe I'll get some sleep tonight.

Same here! It's both a curse and a blessing. On the good side, I tend to get the best ideas at that time. Peace, quite, alone. The creative part of my brain gets that rush where I have to take down notes on whatever good stuff I come up with. But on the bad side, whenever I am anxious, depressed, scared, angry, my brain just thinks endlessly, that it drives me nuts I just wanna scream. Worst part is, I tend to sleep so late because of that. As of the moment my remedy for that, which kinda works for me, is working out in the day - jogging, weight lifting till i drop. Then take a bath 2-3 hours before sleeping. Then drinking hot milk. and finally, lie down, relax and read a book, or do research on random stuff, or any other not so interesting things. And, in time my eyes just get heavy I take advantage of that. So far, it's going good, though I still have that fear that maybe i'll suffer from it again and affect my now good sleeping pattern.

it happens to me all the time. sometimes when i try to sleep, even though im so tired of doing the house hold chores later on i will end up thinking about my future, what will i be after 5 years, what will i wake up tomorrow and all that stuff. well my advice to you is, clear your mind, relax, and try not to think about anything. its better if you will be in a comfortable position in sleeping coz it will help too. hope this will help you..:)