Does anyone else have this problem? Please help. No rude answers please!?

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Does anyone else have this problem? Please help. No rude answers please!?
Whenever I try to go to sleep I am constantly bothered by the thought racing through my head. It will keep me up for hours. I think about the bad things that have happened in my life, how i could have changed them, or good things that have happend and i think the ways they could have gone worng, and i think about what will go wrong. And sometimes I get paranoid that someone is in my house and is watching me. I get scared to get up and go to the bathroom or get a drink or even go to my mom or dad for comfort. I know these are kind of childish thing for a yr old. How can I stop them? I seriously have to go to bed hours before I usually would just so I can get a decent amount of sleep. Any help would be great.

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Your mind is overstimulated during the day and doesnt get enough quotdown timequot to actually process the days events until you are alone in bed. brI had that all my life...be up til am when i had to be on the school bus by ... Not goodbrNow im older and have more time driving myself to work and all but I still have thatbrTry to make some time just for you during the day where you can veg and listen to music and let your mind gobrAt night, you need to refocus your thoughts When you catch yourself dwelling on stuff that hapened, especially the bad stuff Try to think of something you like, or a goal you have and remind yourself you cant fix the past...breathebrI know people here say take sleep aids, but your mind only fights harder on those so its a waste and not good for you.