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How can I stop talking to myself completely?

What would be a good way to be able to stop talking to myself when I go to sleep and just be silent? How can I learn to think inside my head completely?
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Another thing to try is write down what you're thinking, get it out of your system, and then go to bed.  You never know, you might find a writer inside of you.  
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Also, the problem isn't your noisy brain, it's that it bothers you.  Those of us with anxiety or depression get bothered by things that others just accept as who they are.  
"Another thing to try is write down what you're thinking," This is one suggestion in the book.
Maybe I should write a book about this stuff -- sure can't sell the novels I write!
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There are a lot of meditation music on computer that you can focus,  and can  be soothing and relaxing and  also some of the music  for  helping you to get to sleep.
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Hm that's a hard question.  Your brain is noisy?  You can't relax?  Is this what you mean?  Talking to ourselves is pretty common but if it is causing you not to sleep or fall asleep, good question as to how to quiet it.  Can you try visualization or meditation?  
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You can get a lot of information from insomnia books. I suffer from insomnia and have read lots of the books which focus on your problem.
They focus on relaxation and thinking about sleep however one technique for the desperate like me called paradoxical treatment is to try to stay awake while in bed which isn't easy to do if you are tired so you may fall asleep trying this so your problem would disappear. I find this works at times.
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