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I've had a lot of trouble with anxiety and insomnia and in conjunction with medication for a long times, my therapist just had be do a few things before I was going to sleep.
One of which was just simply not watching television or being online for an hour before I was going to lay down, or just generally limiting stimuli like that before sleep. You could also look up some meditation techniques and try that in order to get into a calm mood before sleep.
The anxiety makes it harder to sleep and also more likely for you to have nightmares, so that's a tough thing to deal with.
But the best thing I could say is to just try relaxation exercises before sleep so you're more at ease.
Oh! If you prefer some noise while you sleep, mynoise.net has some wonderful sound generators that you can customize to your own preferences.
I don't know if you like the noise, but for me it helps me to have the sound of water going in the background, it calms me down and gives my brain something else to focus on, preventing my thoughts from racing as much.
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