{
  "id": 18256363,
  "title": "Switching off in your head: Sleeping better: How to stop the thought carousel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/feierabend-im-kopf-besser-einschlafen-so-stoppen-sie-das",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-05T05:06:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/feierabend-im-kopf-besser-einschlafen-so-stoppen-sie-das-gedankenkarussell/100267470.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Experts offer strategies to help people stop ruminating on work-related thoughts at night. Jette Völker, a work and organisational psychologist at Universität Mannheim, suggests establishing evening routines, such as writing a to-do list for the next day, tidying up the workspace, and scheduling social activities in advance. Hans-Günter Weeß, head of the sleep centre at Pfalzklinikum Klingenmünster, recommends the \"grumbling chair\" method, where one sets aside time to think about worries before bed, and then makes a conscious effort to stop thinking about them until morning. Additionally, experts suggest mindfulness exercises, such as listening to a relaxing podcast, or mental fantasy trips, like imagining a pleasant experience with all the senses.",
  "summary": "To-do list, tidy workspace or fantasy trip: There are various ways to distance yourself from work after hours in order to sleep better. Three impulses.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}