Brother freaking me out?

Question

My (older) brother always tries to scare me and freak me out. And today he was telling me about some japanese movie called 'audition' and it scared the h**l out of me.

Now it's 1:07am and I'm too scared to go to sleep. Because when I hear about things that scare me, they play out in my head and I create even scarier things, that are still related to the original thought.

I can't sleep, because every time I close my eyes I start thinking about it and seeing it in my head. I don't normally scare easily so this hasn't really been a problem before.

This probably sounds really stupid. I know all of this is just in my head and it's not going to hurt me in real life. But at night I guess I just get irrational.

How can I get a good sleep tonight?

Answer 1

may sound too simple, but think about people who make you laugh or smile..or a situation that makes you happy.  thats what i had to start doing when i would freak myself out

Answer 2

Turn on the Olympics, they'll put you to sleep in no time flat.

Answer 3

Even if the movie is real, and I've never heard about it, just keep telling yourself it's fake.

You could watch MTV or some show that'll get your mind off everything.

You could take some medicine to help you fall asleep.

Answer 4

ADD much? lol

focus on happy things.  soon you'll be so tired that you will just forget about it anyway and go to sleep.

Answer 5

I watch a comedy after watching something that freaks me out so that it takes my mind off of it, because I will be too busy laughing, and by the time it is over, I am ready to go to sleep, so try doing that. Or you can call someone like a boyfriend or good friend that will talk on the phone with you until you fall asleep

Answer 6

Hm, what I usually do to fall asleep when I can't is to watch something funny until I fall asleep.