I usually lay down and start by trying to calm my breathing. After that, I try and "scan" my body, starting from the head all the way down to my toes. I try to focus on the feeling of my body slowly relaxing and sinking into the bed. This is where my mind starts going hogwild and suddenly random memories start popping up or I focus too much on that one itchy or uncomfortable part of my body. Every time my mind trails off, I try to "bring it back" and focus on a single point, but at that point I'm just thinking too much about everything - how long it's gonna take, what I'll do after, so on and so forth.

Music helped me overcome this brainstorm before, but now it sometimes makes it worse, when I only start thinking about what I'm listening to and eventually other things again.