How are you feeling tonight? Hope you are feeling better.
A few things that I personally find good for distraction when your mind is going mental...
TV!! Movies, boxsets..... sometimes it can be hard to concentrate & focus, maybe put on something you have seen before and try to get your mind to catch on to it. This can give your brain a much needed break from a peak anxiety state.
Food - eating does it for me unfortunately! If you can find the effort or will to be able to get / make yourself something.
I find cleaning good, its very hard to get started, but even something random, like i'll just start by getting the sink clean in teh kitchen - and i usually end up cleaning the whole kitchen
5 minute mindful sessions: Making a cup of tea - Just focus for 5 minutes on putting water in the kettle, listenting to it boil, pouring the water, feeling the hot cup in your hands, drinking. Focusing on everything outside of yourself, taste sight sound smell..... Same type of thing for a 5 minute shower..
Also, putting notes up around the place on the wall, of things that inspire me. I have a big noteup in my room that simply says focus, that is to not let my mind wander when i;m in the middle of other tasks, like getting dressed.
When its really bad and nothing of the above is helping. I listen to podcasts / sometimes dep/anxiety related, sometimes something bizarre like infinite monkey cage, or ted talks can be good.
Last, but certainly not least. I put on a foreign movie, while lying in bed, ligths off, windows open, snuggled down. Can even put a cloth on your head. Just close your eyes & listen to the foreign words and try not think, just breathe..................
Hope you get some peace soon... hope some of this helped..... let us know how your doing?