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One thing I will suggest is to just sit and breathe. Take slow deep breaths. What happens then is you are getting in awareness of your body and the things around you enough to get even more quiet. Next try breathing into the noise. When you really concentrate and visualize the breath moving into where the noise is and then exhale the noise out all the people you may have been arguing with in your head seem to shut up. That is always nice. Don't be discouraged if you find yourself arguing again after a minute or so, that is OK, just keep breathing and focusing.

There are really many things you can do to quiet your mind, but know that the more you can quiet your mind the more you will be open to impressions, thoughts or feelings that will guide you and give you the next step you need in your life. I remember when I was in college there was a guy that I was dating that I really liked. I had a really sinking feeling in my gut that he was going to tell me something I didn't really want to hear. I went over to his apartment and prayed the whole way for God to go in there with me and really help me. I knew there was no way I could handle being rejected at this point. I knew I would take it really hard. I told God that whatever he had to say I wanted to make sure I knew I would be OK and that there was an answer there for me. Well, I went to his door and I talked to him only for a few minutes. He told me that he couldn't see me any more because he knew who he was supposed to marry. It was this girl in one of our classes that he had just been getting to know better. I know this is not normal college guy talk, but I knew he was very sincere in what he was saying. It wasn't some crazy line to hurt me. Just as he told me this I felt this warm feeling move over my heart and all the pain of rejection that I knew was going to come, didn't.
I was left standing there congratulating him and sincerely wishing him the best. I knew as I lived it was right. I knew I was OK and that it was OK if my relationship with him was over. This feeling never left. I still feel fine about it, and I would hope so because that was years ago, but I will say this though, even though my heart was OK, my mind was very confused. It didn't seem OK to my mind at all, but because my heart was OK it didn't matter if my mind thought it was a bunch of crap.

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