Psychologists Explain How To Stop Overthinking Everything
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What is overthinking?
Thinking about something in endless circles. It's exhausting.
While everyone overthinks a few things once in a while, chronic over-thinkers spend most of their waking time ruminating, which puts pressure on themselves. They then mistake that pressure to be stress.
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Am I an overthinker?
People who overthink consistently run commentaries in their heads, criticising and picking apart what they said and did yesterday, terrified that they look bad — and fretting about a terrible future that might await them.
What ifs’ and ‘shoulds’ dominate their thinking, as if an invisible jury is sitting in judgement on their lives.
They don’t sleep well because ruminating and worrying keep them awake at night.
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Why overthinking is bad?
Overthinking is destructive and mentally draining. It can make you feel like you’re stuck in one place, and if you don’t act, it can greatly impact on your day-to-day life. It can quickly put your health and total well-being at risk. Rumination makes you more susceptible to depression and anxiety.
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When an unpleasant event puts us in a despondent mood, it’s easier to recall other times when we’ve felt terrible. That can set the stage for a ruminator to work herself into a downward spiral
AMY MACLIN
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Is it permanent? No.
Chronic worrying is not permanent. It’s a mental habit that can be broken. You can train your brain to look at life from a different perspective.
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How can I get rid of overthinking?
To overcome overthinking you need to replace the thought. Telling yourself to not to have a certain thought is not the way to not have the thought. You need to replace the thought and put it in a different context.
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Clear your brain.
Find a constructive way of processing any worries or negative thoughts, says Honey. “Write your thoughts down in a journal every night before bed or first thing in the morning — they don’t have to be in any order. Do a ‘brain dump’ of everything on your mind onto the page.
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Wake yourself up
Try to keep a habbit to wake yourself up everytime you overthink. Put a rubber band on your wrist and pinch it when your toughts start to overflow.
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