What is overthinking? - Deepstash

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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