overthinking is the worst

I am so sick and tired of overthinking? How do you stop it? 

It's making me so anxious I feel like puking and I can't sleep at night. And I know I'm overthinking the situation because I'm positive it isn't as bad as I remember it, so I'm just making up these elaborate consequences that ... is probably never going to happen. It's the worst. 

Most of the time I can rant about it and put it away again and take a deep breath and tell myself "relax, you're overthinking, nothing's going to happen". 

This time, though? It just seems like I can't. I put it away during day-time and it springs right back at me at nighttime. I don't know what to do.

I'm hoping tomorrow, when I go swimming again and see the coworker I was talking to, I can ask her and she'll put my mind at ease. Put it away, let go of it. Box it up, learn from it and never do it again. 

 

Maybe I'm overthinking more because I'm PMS'ing, idk. Oh God, who invented overthinking and why did they make me structured, organized and empathetic enough to care so much about every little thing I do that I overthink practically ~everything~. It's a curse. 

I wish I was stupid.

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Suhyo07 #1
Overthinking took up a large part of my life as well and I understand how bad it can be
When it comes up it usually causes my anxiety to peak, so yeah it does have a really bad impact
Usually though when it happens I tend to detach myself from the situation, if I’m in a really bad situation/mental space
But if not, I tend to logicize the situation and separate the facts and the exaggerations, and focus on the logical part of it
So like, if I’m having a test tomorrow and I’m overthinking, I tell myself either ‘there’s nothing you can do about it. Just go to sleep or you won’t be able o do anything’ or ‘I’m going to study now’ and list what I have to do so I can tick things off my to-do list which usually helps
But if I really can’t help the situation I tend to calm myself down by either drinking some water (which slows down my breathing because I tend to have quick breathing when I get anxious) or listening to ASMR (yes this sounds cringey and overrated but the ones I listen to are often calming ones where people speak to you and they do work)
shinyao #2
This is called anxiety and you should cosider getting treatment from this.
This is coming from someone with diagonosed anxiety.
Hayagi #3
Maybe you can try going to two or three different people and slowly explain what happened. You can hear what they think of the situation and what they would do. If they think the situation is less bad than you thought or if they have a solution, that'll probably take some weight off your shoulders.
JaeKnight #4
idk i feel like boxing your thoughts would make things worse or it isnt a good idea. I'd say set your thoughts free and fight them, laugh at it. Turn them into positive thoughts. I know, easier said than done. But yeah, maybe one day you'll get to handle your thoughts.
Also, people become what they say. So, if you say "I overthink too much" -- You /will/ overthink too much. Just saying the simple word "Stop" could help :)

but yeah i feel like it's your pms haha. im also on my period and i feel very emotional than usual xD
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