Stop over thinking everything

One of my new years resolutions this year is to STOP over thinking everything! I drive myself crazy thinking too much into every single relationship in my life. from my boyfriend to my parents, I need to learn how to just let everything just take its natural course, if i get hurt then i will pick myself up and brush it off! sometimes i get comfort out of thinking that this day really is insignificant to the rest of my life, and if i think about how my life was 5 years ago and the things i cared so much about, i couldn’t care less about those things now, so in 5 years from now, i will look back at myself and laugh for being so damn critical of EVERY little thing.
buttttt most of the time my mind is going a mile a minute and i am analyzing every single word anyone says to me and it’s ultimately just driving me nuts!

at least i know i’m not the only one =)

Over thinking; an epidemic spreading throughout the western world. People perhaps feeling as though they have to .. live up to something, or maybe ensure that any decision is flawless (usually by asking everyone their opinion, never having faith in ones own intuition). One can never really know all the answers. There can always be another perspective that could turn everything upside down. Something you hadn’t considered.

I guess this is why being open, & keeping ones head clear of these cluttered thoughts, allows us to be more carefree & accepting of all opinions & ideas….. Scientifically, our brain is designed to make over thinking too easy, unfortunately >_< as we experience a negative situation that provokes overthinking & doubt, our brain works a bit like a search engine, sparking up any similar memories or thought patterns to what we’re experiencing in that moment. A bit like a plane landing strip. If we’re not aware of this moment (the NOW) then it can take us down a nasty road, replaying every feeling of doubt & regret. The good news is, this works in a similar way with positive thoughts. The even better news is, that we are highly evolved creatures & can manipulate our thoughts; even stop them from happening. What a blessing!

Everytime I start overcrowding my mind with these thoughts, I’m going to try & take a step back, watch them happening… Observe what has provoked them. Accept them, and move on to the next moment, where I will find something to provoke positive thought. There is a balance in the world, within nature it’s easily visible… Animals, silent, free & simple. One can wallow in the negative vibes, tune into them with their own – like a crackly radiostation. Where your perspective is a bit foggy, where your body lags behind everyone else. Allow your thoughts not to question or label, just to observe… in every moment that passes, observe something that has changed in your environment…

Over thinking doesn’t have to be a negative process, it can bring forth vibrant, colourful thoughts. Perhaps over thinkers have a larger capacity & have just never been shown how to use it… So fall into a vicious circle of self doubt…. I dunno.

This is me over thinking & rambling, I want to direct it into a creative outlet, or at least so it can be of use to other people. Over thinking in this way might be referred to as philosophy perhaps?

The only thing that limits us is ourselves. All it takes is a simple decision (that perhaps seems so hard at first…) & then we can move on….

I’m done….

Peace ^_

Us over thinkers… Have some similarities here

WE think before we act… But it becomes so much a problem that it eats at us…
Its like cats and dogs, back and forth in our head,
we cant come out with a good decision, we have to ask tons of questions to get the right answer from someone, we think of all the different things to understand clearly of whats happening or what could(ve) happen(ed)... Its always wondering… or sometimes, we over think so much that we start wondering false indications of things…

Its an idealist, mindset..

I seem to overthink almost everything in my life. Il think about things that happened in the past and analyis it so much. I think about every possible outcome of something over and over and try and figure out exactly what i said or did, even if it was months ago and when i finnally seem to have resolved it in my head, it just pops back in, i doubt what ive just thought is right and and the whole process starts again. Either that or it will lead me on the something else to over think. And it it goes on and on. The only time it doesnt seem to happen is when im drunk or sleepping!!

I do this all the time. About everything. ‘Should I have done that?’ ‘Was this really a good idea?’ I’ll analyze something I said or didn’t say or wrote or didn’t write into the floor for weeks after the act. I’m so tired of doing that. It’s not like I can go back and undo something once it happens; but I just don’t seem to get it.

Seriously, I have a very serious problem with this and it has totally been wreaking havoc on all of my relationships, my career, my finances, everything. Overthinking is such a stupid waste, and I can see how it is really bringing me down, causing me to drink too much, eat too much, anything to deal with the stress and the negative thoughts that I am treading water in every day, trying not to drown. Because of overthinking I am underemployed and feel totally immobilized and unable to deal with any of my problems, almost like I’m a kid waiting for someone to rescue me and just take care of it all, because I’m frozen. It is so humiliating and sad. I have to start doing yoga or something, I just can’t go on this way. I’ve been picking up a couple of books about it though (“Eating, Drinking, Overthinking” and “Women Who Think Too Much” are pretty interesting) and this seems to help. Also just DOING things and trying to be proactive, but it’s hard. This is definitely a goal that I want to work towards.

OK, so I have done this. WITH the help of valium of course. XD Other than that I’m your average bipolar sufferer with racing thoughts and muddled speech and restless sleep, gotta love it.

i can never seem to understand it… an ongoing thing that i cant live without yet wen it comes to other ppl i feel like it ruins everything… i have a habbit of never wanting to leave any stone unturned… like a post below mine.. i must ask questions until there are non left.. then i feel i truly understand why and then i can finally feel at peace with myself.. why is an almost if not thee infinite question to me… being stuborn as i can be i feel i must find the “base” of it all.. the true answer to why.. and in many cases i have found it… but wen it mixes with my relationship.. it goes awry.. she hates being probed by these questions and says i over think everything.. she says she really loves me but i frustrate the hell out of her. i fear she will tire of it if i do not find a solution soon… her patience amazes me with one that no other has managed to deal with .. 3 years of loyalty wich of course came with ups and downs .. however the downs were terrible downs for me cause by over thinking… im glad to find ppl that know how i feel … my problem i supose is .. two things.. one i dont beleive that she is really as simple and straight forward as she claims.. hurts in the past cause uneccessary suspicions for fear of being fooled … which in turn causes me to ask questions and start problems .. but its hard to beleive that some one is really that simple… realizing this cuold ruin things i decide to try to stop however i find it most difficult because then i start thinking again .. well wut if this or that… etc.. i dont think i over think honestly .. its helped me so many times it cant be “wrong” .. i supose i want to learn to mask it or keep it to myself… its wen its mixed with emotions that it becomes a problem.. becaues emotions can be powerful.. wich makes me think man thats weak minded of me .. and sends me into this cyclone of confusion of why’s…....

well, i am 13 and i know i shouldnt be thinking about everything..like i overthink about growing up too fast, and about what happens when you die. I know you got o heaven and see Jesus’ face, but what happens after that? Do you get reincarnated? If you think about it, our life cycle never ends. I’m fine with life, but living forever? Sometimes i think about it like im only 13 death happens everyday…i know i shouldn’t be thinking about this, but i can’t stop. PLease someone help me! I can’t think right anymore..I can’t even wathc t.v without thinking! PLEASE IM BEGGING I JUSZ NEED A NORMAL LIFE FOR A 13 YEAR OLD! PLEASE!

I OVER THINK EVERYTHING FROM PEOPLE LOOKING AT ME ON THE TRAIN TO WHAT MY GIRLFRIEND SAYS ABOUT MY MOOD SWINGS I’M A MESS FOR REAL !!!

I CAN’T WATCH TV WITHOUT PICKING EVERYTHING APARTI WENT TO SEE SEX IN THE CITY AND MY FIRST WAS REMAK WAS WHY DOES JENNIFER HUDSON HAVE TO SAY “A REAL LOUIE FOR ME ?”

I POINT OUT AND OVERTHING EVERYTHING, THEN I TRY TO OBSERVE WHAT WRONG WITH ME AND OVERTHINK THAT, I’M OVER THINKING WHAT TO DO TO RELAX, I HAVEN’T SLEPT IN THREE WEEKS AND HAVE DEVELOPED DEEP PATTERNS OF DEPRESSION, INSOMNIA, AND I’M PARANOID…I’M A MESS

BUT HEY I COULD BE WORSE