Stop overanalyzing

part of our personalities? I need a good reason, because I feel like overanalyzing is the only way I’ll keep myself safe…

Well, I’m definitely not making progress on this one. Several seconds ago, having read someone’s “Top 25 Books” list from two years ago, I spent almost ten minutes studying it and then composed a reply (complete with bullet points!) that would probably require a several hundred word answer. On the internet.
That’s not even analytical; that’s just embarrassing.

I think the best way to settle this problem is to do other things. Maybe it’s the best way for me, or everyone, but honestly, if I can just distract myself and kinda relax from stressful activities, then eventually my thoughts will sooth out. Sometimes I don’t feel like doing anything after having so many of these thoughts, and that’s the hardest: when you’re laying in bed, and all you want is the world to go away, but if you get up and put on some good, loud music and think of a really fun time with your friends or even with yourself, that’s when I feel like my overanalyzed thoughts are at bay and aren’t bothering me for the time.

I don’t know if this’ll help anyone else, but it has helped me a lot.

For me, overanalyzing is a very private action. I only do it with very specific things, but once I start thinking about these situations my imagination takes off where no one else can go. Sometimes I daydream worst-case scenarios, where all my biggest fears play in. Mostly, though, the big problem is not being able to reconcile my imagination with reality. My thoughts run me into paralysis. I can stress myself so much with the discrepancies between my created abstract world and the physical one, so I freeze.

I realized that I tend to hide these thoughts from everyone around me, for fear that people (even my best friends) will see too much. Which is ridiculous, since I’m not very good at hiding things anyway. I just get privately miserable. For the past few weeks I’ve made a conscious effort to be really honest and clear with people, and it’s always paid off. So before I start overanalyzing everything I must stop myself, be honest about what I’m feeling, and communicate.

I over analyze a lot of things, especially when it comes to things I have said/people have said to me. I need to stop worrying so much about it!

i’ve realized its me that’s doing this, and i can’t blame external events from me to be the cause of my overanalyzation.

There was a time in my life where I would overanalyze every single thing in my life. It was a cause of alot of pain, especially for myself but also for others too. I lost a bunch of friends because of it, scared off a few would-be friends too. Eventually things got totally out of control, I freaked out and almost had a complete personality collapse. There should really be a psychological profile for this type of thinking. Anyway, I reconstructed my ego afterwards, and went to the extreme opposite-underanalyzing. By doing this I have been unaffected by these thoughts for quite some time… until recently it has been coming back— this is 10 years later now. If I don’t nip this in the bud i can have a relapse, which will not be pretty. Just trying to keep busy and hope that works. The problem is the mind-trap you get caught up in. You start overanalyzing and creating an unreality. You realize this (hopefully) when you become aware of your subconscious, so you spend alot of energy trying not to overanalyze… but in the process of doing this you are overanalyzing overanalyzing… if that makes any sense at all. Oh well, good luck to everybody, myself too

I need to tell myself to be quiet sometimes. Inside and out. Some things just aren’t worth the amount of thought/worry/regret/care that I put into them. I know this, I just need reminding sometimes. Maybe a lot of the time.

I’m terrible with this! Especially as of late. I can’t seem to make my mind settle down at all. I need to maybe find a balance between being observant and thinking over things TOO much.

Probably won’t ever be able to do this.. it’s just a part of who I am, I guess.

I overanalyze everything- relationships, conversations, myspace messages, texts. Aghh. Usually I’m not that bad, but it adds a lot of stress to your life worrying about stupid stuff like that.

I guess it’s just something that’ll take time.