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Are You An Overthinker? Here Is Why You Need To Stop (And The Fastest Way)
2 min readMar 17, 2022
If all of these sounds familiar, you are an overthinker like me:
- You try to consciously analyze every situation
- You need to interpret whatever you find to your own worldview
- You are planning for every single contingency multiple times but it does not help
- You have a tendency to drift off to wonderland many times, not being here
Despite noble intentions, there are drawbacks.
- You are removing yourself from the present moment and are not fully aware of your current options
- You expel precious energy while not getting further ahead
- It is straining your temple and face overall (something I personally try to heal)
- You are overreacting to noise and forgetting the signal
Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle –they are strictly limited in number, they require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments. ” (Alfred North Whitehead)
The easiest solution: focus on your breath
In our case, thinking is such a part of ourselves, so it is hard to stop. However, compared to the other techniques for…