overthinking

SO i have this incredible ability not sure if its a gift or a curse to overthink and overanalyize everything just wondering if anyone else out there felt my pain and had any advice. I also tend to dwell on what i am overthinking/ analyzing.

 

Get employed, get a hobby, get friends. Stay busy!

 

I got the same thing but only when I'm by myself. Apply what she said ^^ and trust me, you will have no problem.

 

its not a curse or a gift. it's just a personality trait.
it's just how you do what you do.

 

OH YES. I have the same thing.
It's not about getting a job and getting friends. I go to university and I HAVE friends. But I still think over a lot of things.. We've always got things on our mind. It's hard for us to watch TV, to do passive things. I know how it is.

 

It doesn't seem like your curse/gift was active when you made this thread..

 

i am an over thinker as well. recently i have even tried to talk myself out of it but i can't calm down. and i can't watch t.v often either, or watch a movie. and i think it might be because its passive now that someone mentioned it above. :

 

I overthink all the time. The only times I can really block out the analytical side of my brain is when I'm engaging in conversation, creating music, practicing yoga, or meditating. At times it does seem like a curse, and I have the bizarre feeling that I'm just a talking/thinking head.

 

overthinking is fun

 

Yeah i have this problem/gift. It is a problem, because it can make things like socializing a hard thing, it makes everything alot more dramatic, therefore it is hard for me to focus and say the things i really want to say. It is a gift, because it makes life alot more interesting and intense, and my favorite thing is driving and it helps me be a very conscious driver. But yeah, i hate how my mind starts thinking in a million different directions when i'm trying to converse, then its so overwhelming that i just try to stick with a simple sentence, which makes me come off as dull. Then i just think that i don't care if people don't respect me, because i still get to have an awesome life that i take advantage of by thinking.

 

My #2 son is like that.Sometimes I have to tell him to "just flip a coin ,man!!"He drags stuff out so long sometimes that what he was thinking about is moot.I don't know--he's a kid that owned 3 houses by the time he was 26,so he does something right. Drives me round the bend tho,sometimes.

 

Learn discipline. Sometimes you need to block out those thoughts and be happy and go with the flow. Youll get it chap :d

 

Me? Overthink? No. Never. I mean...maybe, sometimes. Or a little over sometimes, like, between MOST and SOME of the time. You know what I mean, it's complicated.

 

Yeah, same problem (fuck calling it a gift).

I just take a few shots of Jack or something and move on...

 

People who probably should think more tend to tell me to stop over thinking.

 

I've had that problem, but it got to such an obsessive level and made me very depressed. If it becomes a big problem, try finding something to do because over thinking is common with boredom. Over thinking is also usually related to anxiety in one way or another so that could be part of the problem.

 

i have had quiite a bit of anxiety recently, for the first time in my life, i had no idea how crippling it can be, i understand now why anxious people have so much troubble with life in general, thanks for the responses alll and keep them coming

 

Its a gift and a curse.
I struggle with severe anxiety because of overthinking.
But on the flip side, its intuition.
My mind remembers anything i teach it because i overthink, therefor i spend a large amount of time studying anything i can find, and it relieves the anxiety.
The more i learn the more i can put my knowledge into what i say, and feel better about what i say in social situations.

Try MindMapping all you overthinkers

Oh and i believe overthinkers have the gift of tapping into "flows" on psychedelics easier than trivial thinkers. And flows...well there just wonderful

 

Do you over-think what is occuring in your life behind your back?
I kinda do sometimes...it leaves me a little anxious...but I realise nothing really negative is being said/done behind my back.

It's just the drugs, man.

 

I never really think people are talking behind my back.
Youre just paranoid
lol