Overthinking is such a small word, but it can kill your mental peace. If you think, think, and think about something too much or for long, then it not only waste your time but also heightens your stress. Overthinking can drain your creativity. Overthinking is very common, every second person is suffering from overthinking. However, nobody needs to speak about it. Overthinking is a very serious issue. The reason why we overthink is because of what I call the mental health Trinity: fear, worry, and anxiety. This feeds your anxiety and fear. Overthinking can lead to depression. That’s why it is very important to stop your overthinking.
Here are some simple ways to stop yourself from overthinking:
Find a distraction
Find a distraction give a pause to your overthinking invests your time in something you enjoy. It can be anything, explore your hobbies and interest. If you enjoy cooking, then learn some new techniques in cooking, If you have an interest in singing and dancing, then invest your time in that, take up a new hobby, take workout classes, and many more things in which you can invest your time. These things can help you a lot, to stop overthinking as you stay busy and utilize your time in the good stuff.
Breathe in and out
You’ve heard it a million times, but that works. The next time you find yourself in the way of overthinking, close you are and take a deep breath. Find a comfortable place to relax your neck and shoulders, place one hand over your heart and the other across your stomach, inhale and exhale. Try doing this exercise thrice a day can keep you calm and stop yourself from overthinking.
Meditate
Develop a good activity, meditate daily, this will help to take off negative thoughts. Meditation can help to maintain your mental peace. Meditation can give new ways to your thoughts. All you need just 10 min in a day and it will help you a lot.
Accept the truth
We always waste our precious time in the past. We always used to think about the past and regret. Regretting is good as you realize your mistake, but long time regretting is bad for your mental health. Don’t waste your time thinking about the past, just accept the truth and avoid thinking about useless stuff.
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Be yourself
There is no sense to live a fake life and show it off to others. Just be yourself, do what makes you happy. Invest in yourself, develop your personality, and Work on yourself. Sometimes it makes no sense to others, but who cares, it’s important to make sense to you.
Focus on problem-solving
Identify your problem and find ways for a solution. You know the reason behind your stress and, anxiety then takes action and solve it. If your overthinking is for your career, then rethink it. If it is about your life, then set your goal. No one controls your reality, but you can. So start working on it and make it happen.
Do something nice for someone else
Do something nice for someone else. This will give you immense happiness. Be kind to others. If you do nice for others, then it will come to you in different ways. Helping others can satisfy you with inner happiness. And if you are happy from the inside, then you don’t feel anxious about something. It will help you to overcome your overthinking.
Have a positive attitude
Don’t think about the negative aspects, have a positive outlook. Sometimes overthinking is caused due to your fear because you think about negative things – what will happen if this or that happens. Just think everything will be alright. And this one attitude can save you from many useless things and help to shut down overthinking.
Stop waiting for perfection
Being ambitious is great but waiting for perfection is utopian, meaningless, and debilitating. There is nothing like a perfect thing, so waiting for perfection makes no sense. The moment you stop waiting for perfection is the moment you need to understand it’s never smart progress.
Ask for help
Talk to your close ones, talk about your problem, talk about the things which make you feel anxious, ask for help. This is the best thing you can do. Talking can help you a lot and find solutions to your problems. So don’t hesitate to talk to them and ask for help, you will feel better, and it will help you overcome your overthinking.
:By- Sananda Kumari
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