How many times have you stayed up late at night because you cannot stop worrying about that one little slip-up you had at work?
Now, how many times have you lost yourself in your thoughts for long stretches of time about that one embarrassing thing that you did back when you were in high school? This is just the tip of the iceberg when you are suffering from chronic overthinking.
You might seem a bit confused about what could be wrong about thinking too much? Is it not good? Getting lost in your thoughts is relatively harmless, but that is not what overthinking is.
Overthinking is when your mind gets overloaded by a couple of negative thoughts that seem to be on an endless loop, that keeps playing faster and faster.
When you do manage to stop overthinking, you will notice that you have already wasted a lot of time, and that you are also mentally and physically drained of energy.
This book aims to help you identify the reasons why you are constantly overthinking, and you will also learn a couple of tips and techniques on how you can pull yourself out of the death spiral of overthinking before you can fall in any deeper.
You will learn:
- What are the symptoms of overthinking
- How to challenging your thoughts
- How to implement active problem solving
- How to practicing mindfulness and what mindfulness is not
- What do you need to do to be more mindful
- How to dealing with procrastination
Even If your overthinking problem is not that serious, you can use the tips in this book to make your symptoms more manageable.