This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Overthinking can be a real enemy of peace. It’s like a ...

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For 24 hours, I stopped overanalyzing everything and just said yes. From spontaneous workouts to random off campus adventures, here’s what 24 hours of saying yes actually taught me about overthinking ...

New research shows how easily our imagined choices collapse under the weight of real consequences. Here’s why overthinking them never helps. For decades, the “trolley problem” has encouraged us to ...

This harmful habit will only make you miserable. Overthinking and I share a long history. Thinking obsessively has done little but make me miserable. Now, I do it far less. Here are a few ways to ...

Overthinking? I’ve always done that. At school I brooded on friendships, worried about missing out and analysed every comment in my teachers’ reports. Adulthood brought no relief. I panic about being ...

Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. As a clinical psychologist, I often have clients say they are having trouble with thoughts “on a loop” ...