All of us exaggerate thinking about the different aspects of life, and complain sometimes of a lot of thinking and look for a way to get rid of excessive thinking. And because we think about many things, for example, if it is a decision we have to make, things we regret, thinking about ourselves or worrying about the future. We hang so much inside our heads and come to us feeling that there is no way out.
The American Psychological Association describes too much thinking as a repetitive and lengthy reflection of one's interests, experiences and things. Excessive thinking can lead to anxiety, self-indulgence and self-pity. Man is not born and has too much thinking. It usually acquires with time. Here are some points that explain how to eliminate excessive thinking.
How you can overcome the excessive thinking?
Creating awareness:
It is natural that excessive thinking takes the person away and makes him unaware that he is preoccupied with thinking. Creating awareness involves recognizing negative thinking circles when they occur. And to be deliberate awareness of excessive thinking. You will be able to control and stop thinking excessively when you monitor your thoughts and actions. Make sure you do not judge your thoughts or worry about excessive thinking.
Wear elastic strap to interrupt thinking style:
Your awareness of the extent of your excess thought makes you able to stop it. In addition, you can interrupt the thinking style by doing something physically. Wear a rubber band around your wrist to remind you of your over-thinking. Whenever you find yourself busy thinking too much, tighten the rubber belt gently. You can also switch the finger ring or clock from one hand to another to call your thoughts back to reality. Say to yourself "Stop" when you change the location of the ring or watch or while tightening the rubber band. I do this physical reminder constantly.
Replace negative thoughts:
Another tip to eliminate negative thinking is to replace your negative thinking with positive thinking after interrupting your over-thinking style. Repeat your positive thinking many times aloud or without a voice in your mind. If your thinking lasts longer, you should repeat this process many times. Over time, you will overcome the habit of negative thinking.
Talk to a trusted person:
There is also another solution to eliminate excessive thinking, which is to share your negative thoughts with someone you trust. This person can be a coach, mentor, counselor or friend. Such people can help you determine if you are overstated or not thinking, and they can also help you free yourself from negative thoughts. Consult your doctor if your over-thinking is associated with a healthy diet. Your problem may not be as bad as you think and all you need is someone who assures you that you are fine.
Self-employment:
The over-thinking of your absence from events present around you. Keeping your mind busy keeps you from negative thoughts. Anything that requires attention may help you. This concern may vary between ordering your books alphabetically, drawing or calculating your annual expenses. This way you will gradually control your thoughts until you reach your desired goal.
Exercise:
During excessive thinking, you can not feel that you are practicing until negative thoughts come to you and absorb your emotional and mental energy. After all, if you think about eliminating your excess thinking, exercise is a solution. In addition to increasing self-confidence, exercise increases the secretion of the hormone Androfen and Sertonin, which reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. When you concentrate on exercising, it distracts your mind from negative thoughts. When you have extra ideas, do some exercise, bike or run for half an hour.
Make decision:
Sometimes excessive thinking comes from inability to make an important decision. Whether it is a divorce or a job offer, the decision is difficult. You may need to analyze some potential results until you reach the point of indifference to something. The most appropriate solution is to set a time for yourself whether it is half an hour or two to think about everything about a topic and when the time is close to completion the decision was made without any hesitation.
Blogging:
One way to get rid of negative thoughts is to write them down in a paper and then throw them away. You can also put yourself in the habit of thinking excessively at a rate of one to ten, that is, ten is the higher level of excessive thinking. Sign up for a full week to see if your thinking rate is too low.
Practice the intentional mind attention:
During excessive thinking, one can not communicate with the present. One way to get rid of excessive thinking is to train your mind on intentional attention. This includes hoping that you will concentrate in the present moment without trial for yourself. Just get to know your negative thoughts and then get rid of them immediately. If you need help you can turn to someone who has tried cognitive therapy based on the mind's attention or learned meditation techniques such as mental relaxation.
People are already on the spot:
How to get rid of excessive thinking? Do what you think, people may over-think about the difficult tasks assigned to them. The trick here is to start the project you want to do instead of thinking about it. Focus on your goal and schedule what you want to do so you can solve every problem on time. A step-by-step move will make you spend your money thinking about it.
Stop trying to reach perfection or control everything:
People think about things in exaggerated thought until they achieve perfect results. You take into account all possibilities to avoid falling. It is important to keep in mind that all people who have accomplished great things have sinned at some points. It is impossible to control everything and avoid any kind of error.
Thinking is a blessing from the grace of God that enables man to work with ideas and concepts. Thinking leads to logic and wisdom in making any decision and forming opinions. Unfortunately, however, with this great grace, we have a quorum of excessive thinking, which is considered one of the fatal activities of the mind.
Here are six side effects of over-thinking:
1- A dark corridor that does not have a light at the end of it. Too much thinking leads to entering a dark corridor with no bright end. It causes you psychological pain, guilt and trauma. Too often the thinking overload makes people ask themselves questions that have no answer and no solution to them and the process goes much to no avail and they wrap in the throat treadmill.
2- Loss of opportunities Many opportunities may be lost on a person 's amounts of thinking and this is due to taking him a long time in thinking which prevents him from responding quickly leading to success.
3- Anxiety and Depression The pessimistic view created by the mind leads to generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks and depression. To overcome anxiety, fear and depression, it makes them think that they end up resorting to unhealthy life systems that lead to greater anxiety in the future.
4- Pessimism and unhappiness Those who do not think are losing their ability to see the bright side of life and become pessimistic and see nothing but problems in their lives.
5- Insomnia When you study something with your brain it is difficult to sleep or rest in your sleep. When you do not find out who translates your thoughts, the drama will continue until the early hours of the morning, until fatigue and sleep are overcome. This pattern continues overnight after it leads to physical and mental disorder associated with chronic insomnia.
6- A complex life that overthought does not only make life more complicated, but it takes away life itself. Thinking can not replace the same act, and here it does not matter how much anxiety or thinking about the problem because it will not change anything, the person is wasting his time thinking repeatedly and thus robbing him of life nothing.
Over thinking is very dangerous in real life situation, especially when it comes to decision making.
i will prefer u to do some yoga it si very help full
One never can repel an EGOIC thought by thinking it or not thinking it because attachment to the pain body still exists. Only substituting sprititual action thoughts works over time. So yes Yoga can do wonders fr your mind
Sounds so easy ;-) But you are absolutely right, thinking about what could be and how this would potentially change everything is mostly negative. You live today and not yesterday and also not tomorrow.
Thanks for the advice I really need that now. I usually do exercise and that gives me some peace of mind for few minutes.
thanks for sharing
I have figured out that driving in silence also really helps👌
Excellent advice, especially about replacing negative thinking. I'm a big believer in that
Great post @michaelmorcos. Joseph Campbell talks about the "Hero's Journey from the Head to the Heart". When we are guided by our heart and intuition, the intelligent mind can find an aligned way to go forward, instead of being lost in a maze of thoughts.
Paralysis by analysis gets me all the time.
Very informative post on how to maximise one's happiness. Thanks for the post
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This is the hardest, especially when there really is nothing positive, except from being alive maybe.
I think writing these thoughts in a paper and throwing them away like you said, should help. I should try this. But then, in those dark corners, the thoughts would still grab at you. Or so i feel :(
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Very informative post
This could actually be a life saver as over thinking is such a common life problem which could lead to depression. I think I do try replacing negative thoughts with positives, it's an energy booster.
Nice post @michaelmorcos. Meditation and yoga is the best solution for curing excessive thinking. Thanks for sharing.
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I used to do exactly this when I was much younger, and have since managed, "I think" to get out of thinking too much, for the most part.
It is a matter of changing focus, and living in the now, and training yourself to be present. that is what has helped me, also excising, and then reserve your deep thinking for that time, I run, and running gives me the time to let my mind wonder and explore everything I need to, when I am done I snap back into the "NOW"
stay blessed...
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When you bring your thoughts into awareness don’t resist them, accept that they are there. Give rhem te time to fade away.
Great article. Thanks for sharing.
Got it - will blog more :) Thank you for the insights #Bpositive
The best way I have found to stop the thinking process and get out of your 'worry loops' is this:
When you feel that you are thinking too much, refocus on the feelings in your body and your emotions. When you concentrate on that you are NOT thinking anymore! The only thoughts that are ok are things like: where is this feeling in my body? does it want to go somewhere? does it have a color? a texture?
When doing this, you break all thought-loops. The other positive effect is that you actually start healing from 'negative' feelings and old traumas. Every 'negative' feeling is held in your body by your thoughts. The thoughts are the anchor for these feelings. So when the anchor disappears (ie thinking stops), the feeling can be released. This may take 5 seconds or it may take half an our of focusing on that particular feeling, but suddenly you will notice that the feeling diminishes and disappears! In some instances your whole body may vibrate when this happens.
If you do this 15-30 min every day, you will release so many 'negative' feelings that as a result you will feel more whole, more alive, have more joy, more energy.
And by doing this regularly, you learn to stop your thoughts and only use thinking when you need it, with periods in between where you are not thinking! This also enhances your intuition.
Hope this helps a few people out there!
PS. I say 'negative' in quotes because I don't think they ARE negative. They are just your body giving you a signal
Exercise is definitely one of the best ways to regain focus and to treat at least mild depressions. Another way to get more control about your thoughts, is to start planning your days and build a solid structure you can rely on. Setting tasks and getting things done are quite helpful in achieving more concentration.
Besides that: Never be ashamed to asked for help, if you can't do something on your own. If your thoughts are troubling you a lot, it's always ok to speak with friends or even seek help from a professional.
And if you think one of your friends suffers because of their own thoughts, encourage them to speak out; let them know, they are not alone.
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Great points! It's difficult to retrain your brain to stop over thinking (if you're a constant over thinker). CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) can help a great deal. Especially when it comes to breaking that vicious loop and replacing the negative thoughts with something else.
Great article. I've learn a lot by reading this. It's very informative. I personally experience such. I'm trying to cope it up. Thank you Sir, @michaelmorcos
I find taking 1-3 mins several times a day to stop and just concentrate on breathing is a great way to calm the mind!! As it happens my Apple watch pings me several times a day to use the 'Breathing' app. Very useful.
I find taking 1-3 mins several times a day to stop and just concentrate on breathing is a great way to calm the mind!! As it happens my Apple watch pings me several times a day to use the 'Breathing' app. Very useful.
Thanks for the Upvote, but this post is great. I like the idea, and its shared between so many people. A few of these methods I already practice but would've never guessed that they were a common practiced mentioned to people. The one I like the most is the physical association as a reminder. Great post!
Thank you for posting this information I think it just cemented a decison about self employment, and trying to keep myself busy. The problem with my thinking is telling myself that I am not up to the job. However I think you are right in what you say about keeping busy.
Great read thank you so much.
It sure is one of the most common thing that happens to almost all of us !yet we do it all the time !
Will sure try out and will be patient !
This will help me lot because I am thinking over about something which will never happen.Tqs for the post
These are awesome tips! I am always thinking about how I am OVERTHINKING everything! I have always liked to write everything down- at least it lives somewhere outside of my brain :) Over thinkers anonymous anyone?
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I have most of the side effect of overthinking. Well, blogging certainly helps but not to the point I can sleep at night. Sometimes I slept once in 2 days. It was a disaster.
i sometimes overthink over the small things and what helps me is to just really talk to someone who could help me make a decision. i remember a friend tellig me, just make a decision. if it goes wrong, then simple make another one.be flexible. thanks for the article