The habit of overthinking becomes a big problem for many people. Overthinking is not a disease but a negative habit.  Its impact can cause mental health risks and also affect your emotional and physical health.  The habit of regularly overthinking makes you suffer from mental problems like anxiety, panic attacks and depression. Actually, overthinking slows down the activities inside your brain and affects its thinking ability.  Apart from this, it increases sadness and makes one lonely.  This thinking becomes deeper and then you may become a victim of depression.

The habit of overthinking develops due to some fear or worry.  In such a situation, to prevent this problem, first identify fear and anxiety.  Think about what will be the outcome of the thoughts coming to your mind.  When you know the outcome in advance, you will feel normal when you face your fear. Competition is everywhere. Nowadays people have become so busy in the race to make themselves better than others that they overthink even the smallest things.  That they become victims of stress and depression.  In the age of social media, everything is cosmetic.  Many people apply things from social media to their lives which have nothing to do with life.  Competing to be better than an employee in the office all forces you to overthink. Striving for or attaining perfection can force you to overanalyze and think.  Overthinking can also affect your health.

The fear of making mistakes or not meeting high standards often causes individuals to overthink every detail, preventing them from getting anything done. Overthinkers often have a deep fear of failure or negative outcomes.  They constantly replay certain things in their mind, trying to anticipate and plan for every possible outcome, which can be mentally tiring. Low self-esteem or lack of confidence in one’s abilities  Can contribute to overthinking.  Individuals may doubt their decisions and constantly question themselves, leading to a never-ending cycle of analyzing and questioning themselves. Past negative experiences or traumas act as a way to protect themselves from similar situations or situations.  A person can also overthink so that it does not happen again.  The mind may become hyper-vigilant and overthink potential risks or dangers.

Overthinkers often struggle with being present in the moment.  They may dwell on past events or worry excessively about the future, preventing them from fully engaging in and enjoying the present moment. Holding on to something or thinking about it  Most people develop the habit of overthinking over a long period of time.  This habit appears especially in childhood.  For example, if a child breaks a toy, he or she feels that the parent will scold him or never give him the toy.  The child remains worried about this matter.  That is why this overthinking does not make him feel safe.  If he is actually scolded, he feels further intimidated.
This type of thinking can be caused by events that have happened in the past.  Such as misbehavior with someone at home or an accident or financial problems or taunting by people etc.  Because of this, all this settles in the mind and then the same thing is seen again.  If someone comes late, it seems as if there has been an accident, when I think of planning a baby, I feel that how will be the good upbringing, even if someone praises me, I feel as if he is taunting me.  Whatever happened in the past comes with us. This problem is seen more in women that they think more about the next day.  What to make for breakfast in the morning, what to cook, what to keep in the tiffin.  There are no vegetables, children don’t eat these etc.  Due to this they keep thinking continuously and get worried.  Gradually this habit starts applying to everything.  Constant thinking affects daily routine as well as mental health.

Negativity causes overthinking

Some people overthink because it brings empathy and compassion that makes them feel comfortable. Overthinking can also be an excuse to procrastinate or avoid decisions. Overthinking can also be an attempt to change a decision that has already been made.  Like constantly giving new suggestions to manipulate something if you don’t like it.
On receiving praise from someone, trying to find out the selfishness behind it or taking the praise as a taunt, etc.  Constantly thinking about all these things causes negativity and stress.  Because of this the mental health of the person gets affected.  There are many reasons for overthinking, the basic mantra is to concentrate on what is happening today.  Therefore, instead of being worried about tomorrow, learn to live today openly.  For this you will have to make some efforts.  Whenever unnecessary thoughts start coming to your mind, think about happy things, like what was the experience of driving a car for the first time or which ice cream was your favorite in childhood.  Eat your favorite chocolates, keep toffee-chocolates in the fridge.  This will keep your mind happy. Separate yourself from the worries of the world.  Do your favorite activities.  For example, if you want, you can cook your favorite food.  You can spend time in gardening i.e. taking care of trees and plants.  It is not that you have to do this the whole day, even by giving just 30 minutes you can save yourself from overthinking.  Remember when you move from thinking to overthinking, try to divide your attention.  Always make a habit of accepting your mistakes.  Give up your ego.  Consider everyone as your equal.  Whatever comes to your mind, resolve it immediately and leave it.  If you keep suppressing the things that come to your mind, then one day it will happen that everyone will come together and make noise inside.