How do you stop overthinking ? I’ve been overthinking the same topics over and over for months and I barely realize how bad it became.
I try to distract myself and keep myself busy but it’s difficult to me to stop overthinking, it became a really bad habit when I’m by myself. I’m also by nature a very stressed out / anxious person. I usually feel better when I’m around people, but Im the kind of person who can get into their thoughts very easily during a party, event or whatever.

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Read Seneca’s “Letters”. Helps a lot.

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My previous strategy was to wait it out. I actually don’t have any other strategies besides speaking with my therapist.

I know how tough it can be, I hope you do find some relief soon.

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Try grounding. It’s hard to overthink when you’re taking in the physical parts that are present, like the ground and chair underneath yoy

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I suffer from this too. The thing that helps me is to write out my racing thoughts in a journal. I find that after letting it out, the racing significantly decreases. My therapist calls this “letting the billy goats out” :)

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Thanks I’ll try to write daily to get rid of these thoughts ! It might help :)

I second this. Writing down my thoughts really helped me get over toxic overthinking after my last relationship. Also, it’s nice to be able to read and reflect on how you were feeling during those moments at a later time!

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