Overthinking: My Greatest Nemesis
My thoughts are spiraling. They are getting out of control and I can’t stop them. Every scenario of what could go wrong is playing in my mind. I'm replaying a conversation over in my head again. I'm running through every scenario and every possible outcome. When we get into that mindset, I know how hard it is to pull ourselves out. Especially when you're trying to get some sleep. It seems like you’ll never get your mind to shut up. It’s normal to have those kinds of thoughts but when you’re working yourself up and reaching the point of extreme anxiousness, that’s a problem. You’ve entered the realm of overthinking. I would always like to run through every possibility of what could happen and devise a plan of action for each so that way I was prepared for if it did happen. The possibilities can be endless though and spending so much time worrying about it was physically making me sick. I would get headaches and my stomach would be in knots making me nauseous. How do...