The Overthinking Cure: How to Stay in the Present, Shake Negativity, and Stop Your Stress and Anxiety (The Path to Calm Book 4)

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While I liked most of the ideas, explanations and tips in this, reading it turned into a bit of a chore and I really struggled to get through it.

Reactive: Look at all these things and people and situations that aren’t the way I want them to be . . . As Tony says, “Identify your problems, but give your power and energy to solutions.” You’ve identified the real reasons for your stress and anxiety, but your work isn’t done. The only way to learn how to stop overthinking for good is to take charge of your life .The good news is that you weren’t born an overthinker. Overthinking is the result of one fact of human existence: we all have patterns to our behavior . These patterns , good and bad, develop over time based on life experiences. And just as patterns are learned, they can also be unlearned. Your mind doesn't have to be a minefield. Constant chatter is unhealthy; find a better way and see a brighter life.

Replaying all the options in your head can mean that you’re so afraid to take the wrong action, you take no action at all. You feel depressed or stressed Overthinking can increase symptoms of depression , elevate your stress levels and cloud your judgment.Putting an end to rehashing, second-guessing, and catastrophic predictions is easier said than done. But with consistent practice, you can limit your negative thinking patterns: Let’s return to the question: who is in control of your life? Well, it depends on you! You can choose to be in control of your own life, or you can forfeit that choice to others. The thing is, nobody can force you to take charge of your own life—you either embrace that agency or you fail to embrace it.

Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.” Yet when you overthink excessively, it isn’t rational, and it isn’t part of a larger strategy. It can even cause activity in your brain that can be harmful to you. One Harvard study found that this excessive brain activity depletes an essential protein – and that may actually shorten the human lifespan . Overthinking falls into two categories: ruminating (rehashing the past) and worrying (making often catastrophic predictions about the future). Full Book Name: The Overthinking Cure: How to Stay in the Present, Shake Negativity, and Stop Your Stress and Anxiety (The Path to Calm Book 4)Take note of your inner monologue. Negative self-talk is a telltale overthinking symptom . You have “paralysis by analysis” When you complain, you are putting yourself in reactive mode. You are communicating to yourself and others that you are not responsible, and you relinquish your agency in favor of someone else’s. One way to be more proactive is to get positively ruthless with the bad habit of complaining. Nothing good ever comes of complaining! You may think you feel a bit better after whining about something you’re unhappy with, but all you do is disempower yourself further (and probably bore others). Proactive people consciously create the conditions they desire, and they know that they are the only ones who are empowered to do so. This takes a degree of mindful awareness, honesty and courage. It also means they have to be mature enough to shoulder some risk—if they fail, they know that only they are responsible and can blame nobody. With The Overthinking Cure , you'll learn how ✅ Understand the common thought patterns of overthinkers and break the vicious cycle.