‘Overthinking’….. whenever we hear or see this word, we associate it with negative things like anxiety, depression, stress, tension etc. Well I want to assure you at first that I am not justifying that Overthinking is a good thing. As an Overthinker myself I can confirm that it is a hell on earth. But unfortunately we can’t get rid of it. If you have a mind, thoughts will come and not processing those thoughts they will store and eventually cause Overthinking. Because our mind is more of a system than an organ.

Overthinking…..Superpower…..How?:

I have mentioned it in one of my previous posts, that our mind is more of a data processing system. When you think of the mind as a system then Overthinking is a programme. And like all programmes it can be controlled. So I will discus how you can use Overthinking to your advantage as I have done in my life. That is why the title ‘Superpower’. Because using it properly will keep you away from trouble by helping you predict situations and analyzing people faster. I am sure you have experienced this in your personal life that you got stuck in an uncomfortable situation because you were unable to read the situation beforehand. Or got into trouble with a person because you could not anticipate their next move.

Now what is Overthinking? Simply put, Overthinking as the name suggests is thinking too much about something or someone. And the individuals who do a lot of overthinking are called Overthinkers.

How to control Overthinking:

Like in order to get fit you have to workout, in order to be smart you need to acquire knowledge. Same way in order to control and then use Overthinking as a Superpower first you need to process your supressed thoughts. In one of my earlier blogs I mentioned that Overthinking usually occurs with introverts because we prefer to be alone most of the time than being with other people. When you are alone everything around you is quiet and silent. And in order to fill that silence your mind starts to speak which is Overthinking. Repetitive thoughts, stressful events playing over and over in your mind are very annyoing. But if you can get through them, as a result you will have a powerful ally which was previously your enemy.

As a system our mind has to continuously work as long as its on and sometimes even when its off (like we are asleep that is why we dream) it can’t be stopped. But when it does not get any work like when you are alone, it starts to play those old memories that you suppressed. So when this is happening rather than blocking those memories you need to go through each of them because without processing old work new work can’t be done.

Significance of those Overthinking Memories:

And believe me when I say that each of the memories has significance in your life. You may not know this because you are afraid to go through them and frankly it is hard and it will take time going through all those memories and some of them might be very painful for you. But after you are done I guarantee you, you will know a little bit more about yourself than you knew before and you will grow as a person even if it is just a little bit.

In my life I have witnessed if something is in my mind continuously and I can’t get rid of it, it is actually something important that my mind is notifying me about. In a day we do 100’s of things and think a million things assossiated to those 100 things. It is natural that our conscious mind won’t be able to remember every one of those million things. That is why if we missed anything important that is directly associate to our well being our subconscious mind uses Overthinking to make us remember that important thing that we forgot or skipped.

So if you listen to that repetitive thought carefully and take action you will be able to stop the Overthinking. This is actually one of the reason that Overthinking is your Superpower, and moreover it works on its own like Spiderman’s ‘Spidey Sense’, all you have to do is listen to it.

Following ways you can use Overthinking as your Superpower:

I have already mentioned the ways throughout this discussion but here I will try to sum them up. If I miss something please let me know…

1. When meeting new people your mind will automatically analyze them in the subconsious part if they are good or bad company so you don’t have to use your consious part doing it, you can use the conscious part to interact with that person properly.

2. You are sitting on a restuarant alone or with someone, you will able to assess every moment at the back of you mind if anything is out of the ordinary or if the person sitting in front of you feeling compofortable or uncomfortable.

3. When in conversation with your closed ones you will be able to predict what they want you to say, because your subconsious mind is comparing that person’s current behaviour with his/her past behaviour.

All these might seem unreal but i have experinced all of these in my personal life. It is like as I said earlier, the Spidey Sense to tell you if something or someone is wrong.

Conclusion:

I want to say in the conclusion that we all suffer from Overthinking at various stages of our lives. Some suffer during their adulthoods, some during their teengae years. No matter what the time is, it affects us badly. The discussion that I did here is to help all those who are feeling hopeless and stressed. You can agree with this discussion or you can complety reject it. Recently I have come across a quote that I think very much applies here. Here I have tried to write the quote in my own way……Overthinking, it will occur whether we like it or not. So we can either feel hopeless about it and let our precious days go by. Or we can use it to make our days better…..choice is Yours because I have chose mine!

Thank you for staying until the end!