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I am convinced that if overthinking were a sport, I’d be absolutely unbeatable.
And I don’t mean unbeatable among a handful of people. I mean, I’d absolutely destroy anyone who thinks they can compete with me.
Let me tell you why.
Give me a text that says, “Okay.”
That’s it. Just one word.
Within minutes, I will have overthought the punctuation, the timing, your possible mood when you sent it, and the possibility that you secretly hate me.
And by the end of the day, I will have created a random situation around that one text.
The funny thing is that overthinking almost never starts with something big. It starts with a small thought. A late reply or a conversation that felt a little off.
For most people, these details go unnoticed.
For overthinkers like me, they’re enough to keep us awake at night.
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My brain acts differently in situations others consider completely normal. It refuses to accept that sometimes people can be busy, things can be awkward, and absolutely nothing has to be wrong.
I’ll overthink everything.
Whether I smiled too widely while saying hello to an old friend I bumped into by chance. Whether a text I sent out of genuine concern came across as nosy. Whether someone took a “no” more personally than I intended.
The list goes on and on until I find myself overthinking my overthinking itself and getting caught in an endless spiral.
The strange part is that overthinking usually feels productive.
I convince myself that if I think about a problem for just a little longer, I’ll finally find the solution.
I never do.
Instead, I turn a small concern into something so big that it starts giving me anxiety.
There have been days when I’ve spent hours preparing for conversations that never took place and worrying about what I’d say if my comebacks didn’t land.
And you know what the most ridiculous part is?
I know most of these situations will never happen.
I know I’m worrying for no reason.
Yet somehow, my brain keeps returning to them as if my life depended on them.
Maybe that’s what makes me unbeatable at it.
It’s not that I’m thinking too much about reality.
I’m thinking too much about possibilities.
And unlike reality, possibilities never end.
Sources: Blogger’s own opinion
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