HOW I GET AWAY FROM OVERTHINKING LOOP.

Overthinking drains the life out of you, doesn’t it? I can say this because I have a hell of a lot of experience in this. It makes it impossible to find one good thing out of the situation. It’s a continuous loop with no way out. Once entering it, it seems like the world collapsing and all you can do is sit and wait for that painful death. I know how it feels, I have been there, am a kinda regular customer there. So I’ll share just a few things that I do for getting out of that loop :

DEEP BREATHS.
Normally it does help me out but sometimes it doesn’t. I start by closing all the tabs one by one opened in mind and let it go back to blank space and then fill it with small positive feelings and thoughts.

WATCH ROMANTIC KDRAMAS/SOMETHING I LIKE
I know distraction is not the best idea but it somehow calms me down. Kdrama has been my buddy for a long time. Whenever I am down, it cheers me up. I smile at all those cute romantic scenes and forget things that have been troubling me. So if you love cheesy romance try this one out. If not, go for anything that usually cheer you up.

CRY IF I FEEL LIKE.
I cry all I want, thinking things I shouldn’t have been. It may not be a very good option but it does make me feel better after crying my heart out. I feel lighter from the inside like I am feeling right now.

TALK IT THROUGH/ WRITE JOURNAL.
I usually prefer to write it down in my journal but sometimes that seems like hard work to do at that particular time, so I call/text my best friend and vent it out. Sometimes it gives me a slightly different perspective to look at it. And I am so grateful to her that she hasn’t been tired of listening till now.

LET THOUGHTS PASS CONSCIOUSLY.
I have read somewhere that letting thoughts pass through our minds consciously helps a lot. So I try to consciously feel all those things and thoughts, think why this happened, why I am feeling this way, where is it coming from, and how I can sort it out, or even if I can control it or not. This is the most difficult option I have found but this is the most effective one to get over those hurtful feelings gradually. And if nothing helps, go seek professional help.

I hope it helps those who go through overthinking phases often. Even if one person can feel better through this, I’ll be the happiest.