People who think too much

[RambleTamble]

One of the worst things about thinking too much is, for me anyway, is it happens when I'm trying to fall asleep. I wind up tossing and turning -- thinking about stupid crap that somebody said to me, or how I should have handled a certain situation sometimes from years or even decades ago!

It's not as bad as it used to be when I was working, but it's still a problem. The narrator in the video claims its from the dopamine reward, and that makes sense. That explains why we do something that's so harmful to our mental health, and we keep on doing it! So rather than stop the negative thoughts, maybe there's a way to stop the dopamine reward.

 

[jujube]

Yes! I do that and I wish I had a switch to turn it off.

 

[officerripley]

I don't think one can ever think too much. Worry too much? Yeah. so it's the kind of thinking being done IMO.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I do this all the time.
It drives me nuts..

 

[Babs2u]

One of the worst things about thinking too much is, for me anyway, is it happens when I'm trying to fall asleep. I wind up tossing and turning -- thinking about stupid crap that somebody said to me, or how I should have handled a certain situation sometimes from years or even decades ago!

It's not as bad as it used to be when I was working, but it's still a problem. The narrator in the video claims its from the dopamine reward, and that makes sense. That explains why we do something that's so harmful to our mental health, and we keep on doing it! So rather than stop the negative thoughts, maybe there's a way to stop the dopamine reward.

Thanks. This might help.

 

[Coco]

The video was too long! I dozed off before i found out the solution! Now I'm thinking about over thinking too much!

 

[jujube]

My mind at 2 a.m.:

"For your viewing pleasure, I now present a 2-hour movie featuring everything in the last 70 years that you should or should not have said, done, bought, or experienced. I hope you enjoy the movie!"

 

[RambleTamble]

The video was too long! I dozed off before i found out the solution! Now I'm thinking about over thinking too much!

They didn't really offer a solution... just why we sometimes think too much.

 

[Lavinia]

As officerripley says, worrying is pretty much a waste of time unless it makes you take steps to prevent something happening. Over-thinking is not a bad thing. There are too many shallow, superficial people who don't think enough. If people stopped to consider the consequences of their actions, that surely is a good thing.

 

[Messy]

 

[hearlady]

Maybe we should all stop worrying about thinking too much. I know I should!

 

[jim_slim]

Have a glass of red wine before bed, puts me right to sleep

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Most all of that video describes me - especially these key phrases from it:

"their brain refuses to stop asking what if . . ."
"they think ahead; anticipate everything"
"analyzing every angle"
"more attuned to the emotional texture of a room"
"they notice everything"

 

[C50]

As stressful as over thinking is it helped make me successful. I did a lot of design work professionally and spent many hours with runaway thoughts blasting thru my brain. But running thru a thousand scenerios a thousand times and exploring thousands of options all the while trouble shooting potential problems let me creat some very profitable products.

Yes I was stressed, yes I lost many hours of sleep, yes I could become hyper focused, and truthfully I spent years praying for a way to shut my brain off, but the reality is over thinking benefited me greatly. It was certainly also a curse for many many reasons.

These days it's not much of a problem, maybe because I'm no longer working or dealing with a bad marriage, or maybe my aged brain has some cognitive loss, but my thoughts have finally slowed down.

 

[AutumnGal]

I didn't watch the video but I sure can relate to not sleeping and thinking too much.

If my brain starts to go working when I go to bed, with thoughts, I try to turn those thoughts. Mine mostly are to very hard and hurtful things like family losses that are not a good place to go, and so I try to think of mundane things... Boring things. Forget the old counting sheep thing, did that ever work for anyone lol? I'll think of some good thing or just any mundane thing that doesn't cause stress, worry or anxiety, etc...

They do say if you have this going on for too long to get back up, turn light on and do something so you don't start to associate I guess going to bed with such being likely to happen and not sleeping.

I stay up at night until I can't keep my eyes open any longer watching something and when I keep dropping off naturally, then I head for bed. But just the action of going to bed, using the bathroom, can wake me back up just enough that i get into bed and lie there thinking...

I've been having terrible sleep issues lately so any advice would be great.

My doctor just prescribed something but so far it hasn't helped a bit.

I've also been told your body needs to get back into a normal rhythm and mine certainly is not in one... I think daylight and lack of it affects a lot of things. Normal sleep cycles and all and night and day. To add to that, with women, at an older age in life that contributes as well...

 

[AutumnGal]

As stressful as over thinking is it helped make me successful. I did a lot of design work professionally and spent many hours with runaway thoughts blasting thru my brain. But running thru a thousand scenerios a thousand times and exploring thousands of options all the while trouble shooting potential problems let me creat some very profitable products.

Yes I was stressed, yes I lost many hours of sleep, yes I could become hyper focused, and truthfully I spent years praying for a way to shut my brain off, but the reality is over thinking benefited me greatly. It was certainly also a curse for many many reasons.

These days it's not much of a problem, maybe because I'm no longer working or dealing with a bad marriage, or maybe my aged brain has some cognitive loss, but my thoughts have finally slowed down.

Can relate to a lot of that. Bad marriage, stressful job or one that requires a lot of mental brain power.

I've always been told I overanalyze everything. Not in a work setting I've never been told that but as to life and things that happen, I've been told that more than once... I need to figure out the problem... It can carry over from what one does at work or it's just the brain...

I've always thanked God I was blessed with a good brain... But that can also be a problem lol. It thinks it needs to solve and be in the "on" mode all of the time...