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by Robin Sharma
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Nick Trenton
23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present
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What is Stop Overthinking about?
Stop Overthinking (2021) is an indispensable guide to breaking free from the negative thought patterns holding you back. Learn how to recognize your negative spiral triggers, overcome anxiety attacks, and declutter your mind to live a stress-free life.
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Stop Overthinking
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With practice, we can get better at managing our thoughts.
Overthinking is like getting lost in a maze. No matter how hard we analyze, evaluate, and worry, we can get stuck in seemingly never-ending loops of anxious thoughts and dead ends.
Some of us are predisposed to endless dissection. Sometimes our environment is to blame. However, the reality is that we react to perceived stress rather than actual stress. Most overthinkers experience the physical and mental consequences of excessive analysis – such as fatigue, anxiety, and difficulty sleeping – and understand how serious they can be. In the worst cases, it can destroy lives and relationships. But, whether it is the fault of nature or nurture, we can learn to manage our thought processes with the proper techniques.
Recognizing overthinking for what it is can be extremely difficult, but it is crucial to regaining control of our mental health. To understand our triggers, we have to look at how our thoughts, relationships, and emotions interact. That means being mindful of our experiences and asking ourselves questions to better understand our expectations and feelings. Then, with practice, we can learn to trust ourselves more and break the habit of overthinking.
It’s a fact of life that we all experience stress in some form or another. But worrying and overthinking are not inevitable. Before engaging with our anxious thoughts, we can take a moment, challenge them with clarity and empathy, and create a positive space around them. You’ll find out how in the following sections.
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- Anybody struggling with doubt and indecision
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