found tis interesting entry frm my fren blog....cos it realli reflected my current situation tt im in nw....in a way acty nt directly.....
Breaking free from overthinking:
1. Understand that overthinking is not your friend
Overthinking does not makes you see life more clearly, instead it gives u a tunnel vision that only focus at the wrongs in your life. It drains your motivation to do anything positive and cripples your thinking about solutions to the problems. At a point of time, you sense that gaining new important insights can make breaking free from overthinking very difficult. It seems wrong to put down the compelling issues cause they're not solved and make you feel bad. You feel deeply justified in your anger and sadness-you deserve to be furious and have the right to feel depressed! you do have the right, but overthinking only fans them into a huge fire that gets out of control. You may sink into a depression that you can't pull out of. You may lash out in anger in ways u'll later regret.Recognise that overthinking is not your friend! It is not giving you deep insights but stealing away your thoughts and feelings. It is seducing you to think and do thinks that are not of your favour. If you find that you're struggling inside yourself with overthinking, try something corny by saying
"Overthinking, you are not my friend! You are hurting me! Go away!"
2. Give It a Rest
Give your brain a rest by engaging in pleasant distractions! Do things that you like, that will make you happy, make you feel contented. A jog, shopping, have ice-creams, have chocolates, do volunteering, engage in grp activities, bake.. whatever or whichever that give your brain a rest. But do not indulge yourself in alcohol or anything that's against your conscience.
3. Get up and get moving
Get your butt off the chair and move around! Engage in physical activity as a distraction. Dont fall into trap that you will gain great insights into your problems by thinking them through the night. The thinking in the middle of the night rarely holds any special benefits, and often fraught with anxiety and fear. Moreover, if you think alot at night, you'll be tired the next day hindering yout ability to think straight. Get out of bed, read something pleasant or take a walk when overthinking at night. Change the outlook of the place (home/office) if it triggers overthinking. Move around! Take a walk, go for exercise!
4. Join the thought Police
Sometimes we are in a situation in which it is difficult to find a distraction from our overthinking or get up to move around.You can try telling yourself firmly to stop overthinking for the moment and how do we do so? Just yell silently "STOP!" to yourself or you can buy this mini toy "STOP" sign to put at home,in your office or carry it around. Everyone has the ability to create her own inner "STOP" sign and thereby call a halt to negative spiraling. Maybe saying a stop wont work for you, try some other words like "No!" or "Dont go there!" or "Done!". This will stop your overthinking for a short time but hopefully long enough to allow you to intervene with yourself to other ways that you will have longer-term effect.
still slightly depressed atm....haven realli recovered frm it....but im guessing tis post will help mi a bit in a way....thnx a lot.....
