Posts Any Overthinker Can Relate To As They Lie In Bed Overthinking Their Existence
People who aren't chronic overthinkers don't even realize how lucky they are to be able to happily live their lives and not lie awake at night thinking about how your boss wrote "thanks" instead of "thank you" in his last email.
You spend your time worrying about something, then your friends tell you to stop overthinking things, which leads you to then spend your time wondering if all your friends secretly hate you. It's a vicious cycle.
Triple Jumping Your Way To A Gold Medal & To Conclusions
If there was a prize to be won, you'd win it, and then you'd probably spend the next few weeks wondering if you deserved to win or if everyone secretly regrets giving you the gold medal.
Unexpected Visitors Means Unexpected Anxiety
The chances of the person at your door being there to tell you that all of your loved ones have been killed in a freak accident is basically slim to none, but what if this is the one time it's actually true?
Something's Different
You know that they didn't mean it and it's probably nothing, but if someone ends a sentence with a period or a capitalizes a word that they don't normally, you're going to panic.
Can't Stop, Won't Stop
It's not like you don't know that you're someone who has a tendency to overthink situations. In fact, you've thought about it extensively. That's not the point, though. You can't overthink your way out of overthinking.
The Worst Text You Could Get
If someone texts you "can I ask you something?" or "I need to talk to you," and they don't immediately send you a message explaining, you might collapse from the weight of your anxiety.
Even The Experts Can't Help
Any comment that has the potential to be taken the wrong way is going to be blown out of proportion in your mind. Your friend texted you back but didn't use an exclamation point at the end of her sentence, so now you can mull about that for the next week.
The Overthinking Started Young
The worst part was when you'd miscount the paragraphs or someone would read two instead of one cauing the whole system to be thrown off and you'd be stuck unprepared.
I Only Care About Everything
You might try to convince everyone around you as well as yourself that you're the chill, fun person who doesn't care about the little things in life, but we all know that's not true.
Always Something There To Remind Me
You think you're over it, but five years from now, you're going to be minding your own business, unsuspectingly trying to live your life then bam! Your brain will remind you of that one awkward thing you said during a lecture that everyone else has forgotten about.
Web MD Is Never A Good Idea
You know that it's just a headache because you haven't had enough water today, or because it's going to rain later, but that little voice in your head reminds you that it could be a rare undiagnosed brain tumor, and Google will confirm that for you.
I'm Sorry For Everything I've Ever Said
Just because other people are able to move on from an awkward encounter does not mean that you're able to. They stopped thinking about it the moment it was over, but you've now thought about it enough for the both of you.
It Must Be Your Fault
It doesn't matter that you're meeting your friend who is late for everything. A small part of you is always going to jump to the conclusion that you're the one who messed up, and then it's going to spiral from there.
There's Always Room For A "What If"
You have plenty of common sense, but the problem is that your common sense doesn't always win. You always have to entertain the other scenarios, no matter how unrealistic they are.
No Amount Of Rehearsing Can Prepare You For Life
You planned for this moment, you spent your whole drive to work preparing for greeting your coworkers like you do every Monday morning, and then when the moment comes, you choke.
Everything Seems Different
Your best friend hugged for .023 seconds less than she normally does, and you could've sworn you heard your boyfriend exhale louder than normal, so you're ready to move to a deserted island and live out your life as a hermit.
Am I The Problem, Or Are They?
No matter how many times someone explains to you that no one is thinking about that one moment from dinner last week where you told the waiter to have a nice meal, you're thinking about it. And that's enough.
What Does A Handshake Say About Me?
Sometimes, it's easier to just stand there and hope the other person makes a clear decision between hug and handshake. Otherwise, you'll just awkwardly wave from a distance then go hide under a rock somewhere.
You're Only An Expert In Private
It could be something you've done a million times in your life, but the second that someone is watching you or asks you to explain it to them, you panic. What if you've been walking wrong your whole life and now they're judging you?
It Haunts Your Dreams
Even in your dreams, you can't stop yourself from overthinking. Sleeping is supposed to be the time to rest, but when you dream about all the worst-case scenarios that could happen the next day, you don't exactly wake up feeling refreshed.
What's The Social Standard?
You don't want to be the weird girl that makes eye contact for too long, but if you don't look at them soon enough, they might think you're ignoring them or they'll think you're upset with them.
