Jordan Peterson - People Who Overanalyse

A fella is overanalyzing everything, what is the cause? Peterson points out that many people who overanalyse suffer from anxiety. Jordan then provides nice tips on how to deal with this.

[ManOfAllCreation]

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[rudiratte]

1. get up at the same time
2. eat large breakfast
3. weightlifting
4. schedule

[ArielDominguez]

over thinking, over analyzing
separates the body from the mind

[Achilles]

My advice for anyone wanting to get over anxiety/depression:

1. Quit alcohol - there is nothing good about it. It's highly calorific, poisonous to your liver and it makes you do stupid things when you've had too much of it.
2. Avoid smoking and any type of drugs.
3. Eat healthily - breakfast, lunch, dinner, with limited snacking in between.
4. The only drink you ever need is H2O - certainly cut out all soft drinks, energy drinks and fruit smoothies.
5. Go for a run in the park - not on a treadmill in the gym. The fresh air is good and the nature is beautiful.
6. Lift weights - looking good physically will do wonders for your confidence and self-esteem.
7. Go to bed early and wake up early - very rarely is anything productive achieved after 10pm.
8. Take pride in your career and be passionate about your job, no matter how humble it may be.
9. Make somebody smile everyday, either by a kind word or a good deed. Making other people feel better will make you feel better, and it takes the focus off yourself.
10. Stop dwelling on the past and worrying about the future. Live in the present. Remember that the present moment is the only thing that is ever real. Everything else is in your mind.

Lastly, get off the f**king internet. Social media is sewage. Limit yourself to half an hour of internet a day. Meet people in real life and have real social interactions.

Good luck!

[TheEgg]

I appreciate the cat in the corner. I feel it really adds to the video.

[ERMAC]

Here's mine

1.don't drink, alcohol = more anxiety
2. No caffeine, some small amounts of sugar.
3. Take melaton at night .pop one around 7 or 8pm, be in bed around 930 or ten. Only take once or twice a week. No distractions like cell phone. Full sleep .GO TO BED EARLY .
4.run, run, run, run or lift or any physical work.
5.turn down the sensory overload. ( phones, music, TV, etc) . Silence is good .
6.don't expect so much from yourself and quit thinking about stuff that hasn't even happened or what others think, if you catch yourself doing this, just remind yourself that this is useless thoughts. Talk to your brain

[rudimentaryschooling]

I’m completely astonished since he literally just explained me in every aspect

[jordancruz]

I have the same problem. I had a very underwhelming position at my job, drank all the time, ate like shit and quit hanging out with friends but just this past year I asked my boss for more responsibility and ended up getting two promotions within 4 months, started lifting weights at the gym, eating healthier (intermittent fasting so I don't eat until 5 pm most days), and started playing guitar more instead of indulging in mindless video games during free time...gotta say, setting goals and challenging yourself will heal you more than any pill. Do things that benefit your life and others, quit wasting your gift.

[shnoogums]

Omg I love Jordan. I play chess cause I find this is a nice outlet for my overanalysis dilemma

[spambox]

i missed the last 30 seconds, i was thinking of as many words as i could that started with 'S'

[loganperdigon]

One of the most therapeutic things I’ve found for anxiety is making my bed every morning cause no matter what happens throughout the day when I come home from class or work there is a consistently clean bed for me

[WarSkills]

I used to think that overanalysing made me intelligent and is a quality to admire, however, I learned it definitely has very self-destroying aspects as well where you have a hard time letting go of things and finding inner peace in your head. Thanks for the tips Jordan!

[phillipadams]

I would recommend Martial Arts from my personal experience. At least for some people who are more athletic or find interest in combat sports and such. Not necessarily competition or hard sparring but letting your body learn how to move and work in cooperation with the mind. The training usually includes some weightlifting some cardio as well as eye-hand coordination, timing, mental strategy, etc. I think it's good to know how to use your body not just pick up heavy stuff but nothing wrong with lifting. That's my humble opinion.

[WehDiNgay]

This man, in a 4 minute video, just summed up the problem that was burdening my life and gave plausible solutions to it. FOR FREE. God bless this man

Edit: Not to mention, I started working out because I found out that exercising REMOVES my anxiety and over analytic thoughts and every day I skip a workout, my mind starts to race the whole day.

[dominicb]

Going to say a quick prayer for all of you guys struggling with something similar to what I am. We can get through this guys!

[Majorvw]

lol that fucking outro music is enough to give anyone anxiety

[Tullece]

I've become hyper-analytical in almost every situation I am in outside of the home (for various reasons) to the point that it is exhausting my mental reserves and I experience fogginess and headaches and a debilitating decrease in concentration and focus.

Meditation has helped _tremendously_ and continues to do so. Another practice is to reign in your thoughts, instead of being lead around by your thoughts you simply practice getting into the habit of just observing your thoughts from a completely neutral standpoint and watch them disappear just as quickly as they appeared. It is about reclaiming your mental space as your own "house" and seeing your thoughts simply as guests that appear and disappear. Eventually you begin to separate yourself from your thoughts completely or more precisely separate your immediate emotional responses to your thoughts (at least the negative ones anyhow).

This is helpful for *EXCESSIVE* thinkers/analyzers whose trait does more harm than good.

[voltz]

Embarassing events start to come up every few hours in my brain.. Whether it would be 3 years ago or a week ago.. It would just haunt me every time a remotely similar situation presents itself. Over the course of 2018 it began to lessen as I had more friends to chat with and a girl to like.. Yet socially, I'm still the anxious mess that I am.. I think so deeply about simple conversations.. Then afterwards contemplate better words to have said. It deeply troubles me how self analytic I am yet it has worked in my favor in being somewhat grounded in what I believe

[predatxr.]

2:10 "It's good to do what everyone else does, unless you have a good reason not to"
Oh man..

[XykuJoxa]

This is the first time I've ever experienced another person analyzing over analyzation. This hit very hard, thank you.