This is How You Beat Overthinking

Dr. K’s Guide to Mental Health explores Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Meditation

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[thenarstar]

"A man who has seen a 1000 kiss scenes in the movies knows less about kissing than a man who has had one real kiss"

[jeremyevans]

The thought of "breathing into it" makes me nauseous just to think about.. the overthinking is anxiety provoking but it's also a defense for avoiding the failing part. Why are we like this 😂

[DecapSoda]

I've never heard of intellectual masturbation and that combination of words was enough to have me stop overthinking and thought about how no one else in my life has said this exact combination of words

[Ethan-ydgn]

I used to be a huge overthinker, and im happy to say that ive overcome a lot of the mental blocks that came with that. I still think pretty heavily through a lot of my life, but i learned on my own that just doing stuff is far more conducive to reaching my goals than trying to go from 0 - 100 before ive even tried. I can still plan and sort things out in my mind to make my approach a little more efficient or skillful than it would be otherwise, and managing to do such a thing is a really vindicating feeling, but understanding that you aren't always going to be right is really important and allows you learn with a more open mind (also, in turn, making your future attempts at "overthinking" more flexible and informed).

Tldr: sometimes, you gotta try if you wanna know

[jackdaft]

This might sound weird, but I've recently had an epiphany about my constant overthinking after getting back into fighting games. I would think about nothing but winning, trying to precalculate every single possibility in a match, but in doing so I wasn't actually learning how to read my opponents or properly use my character's tools - I was too focused on thinking of victory rather than how to get better. A big part of getting over that for me was accepting where I was at skill-wise, and commiting to improving, and actively looking for areas that I can improve in.

All this to say that getting back into fighting games actually helped me have an epiphany about my real life and how a lot of my stagnation comes from the same area - I think too much about situations or what needs to be done and end up doing very little to nothing. I wasn't learning anything by spending so much energy on this, and I wasn't improving in any areas either. Getting back into fighting games inspired me to learn how improve at them, which inspired me to learn how to improve myself as a person too. It's a long, hard road, but anything worth doing in life is difficult and I plan to stick to it.

Video games can be awesome and inspiring, man. You can never know how much a "simple" videogame can change your life until it happens.

TL;DR: Fighting games and particularly Street Fighter 6 helped me realize my bad habits both in-game and in real life and take action to learn from that, improve, step outside my comfort zone and actually do instead of just think. You don't need a perfect plan, just take the first step, allow yourself to learn, and you'll find your own way. You might even really enjoy it.

[KaoruGoyle]

omg this is why I love you so much. I'm a 35yr old woman, diamond ranked in overwatch and I have been told so many excuses by kids of why I must have been lucky (and carreid) and how they theory craft excuses. Kid. i put the work and learned the game. Get Good. This clip resonated so much haha

[tylercraig]

For me what gets me is that I’m aware enough to consider any and all possibilities as being equally as possible in terms of probability that I don’t act because everything has an equal opportunity of actually being the case and am crippled by not wanting to incorrectly respond

[Stryfe]

My issue is not so much overthinking an action before I even do it, but overthinking *EVERYTHING.*

I do something a bit weird, overthink it; something good, overthink it; about to do anything at all, overthink it. I overthink actions as I’m doing them AND every step after the fact.

The only time I’m not overthinking in my life is when I’m literally sitting at home doing nothing, or on a car ride with my dad. I even overthink in the damn shower.

I wasn’t always like this

[mythmakroxymore]

I’ve been overthinking a sudden friendship with someone. I kinda dropped the friendship cuz i was surprised by how fast paced i felt i needed to be. I’ve been overthinking it for almost a week and i think it might be time to just drop it and try to talk with my friend again.

[Shendue]

Good theory. Problem comes when we are talking about some choice that have real stakes and heavy consequences on your life. Should I take that surgery or not? Should I leave my job to pursue an art career?
Just "doing something" may literally destroy your life.
Life isn't a videogame. Can't savescum your way out of a wrong choice.

[XLE]

Intellectual masturbation, saying that instantly made me stop thinking lol.

[Klespyrian]

A daily dose of you is getting me well on my way to writing one of my books.

[TravisPluss]

Sometimes this feels like procrastination to me, but it does help.

[Riku_nkmr]

Damn. I needed this reminder, especially as someone who refuses to see guides before making an attempt to beat bosses in games (and usually succeeding after a few tries)… but gets completely paralyzed by things irl.

[Ghostrate]

I'm 27 and overthinking has been a curse for most of my life. I honestly don't know if I can function or have a career for much longer.

[ezycuberz]

This video hit bro, me and chatgpt was having a conversation the other day, and it's insight also made a revelation in my life

[kingsolitaire]

I’m a newer writer, and while I know I’m a deep thinker, I often find myself overthinking too much. I realize that these two things are different, but there seems to be a mental block preventing me from writing. I constantly worry about the end result and get stuck in thoughts like, 'This isn’t going to be original, ' or 'What if it’s poorly received? People will think I’m intentionally screwing up, or worse, that I’m an idiot who doesn’t understand writing.' These thoughts keep piling up, and it’s like I'm trapped in my own mind, creating a personalized hell of self-doubt. I want to break free of this, but it feels really hard to move past it.

[VideoCentral-bhtf]

This is why when I theorycraft I make sure I'm right. Learning doesn't really come without overthinking it feels like. Also if I have a hard boss to fight, yeah I theory craft if I can't play and it's very helpful, but it's not quite as effective there because you can just play the game. A lot of things that I'd be overthinking that would actually matter are things I can't easily do or attempt. I can't practice asking out a girl I like, if I go in blind and fuck it up, too bad, regardless of potential chances you could have had with this person, you've now ruined them. Therefore, in order to minimize risk, we use our previous experience and knowledge to try and predict or brainstorm what actions would be good here. It's when that comes with indecisiveness, that's when it really gets bad.

[APolles]

I have a similair problem with overthinking of choosing a main hero in a video game i play. I think about who could be best for me over all and dont actually try them out often. The best thing to do from experience is not to waste your time on that, but rather experience the heros in game and learn ans the short suggests.

[LeviArbalest]

I heard a little drop of Mass effect's galaxy map music at the end of this short. AWESOME