When the brain never detaches: how to get out of the labyrinth of Overthinking

There are those who wake up at 3 in the morning for the anxiety of an interview and those who take three hours to write an email because each word “could be misunderstood”. THE’Overthinking It is that form of insistent and exhausting thought that disguises itself as scrupulousness but in reality paralyzes.

Is the attempt to do everything perfectwhich ends up not starting anything. A spiral in which the scenarios are analyzed, the plans are correct, the choices are reviewed … and you remain still. Blocked. Not for laziness, but by excess of zeal. The problem? When the brain becomes a crazy multitasking, every decision turns into a dead end.

Overthinking is the new emotional spectrum: invisible, but omnipresent

It is silent, elegant, almost intellectual. But highly toxic. It arises from good intentions – how to avoid errors or to be up to par – and ends up devouring the action. A new idea or an interesting opportunity is enough for the questions festival:
“What if it’s wrong?”,
“What if I regret?”,
“What if I don’t like it enough?”

According to a study published in the magazine Behavior Research and Therapypeople who think too much tend to “ruminate“On past decisions ea overestimate the negative consequences of future events, developing more easily Anxiety and depression. In short, the more you think, the less you do, the more you risk being bad.

The Milestone: the rescue lifeboat for those who risk mental drowning

An effective strategy to get out of the labyrinth of Overthinking is to break down every goal in Practical, small and measurable goals. They are called Milestone – Nothing new age, only common sense disguised as a method.

We need to write a program to draw 20 colorful rims randomly on a screen. Panic? No, method. The Milestone will be:

  1. Draw a single circle.
  2. Set a cycle that repeats it 20 times.
  3. Make them appear in random points.
  4. Add a different color every time.

Each completed step takes away power to chaos and returns it to the action. Each micro-traging becomes a small mental victory. And no, but pure neurochemical.

The brain wants its reward. No, not chocolate. Dopamine

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Complete something – even of tiny – releases dopamine. It’s like saying to the brain: “Bravo! Continue like this”. And he replies: “Okay, come on, I still try”.

On the other hand, when it broods indefinitely and nothing ends, the gratification does not come, and the motivation goes to be blessed. So you enter the loop: thought – block – frustration – another thought – another block – despair – Netflix.

Warning: not everything is a milestone

Something that depends on karma or algorithms cannot be called. Become viral on Tiktok It is not a milestone. Write a sincere post and publish it today at 6pm Yes.

The difference? The first depends on the others. The second only by those who act. The real Milestone are actions under personal controlcircumscribed over time, with a beginning and an end. The rest is science fiction.

How to build them without going crazy (further)

Start from the newspaper: Take an activity that is often done – how to cook – and divide it into clear passages.

Apply the method to something new: Choose a 30-60 minutes activity and break it into a maximum of 5 stages. The first must request 5-10 minutes, no more. Yes, it also applies to “tidy up the desk”.

THE’Overthinking It is an elegant, seductive trap that feeds on the myth of perfection. But in reality, perfectionism does not lead to excellence: it only brings to.

The real weapon is the action. But not the heroic film. The daily, simple, chopped one. One step after another. A micro-vittoria at a time. Because when thought becomes too heavy, The only way to lighten it is to act. Also bad, but act.