However, overthinking is more than simply pondering thoughts; it’s about getting swept up in them. An individual who analyzes every detail replays past events, and predicts the future is prone to catastrophizin
Manage your anxiety and put an end to your controlling behavior. Anxiety 6 Min Read How Not to Worry About What Others Think of You Studies show that people consistently overestimate how much, and how badly, others think about their failings. Self Tests 3 min Do I Need Therapy? Co...
where Clute kept referring to it throughout the book as a notable example of postwar horror.The Cross of Carlis out of print now, and it has assumedly been out of print for a long time. This is a shame, because once you move past the...
And let’s not forget the magic ofdeveloping routines; they’re the daily rituals that whisper “you got this” even on days when getting out of bed feels like climbing Everest. Personal growth isn’t just about moving past what happened; it’s about blossoming into who you’re...
This realization is a late-in-life epiphany about my life choices—the ones I made and the ones that were never mine to make. It’s easy to confuse the two, redefining the past as a land vast in opportunities if only I were quick enough to grab them. It’s freeing to realize this...
we seem ill-equipped to handle complexity. Girls have no way of measuring the potential success rate when we sit down to think; they assume we are “sitting this one out.” So by that standard, it is not chivalrous to delay sexual behavior; it is often seen as a man “quitting very ...
I blend psychology, behavior analysis, and spirituality in my coaching. This ensures a holistic, scientifically grounded approach that also respects your personal journey. The Role of Intuition Anxiety and overwhelm often arise when you ignore your intuition. By tuning into your intuition, you can ...
Thinking too much. It’s truly a form of mental ‘poison’ that if left unchecked, can consume you and drastically alter your thinking, behavior and even your personality. Needless to say, this negative habit can have disastrous consequences in any area of life: work, personal (relationships)...
To estimate the frequency of rare words, we will need to model the tail behavior of this distribution and extrapolate it beyond the data. So let’s fit a t distribution and see how it looks. I’ll use code from Chapter 8 of Probably Overthinking It, which is all about these long-taile...
This type of repetitive overthinking is characteristic ofObsessive-Compulsive Disorder. While the person with this disorder may know, the fear is irrational; they still feel compelled to do a repetitive behavior in the belief that this will prevent the danger. ...