Overthinking often happens when you feel stuck. If there is something you can do about a situation, take a small step. Even a small action can reduce worry. Make you feel more in control. If a problem ...

You’re replaying a conversation from yesterday for the tenth time. Was your tone off? Did you sound too eager? Should you have said less, or in a different way? The person you were talking to has ...

Why You Keep Revisiting the Past, and How Real Freedom Begins Have you ever noticed how your mind refuses to rest? How it circles back to that one argument, that one failure, or that one person who ...

That’s why overthinking is often a coping mechanism for stress, Dr. DiBlasi says—it’s a way your mind tries to have control over a situation. It’s common in people with perfectionist traits, too.