Control Your Mind and Master Your Feelings

you learn from past mistakes and alter your perception of what will happen in the future.

The best thing to do to take care of this is to accept that what is done is done and the future is untold, so all that matters is what you can do right now. What you do in the present can help

● Difficulty holding effective communication with someone due to readdressing the same concern or thought repeatedly until the conversation ends.
● Comparing yourself to others and feeling as though you have to measure up to them, or give in to their expectations, or think that they look down on you.
● Always thinking about the worst-case scenarios - catastrophizing everything, all the time.
● Reliving, and obsessing over past failures, or what you could have, should have, would have done, to the point where you cannot seem to get past it.
● Excessively worrying about the future, until every goal or task feels close to impossible to accomplish.
● Being unable to cope with past trauma due to constant overthinking about the event.
● Inability to slow down, or stop thinking or worrying, and experiencing overwhelming emotions associated with your thoughts.
If you feel as though you have developed some of these symptoms, or know someone who has, remember that no two people are the same when it comes to this disorder.

these symptoms while you overthink, then you may have or are developing a disorder from overthinking

First ask yourself, when I overthink, does it result in overwhelming feelings of anxiety or panic? When I overthink, do I get headaches? Do I overthink so much that it stops me from living my life? Do simple tasks seem daunting or worrisome? If your answers are yes, then you may be at risk for having or developing an overthinking disorder.

Overthinking can accompany most people that have problems with negative thoughts and excessive worrying. While worrying and negative thoughts have significant impacts, did you know that overthinking can become a disorder? Most people with overthinking disorder also grapple with associated anxiety or other mood disorders, however, overthinking disorder and anxiety disorders are not the same. To sum it up in one sentence, a good explanation for overthinking disorder is when people think about something for too long and/or too much while being unable to redirect their minds to something else.

Overthinking can be about one thing, or many things at once; however, it is defined as thinking about whatever the issue is with an inability to redirect the mind. This can cause other things to happen like obsessing over the past or worrying about the future. Additionally, when someone overthinks too much, and over a long period of time, they can develop negative thinking patterns as well. Overthinking, excessive worry and negative thinking patterns become intertwined and all wrapped up together can cause extreme feelings of anxiety and may result in social disasters or becoming socially afraid. As weird as this may sound, it is normal to worry about your life and everything that is happening in it. So, you may be the type of person reading this and thinking ‘I have overthinking disorder,’ however, this may not be the case.

Chapter One: Meet Your Opponent

Did you know that a rise in depression and anxiety rates has stemmed from overthinking? Overthinking and excessive worrying has become more and more of a problem in today’s society. This continues to happen because no one knows how to fix their lives, and it honestly takes a lot of dedication to get there. However, with the strategies in this book, you will learn how to stop overthinking, take care of those excessive worries, calm your mind, and develop positivity. Overthinking and excessive worry are the main problems that are holding you back, so what are you waiting for? Don’t you want to get out of your head and into real life?

I know what you must be thinking, ‘yeah right, one book can teach me all that, and my life will just be better?’ No, it won’t be better if you just read the book; it will be better if you practice the exercises and the structured and thoroughly researched strategies inside this book. Don’t overthink, just do. After all, part of the problem with overthinking is well... OVERTHINKING. So, let’s look at the proof. How many of your friends do you know that are not overthinkers lead a positive and healthy life? Sure, they don’t have everything together - their lives aren’t perfect - but they sure are getting sleep at night. Their relationships seem happy, and their lives are fulfilling. If you want that, then a positive mindset and healthy downtimes can really help you towards that goal. This book shows you how.

I can promise you that once you are finished with this book, you will feel encouraged and motivated to be who you have always wanted to be - whether that’s a confident and outgoing individual or a calm and enlightened person. Your wish is my promise as long as you promise to be consistent and give every strategy in this book a fair and proper chance.

So, are you ready for the challenge? I know you are and a deeper part of you knows it too. What are you waiting for, dive in and learn how to turn your life around in just a few short steps.

After all, don’t you think life is too short to waste it on negative thinking?

Overthinking is undeniably one of the biggest causes of mental health illnesses. It results in depression, insomnia, anxiety, and self-destructive behaviors. This is because the individual does not know how to stop thinking and so they obsess over things they cannot control or things they wish they had done or haven’t yet done. Our minds become overwhelmed with the ‘what if’s’ and all the mistakes we have made - the relationships that keep you guessing, the habits that you do automatically that you don’t realize. Your body is wounded, and your mind is tired. If that isn’t enough to keep our minds busy, our surroundings are cluttered and you may feel as if you have no way out of this nightmare.

Does this sound familiar? If so, you have definitely come to the right place. When you learn how to recognize your self-destructive behaviors as a result of overthinking, you will know how to beat the problem. I’m referring to negative thinking and over-worrying about things that hold no importance in your life. The only reason it feels as though these things are important is that you have been stuck in your own mind for so long that you don’t know how to escape it. No wonder life feels crazier than it should.

The solution is right here in this book. It’s not just one solution; its multiple ways you can overcome your mind and feed into the desires that you want from life. “Breaking Overthinking” will teach you about what happens in your mind that leaves your body stressed. It will also teach you the many ways on how to cope and overcome these feelings. There are five fictional chains that you have to break in order to solve the problem of overthinking. These five chains - a cluttered mind, the wounded body, surroundings, habits, and toxic people - will help you understand the best ways that you can break free of this mind trap and start living life to the fullest. Together we will tackle each chain one by one in an easy to follow manner but not before you will understand the scientific causes of overthinking. My promise to you is that by the end of this book you will have learned beneficial ways to overcome these negative patterns. You will start understanding who you are and how to be aware of this overthinking process that currently has you trapped.

Table of Contents

Prepare to Unchain

Chapter One: Meet Your Opponent

Chapter Two: The Dangers Behind Overthinking

Chapter Three: From Overthinking to Social Anxiety

Chapter Four: The Battle for the Cure

Chapter Five: Break the First Chain - A Cluttered Mind

Chapter Six: Break the Second Chain - A Stressed Mind is a Stressed Body

Chapter Seven: Break the Third Chain - Hazardous Surroundings

Chapter Eight: Break the Fourth Chain - Bad Habits

Chapter Nine: Break the Fifth Chain - Toxic People

A New Dawn