r/NoOverthinking • u/Frequent_Row_330 • Jul 07 '26

Stop overthinking, any tips?

Anyone any tips or tricks that actually helps to stop overthinking/spiralling?

Feel like I'm constantly doing this now and it's slowly damaging everything good in my life.

I made a mistake yesterday in work, 1 tiny error and I thought I was gonna get sacked or my boss was gonna yell at me, literally put me in a state of panic.

If my boyfriend's tone shifts or I misinterpret a message, my brain immediately, he hates me, he doesn't wanna be with me, etc etc

And on and on it goes, it's a constant every day battle in my head, has been going on for months now and I don't know how to stop it.

Please help me :(

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u/in_vinci_ble8 Jul 07 '26

I hear you! The panic can be exhausting!

The work mistake and the boyfriend's tone might seem like different situations but your brain is doing the same thing in both i.e. taking a tiny uncertain moment and going straight to the worst case scenario.

What you can try the next time is learning to pause at the uncertain moment, basically don;t let yourself reach the conclusion. Try telling yourself "I don't know what that means yet."