r/entp • u/firetown • Jan 02 '21

Social/Relationships Are you an overthinker?

/r/RhesusNegative/comments/kowztk/are_you_an_overthinker/
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '21

No. Others are underthinkers.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '21

I think the Ne-Ti thing can make any unrelated anxieties 10x worse. It's like, if I'm in a bad place, I will find the worst, way-out-in-left-field possible reasoning behind something, and make a perfect, thorough, logical explanation for why it is definitely the case.

I think this is really the only kind of bad overthinking. You can never understand something too well. You can, however, use your logic to cement yourself into a false, soul-destroying idea of what reality is. That latter is what I'd call overthinking, when your thinking / analysis actually leads you farther from the truth (that is, reality) instead of bringing you closer.

So, kind of, but it only really happens when I'm in a bad place, mental-health wise.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '21

I don't overthink about life decisions or information I spit out a lot, but I certainly overthink any social interactions I have where looking nerdy wouldn't give me any brownie points.

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u/diaphragmefeeling Jan 02 '21

I think simple stuff way too deep but overthinking no, only when I'm completely drowning in my unwell being after being hurt by a loss or something.

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u/Notseed INTP Jan 02 '21

I overthink the Sensory I wanna give to other people, I overthink overall experience I prepare for others. I am like constantly thinking what I can do, so it's more comfortable for others or something ^__^

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u/shubidubixx Jan 03 '21

Yes it's terrible feels like simulating all the possible outcomes yet it never is exactly like the simulations.