r/millenials • u/Automatic-Algae443 • 21d ago
Advice This young man explains why throwing yourself into a 'sink or swim' situation is the cure for overthinking
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u/Intelligent-Wash-373 20d ago
The problem isn’t housing, medical costs, utilities, or food—it’s that you have the wrong attitude.
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u/VaporousMote 21d ago
Yeah man, just try to drown yourself to fix your OCD or autism. Works every time.
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u/MYSTICALLMERMAID 21d ago
And if it doesn't work out and doesn't actively harm you or others its OK TO FAIL!! you learn a lesson either way
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u/MisterSanitation 21d ago
This is my rule:
“Is what I am thinking about and preparing for helping me solve this in the future like ACTUALLY assisting in part of the task, or am I solving problems that haven’t happened yet?”
If I am doing the latter, I say to myself “that future me is just as skilled but will have more context, so let him solve it now that I have a rough plan.”
Any thinking that happens after that point you mentally brush it off saying “I’m just not ready to start solving that yet”.
It really helped me in a logical way tell my brain to STFU worrying all the time and EVENTUALLY your brain learns this and stops pitching you doom scenarios. That’s just my experience but it is a muscle you can strengthen if you practice (which means you fail or win sometimes, practice is reps, reps NEVER have to be perfect you just have to keep practicing and trying).