Who else is an "overthinker"?

Question

Does anyone else find themselves contemplating every step of what might occur? Worrying about failure? Evaluating every thing you do? (and usually admonishing yourself for not performing a task more effectively, efficiently, etc.).

Answer 1

i am! i can't sleep at night ! don't feel bad - everyone does it. it would probably help to let it out- talk to someone, write about it, make music, help someone out.!

Answer 2

LOL! YAH!

like.....

I wonder how long it took them to do that scene in this movie without laughing..... stuff like that!

i do it all the time!!!!

Answer 3

yes, i think I've lost chances at some pretty nice hotties over it.

Answer 4

yea i hate it

Answer 5

Over thinker extraordinaire !!

Yep!!!

Answer 6

ME ME ME ME!!!!!!

& Im only 14 too, I predict the imminent explosion of my brain or at least before the age of 25...but good luck to you. +)

Answer 7

lol i wish i could think

i dont in never do

i  act and then think

u should give me advice

Answer 8

yup i do

Answer 9

YES! EXACTLY WHAT I FEEL!

Answer 10

it's anxiety

Answer 11

haha you just described me perfectly

Answer 12

I spend a great deal of time worrying that I am overthinking,  I like to solve science problems and it is easy to justify almost anything if you think about it long enough.

Answer 13

Ugh-me. It sucks. I always try to think of ever possible scenario for every situation that i am faced with. especially the negative ones, and always the worst, because then whatever happens doesn't seem as bad as i though. I worry about everything all the time. my mind never shuts off. it's terrible. it makes me crazy. it doesn't really help me much, honestly i wish i could stop but i just don't know how.

Answer 14

Yes, I am a perfectionist most of the time.  I think it comes from being tied to the peach tree out back by my dad and being beaten for not doing a job perfect.  I remember washing his car, and he would find a little speck of dirt and have me start over, after I was beaten for it of course!

Answer 15

It's a hard job, but SOMEBODY has to over-analyze everything. Not myself, so much. Although I do think back to things I desperatly wish I could go back and redo. But I analyze all the things people say, the context used, what they do, everything. I also overanalyze religion, the innerworkings of the Universe, movies, other drivers on the road. It's like my mind is on over-drive and it's all I can do to steer the wheel and hopefully concentrate on something important. *sigh* Now I have to over-analyze why you are asking this question. I'll NEVER get any sleep tonight!

EDIT: Holy c**p, that other Amanda Leigh sounds just like me! And my middle name is Leigh,too! Are you my doppleganger? Must be an Amanda Leigh thing. AL's of the world, UNITE!

Answer 16

You've explained my daily life. I have a fear of embarrassment which makes me pay very close attention to myself.

Answer 17

hehe, yeah..i tend to do that a lot...

Answer 18

Nope, that's not me. I tend to do thinks by instinct.

Answer 19

that is exactly ME! lol everyone tells me i overthink to much. sometimes i cant even fall asleep cause im thinking. and its sad cause im thinkin bout stupid things. its stupid but its true

Answer 20

i guess

sometimes

when the answer is right in front of you

and u over think it

u end up making the problem harder

Answer 21

Na, before i don anything

i have everything coldly calculated

Friamente calculado??

Answer 22

OMG yess. i do that once in a while..

sometimes i get so paraniod for the things i do..

   You just need to relax a bit. Live freely. dont make everything a rush.

  

    Remember that everyone goes through the same things like failure and questioning their actions.  dont overthink so much. everyone makes mistakes. you cant fix them as they were before. Thats LIFE: )

  

   This is the first question I've answered so i hope its good!!!

Answer 23

yeah,

we are called perfectionists.

Answer 24

A lot of people do. It's not considered a pathology until you start getting paranoid and delusional.

Answer 25

umm......let me think........idk....give me a minute.....................................

Answer 26

OK, this is one question I sooo enjoy.  I fly BY the SEAT of my PANTS!!!  34 year old, 35 in august, overweight, freshly married, over~sexed, hospice fulltime, underpaid, knows the importance of a gin~n~tonic,,,,,,and  a good cigarette (d**n I'm out)  \\

YOU DON'T CONTROL THE UNIVERSE!!

Let go.

Make~Out with someone.

Love~some~one.

m********e.

You don't control the outcome of every little thing.  I had to overcome this as well.  I had a really ROUGH raise.  I am still overcoming this.  

You really have to realize that not everything is affected by YOU.

You can be set free.

Let Go.

counseling.

Answer 27

Yes, I do that constantly.

Answer 28

To an extent, yes.

Answer 29

That's me!  

For example:  I hate cleaning because I know I'll have to do it again.  I don't perform well at my sales job because I don't like pushing people to buy something they don't want or because they might get mad at me or the company I work for.  I don't work out because I'll have to do it all the time to count.  I don't call my friends back because I don't know what to say.  I don't buy movies because if I've seen it once, what's the point in watching it again?  I could go on and on all day...

Answer 30

My name's nicole, and I am an overthinker.

nicole