Deep thinkers of reddit, how has overthinking affected your life?

1. Makes me paranoid. I find myself worrying about situations that are likely to never happen because I find myself in "what if?" spirals constantly.
   — McCyanide


2. Being anxious
   — flowerpot47


3. I overthink other people’s actions. They could say or do something, then I think about it later, and I go “damn why do they hate me all of a sudden” when in reality, they probably didn’t put that much thought into their words or intend to hurt me.
   — Whatin_tarnation






4. It's made my recovery from major depression and panic/anxiety much more difficult. I wish it were possible to tell my brain to just shut the fuck up.
   — GenJonesMom


5. In high school it paralyzed me. Not literally of course but I didn't do much of anything, just wallowed in depression as I over analyzed everything and questioned existence itself. I long had the thought of why does anything matter because in the end we all die and are all forgotten.. meeting my now wife has made me less of a glum fellow. I still think way too much, but now I do things as well.
   — Renegade_General


6. Lots of cockblocking myself.
   — picksandchooses






7. Gave me an existencial panic attack, was interesting.
   — amodia_x


8. I don't know....let me think about that
   — SpartanGaming95


9. The beginning of relationships for me involves tears, constant panic and fear. I surprisingly do better the further in I go.
   — NotoriousTNT






10. I can't sleep.
    — scottevil110


11. I have anxiety. And am a bit of a hypochondriac. So I overthink any little thing having to do with my physical health. It makes life pretty exhausting and hard to be happy.
    — myhotneuron


12. After becoming self-aware of my tendencies and learning to compensate for them, I’ve become a very strategic thinker. It’s a curse, but it can be harnessed as a blessing.
    — Tiger3546






13. Why do you ask?
    — kitjen


14. Leads to anxiety and restlessness about things I realistically shouldn’t care about.
    — anonredditdrone


15. Serious reply: it tends to lead to depression and hopelessness in my case. It's hard to stay excited about much when you've spent years thinking of exactly what will happen when you - and even everyone else - dies. It really hurts work performance when you comprehend that sleep, commuting and school/work will take up around 80% of our few decades on this earth. And it enrages me to think of the exploitation of my fellow man. Many of whom are seemingly too stupid to know that they'll only turn their species' brief existence into misery all so they can get what...a few dollars more? What good is a few dollars? What does a super massive black hole care about money or happiness? Why do we fight progress... the only thing that may have any sort of lasting meaning for us?
    — jayred1015