The Book of Overthinking: How to Stop the Cycle of Worry - International Bestselling Author (Gwendoline Smith - Improving Mental Health Series)

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But when the economy is temporarily stalled by COVID, all our drive dries up. We become like Celeste Headlee, TedTalks star, in her wonderful sleeper of a book, Do Nothing. While we may have gut feelings about situations, these are often systematically learned through subconsciously seeking out ways to confirm our own beliefs. We know that they will leave us, in the end, because everyone before has already left. So, when they do leave, for potentially irrelevant reasons, we confirm our fear. In the future, we then associate our dread and feelings of being unsafe with a "gut feeling", trusting our emotions and predictions over the seldom facts at hand. This technique has really helped see my worrying for what it is - not reality or fact, but something that just makes me anxious. It's more like a friend, philosopher and guide than a book. Felt like the author herself is talking to you, taking you through the journey that, you and she, both are parts of. Ainsworth B. (2017). Testing the differential effects of acceptance and attention-based psychological interventions on intrusive thoughts and worry.

If you want to break your bad habits, read Rewire by Richard O’Connor or Unwinding Anxiety by Judson Brewer. The book is written in an easy-to-digest form and won’t leave you without laughter. You’ll find out how your anxious mind works and what you can do about it. For her, the Merriam-Webster online dictionary's definition of overthinking is the most precise, when it comes to defining the issue. This is: 'To think too much about (something): to put too much time into thinking about or analysing (something) in a way that is more harmful than helpful.' Finding the book handy in working against my own unhelpful thoughts, I spoke to Smith about some of her nuggets of wisdom. Clear Your Mind aims to teach readers to build constructive habits and to let go of their expectations of others, both good and bad. Although Schuster is not a medical professional, the school of life often teaches us useful and noteworthy lessons.The Mindful Guide to Conflict Resolution offers a practical, easy to learn approach to communication, PAUSE, that will support you during difficult situations and conversations, when you’ve decided to let go of overthinking your communication challenges. But, he adopted a new philosophy when he went to visit India, a country he describes as overcrowded and wildly unpredictable…Which turned out to be great because people simply live in the moment there, and don’t have that much time to worry and overthink. Another one of the best books for dealing with overthinking is Clear Your Mind by Steven Schuster. This book focuses on decluttering the mind of distractions and stressors like social media, work demands, family, money, and worries about the future. The book was written based on the premise that living with this much noise can lead to a cluttered mind, which must be decluttered to combat overthinking.

For chronic overthinkers, this habit can take a heavy toll on their mental health, so much so that mental illness can result. If you are part of this club, below are some of the best books for overthinkers that may help you get out of this. Observe what happens when I say “now, just focus on what you are reading and whatever you do, don’t think about camels, red sand and pyramids and camels and so on." ' These days, who among us *isn’t* a relationship-overthinker? This story of one thirty-something woman’s attempt to turn her life into a Love Laboratory and finally ‘figure out’ where she fits in the ever more complex landscape of sexual spectrums and definition rainbows is bold and candid, funny and heart-wrenching, and coaxes readers into looking at how we define (and overthink) intimacy and relationship.This is a book where topics will resonate differently with various readers. For me, the most beneficial parts were the chapters on using your values to help clarify your objectives (often simplifying the decision making process), and creating more rituals to build into your daily routine. Alternatively, the chapter on splurging didn’t offer much new insight for me, as I have always been able to justify engaging in experiences/ events that seem interesting. As a perpetual planner, I also appreciated the reminder about building in schedule margins — Not just to plan for the bad, but to do it in preparation for positive, spontaneous opportunities that arise. Whatever you’re battling with; be it OCD, depression, bipolar, substance abuse or anxiety, Dr. Annibali has a piercing insight. It's views on depression were out-dated, talking about how 'misfiring brains' lead to depression, as if the brain is the cause of everything, and that our happiness (or unhappiness) is completely isolated and unaffected by our environment. In reality, research has consistently shown that our environments affect our brains and their functioning, and the main contributors to depression are largely environmental (see Lost Connections by Johann Hari).