How to stop overthinking?

[LucyLou]

Had a session this morning and it was OK....a difficult one at times but it was OK. I keeping thinking about it and what I said to her. I'm driving myself crazy here how am I supposed to stop something like this.

 

[Kristin2024]

I do the samé thing and I think it could be the inner critic that says I should always refink my thoughts and decision as I can not trust and be 100% sure. As I name what it is it goes away and if the comes back I repeat it outloud.

 

[arfie]

keeping my hands busy is my most used deterrent for over-thinking. in my own case, idle hands really are the devil's workshop. it doesn't seem to matter much what i keep my hands busy with. the intrusive thoughts often keep right on intruding, but whatever my hands are doing is there to deflect.

i have a passion for language, so i often translate my intrusive thoughts into my least developed language. it is the ultimate reframing. at worst, it gives me more practice with the grammar of whatever language i am translating to. "he says, she says, they say, we say."