Hi everyone! Do you overthink? If you feel anxious because of overthinking and anxious thoughts, here’s something that can help you. Thoughts are not facts and having a thought does not make it true. Also, having a thought does not mean it is a good thought or a bad thought. It is just a thought. So in therapy, I show my clients that it is not the thought itself that causes the emotional reaction of anxiety. Rather, it is the way we relate to the thought that causes anxiety. We change our relationship to thoughts by learning how to observe them without judgment, like clouds passing in the sky, like trains coming and going on their tracks, like leaves floating away on a stream. So notice them without chasing them or trying to push them away. Noticing them means saying something like: "I am having the thought that something bad is going to happen". This is different from: "I believe something bad IS going to happen". Thoughts have a massive impact on how we feel and how we behave. So before believing a thought just because you think it, next time try and observe it without judging it.
