How should I start the article? Maybe I should start with explaining what overthinking is? No, that's too mediocre. Maybe a personal story? Nah, that might not work. Wait, how about I use these questions as a start? I mean, it's a good example after all.
Overthinking, is no fun business especially when it's done in the anticipation of an event that might cause stress and anxiety. Maybe it's about asking someone out on a date, giving a presentation, preparing for an interview, performing in front of a huge crowd, or whatever.
If you're anything like me, overthinking has been with you for so long that it's pretty much a part of your personality now. But though I do have issues with it here and there, I've learned how to control it and use it to my advantage.
Minimizing Risk
Overthinkers are known for making up problems in their heads that didn't exist in the first place. Their overthinking causes them to become more sensitive of any kind of potential harm or risk that they may have to face in the future, which gives them more time to react to it.
If you look at it this way, that's exactly how nature works too. Animal species who were more vulnerable to danger from other predators, developed better ways to sense any potential threat so they can sneak their way into survival.
Said that, overthinkers are better able to cope with a bad news because they had already thought of and stressed over all the ways things could go wrong which also makes them more ready to face disappointment.
Developing New Ideas
If you think about it, overthinking can be a great source of getting new ideas because you are constantly thinking about something no matter what you are doing, even if you might not know what exactly it is.
The trick is to overthink but while giving it a direction, because overthinking is problematic only when you have too much information coming in but none going out. Overthink in a way that it serves you and your work.
Ideas often come in a chain reaction, at least for me. Overthinking one idea causes you to come up with many more which you can further analyse and work upon and develop even more ideas.
You have the freedom to be as creative as you want with those ideas. Literally all that you have to do, is just keep thinking about something, which we overthinkers are already pretty good at.
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