How Stop Over Thinking | Buddhism In English
Summary
TLDRThe video advises on how to stop overthinking. It first notes that overthinking distracts from getting things done and does not help. Next, it recommends mindfulness practices like focusing on your breathing to bring your mind to the present moment rather than dwelling on past regrets or future worries. Additional tips include self-talk to imagine positive scenarios rather than only catastrophizing, striving to do your best without demanding perfection, and remembering that constant worry kills peacefulness. Overall, the video urges being gentle with yourself, getting out of your head by doing meaningful work, and cultivating mindfulness to find tranquility.
Takeaways
- 😀 Realize that overthinking will not help you; it will only distract you
- 🧘♀️ Practice mindfulness, like focusing on your breathing, to stop overthinking
- 🌱 Live in the present moment to find peace instead of dwelling on the past or future
- 😌 Take 3 deep breaths to calm yourself when you catch yourself overthinking
- 🤔 Question your 'what if' thoughts - what if everything turns out okay?
- ☑️ Plan and analyze, but don't overdo it
- 💪 Do your best without needing to be perfect
- 🙅♀️ Don't negatively imagine worst-case scenarios
- 👍 Take risks and be positive instead of worrying what others might think
- 🎯 Focus on getting things done rather than overthinking everything
Q & A
What are some signs that someone is overthinking?
-Some signs of overthinking include having sleepless nights due to looping negative thoughts, imagining worst case scenarios when doing something new, and excessively worrying about what other people think.
Why is overthinking not helpful?
-Overthinking is not helpful because it can distract you from the task at hand and prevent you from taking action. Over-planning and over-analyzing tends to be counterproductive.
How can practicing mindfulness help stop overthinking?
-Being mindful and present in the moment reduces the space for looping negative thoughts. For example, focusing on your breathing gets your mind anchored in the present rather than wandering.
What is anna pana sati and how does it help?
-Anna pana sati refers to being mindful of your breathing pattern. This can instantly bring your mind into the present moment and reduce overthinking.
What does it mean to live in the present moment?
-Living in the present moment means focusing your attention on what is happening right now rather than dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. This leads to more peacefulness.
How can the 'what if' thought pattern lead to overthinking?
-Constantly imagining worst case scenarios with what if questions creates unnecessary anxiety. This negative overthinking makes it harder to take action and achieve goals.
Why is perfectionism not helpful when trying to accomplish things?
-Perfectionism can lead to overthinking details and it is unrealistic. Rather than demanding perfection, focusing on doing your personal best with a growth mindset is more constructive.
Why are risks and mistakes important for success?
-Taking risks and making mistakes enable learning and growth necessary for success. Without some failure, important skills are not developed.
How can being self-critical lead to more overthinking?
-Self-criticism fuels negative thoughts about the self that loop constantly. Practicing self-compassion helps quiet this overthinking.
What are some other ways overthinking can be reduced?
-Some other ways are taking relaxing deep breaths, doing an absorbing activity, talking it out with someone, and purposefully focusing thoughts on solutions rather than problems.
Outlines
😅 How to stop overthinking
This paragraph explains that overthinking is not helpful and suggests some ways to stop overthinking, such as realizing it will not help, practicing mindfulness about breathing or body sensations, living in the present moment instead of imagining worst case future scenarios, and asking positive "what if" questions.
😌 Be peaceful and take action
This paragraph concludes by encouraging the listener to be peaceful, mindful, kind to themselves, and take action without overthinking things, as overthinking kills peacefulness and prevents progress.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡overthinking
💡mindfulness
💡breathing pattern
💡what if questions
💡taking risks
💡peacefulness
💡best version of myself
💡get out of your head
💡start doing the work
💡be kind to yourself
Highlights
Realize that overthinking is not going to help you in the process
Practice mindfulness to stop overthinking
Be mindful about your breathing pattern to come to the present moment
When you're mindful, you find peacefulness and stop overthinking
Take deep breaths and be mindful of your breathing to stop overthinking
Be mindful of your body and what you're doing now to stop overthinking
If you're sad, your mind is in the past; if anxious, the future; if peaceful, the present
Live in the present moment to be peaceful and stop overthinking
Don't constantly ask "what if" questions and imagine worst case scenarios
Think positively - what if everything turns out okay?
You can't be perfect but you can do your best
Take risks - without risks there is no success
Be mindful and get out of your head
Be peaceful to kill overthinking and worry
Start doing the work you've been avoiding
Transcripts
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a quick question
are you having sleepless nights because
of these heavy loads of thoughts that
are coming and looping inside your mind
or are you someone who is Imagining the
worst case scenarios all the time
whenever you're going to do something
new
or are you someone who is worrying about
what other people will think of me
well if you are such a person
you might be overthinking
so let's find out a way that where we
can get out of our head and quit
overthinking and get the works done
so what we can do for this
well
the first and the foremost thing that
you have to do is to realize that
overthinking is not going to help you in
the process
right you can plan you can analyze but
do not overdo it if you are over
planning if you are over analyzing it's
not going to help you
right it will distract you distract you
from the process
the first thing that you have to realize
is that overthinking is not going to
help you
the second thing
you can practice to be mindful now this
is a practice that that you can do to
stop overthinking to be mindful to
practice the mindfulness
so how can we practice the mindfulness
so there are many ways that our great
teacher Supreme would that taught us to
be mindful one of them is
to be mindful about the breathing
pattern
which we called Anna panasati right when
you become more mindful about this
inhale and exhale
your mind instantly come to the present
moment
now you're only thinking about inhale
and exhale you're being mindful about
that now instantly you reduced these
thousands and thousands of looping
thoughts to two thoughts what are those
two two thoughts in hell and exhale
so when you're thinking like that and
when you become mindful
normally automatically you will find the
peacefulness and you will stop
overthinking about these things right so
whenever you catch yourself overthinking
what you have to do take three deep
breaths in and out
right and just stay for a while by being
mindful about your breathing pattern
or you can be mindful about your body
right you can ask from yourself that how
am I sitting now right what am I doing
now and you ask these things from
yourself you can answer these things
like I'm sitting now
you can recognize
when you do do these things you can be
mindful
if you're mindful your mind is in the
present moment and when your mind is in
the present moment your mind is in the
peacefulness there's a saying and it
goes like this
if you are sad
then your mind is in the past
if you are anxious your mind will be in
the future
but if you are peaceful and if you are
still
your mind is in the present moment
so
start living in the present moment
right when you live in the present
moment when you live right here right
now
you can be more peaceful and you can
stop this overthinking patterns right
and also there's another part of
overthinking what is that the what if
question
right so many people ask from them that
what if this happened what if this not
happens right what if everything that I
did was wrong
they are constantly thinking about these
things like that
right
they're imagining these worst case
scenarios
so I must say something about them
right so if you're thinking this what if
question again and again you can't ask
from yourself what if everything that I
did was okay
you can be positive
what if everything that I've planned and
I've done was really great
so that can happen there is always many
possibilities for your plans to go okay
so don't be negative all these things
think I'm not going to be perfect right
I cannot be perfect but I can be the
best version of myself I can do my best
I must do my best and be positive and go
for it and take risks without taking
risks we cannot be successful in our
lives so practice these things
right be more mindful right be more kind
to yourself and always think that if I
overthink if I constantly worry about
myself it will kill the peacefulness of
my life so I hope this video gave some
light to your life so be peaceful and be
mindful and get out of your head and
start doing the works that you haven't
done
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