The other day I was having a conversation with someone about how many of us tend to over think every little thing. My husband popped up with "It's Analysis Paralysis". I thought it was very clever at the time and I haven't been able to get it off my mind. Over thinking things and trying to figure out the why of a persons behavior can really paralyze us.
I think "letting it go" is the exact attitude we need to adopt when we find ourselves with "Analysis Paralysis". With age, I've gotten pretty good at letting things go, but not until after I've done a little analyzing first. I doubt I'll ever totally stop over thinking but it's very helpful to be able to control it enough that it doesn't consume too much of my time and energy.
Allowing stressful thoughts to keep us awake at night is easy to do. After we recognize what we're doing and learn how to stop the "Analysis Paralysis", we'll sleep much better. We may also get a lot more enjoyment from our daily lives when we are getting a good night's sleep. We all have to think about something, but analyzing our behavior or someone else's really needs to be limited so that it doesn't take over our lives and sink us into a worse state of depression or anxiety.
I think "letting it go" is the exact attitude we need to adopt when we find ourselves with "Analysis Paralysis". With age, I've gotten pretty good at letting things go, but not until after I've done a little analyzing first. I doubt I'll ever totally stop over thinking but it's very helpful to be able to control it enough that it doesn't consume too much of my time and energy.
Allowing stressful thoughts to keep us awake at night is easy to do. After we recognize what we're doing and learn how to stop the "Analysis Paralysis", we'll sleep much better. We may also get a lot more enjoyment from our daily lives when we are getting a good night's sleep. We all have to think about something, but analyzing our behavior or someone else's really needs to be limited so that it doesn't take over our lives and sink us into a worse state of depression or anxiety.