overthinking explained | why your brain won't stop thinking.

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[00:00:00]What if the problem [music] isn't that you're thinking too little, but that you're thinking too much? Overthinking [music] feels productive. It feels like you're solving problems, but psychology shows something different. The more [music] you chase certainty, the more your brain creates new questions. One thought becomes [music] 10, 10 become 100, and suddenly you're trapped in possibilities that don't even exist yet.

[00:00:22]That's why overthinking [singing] rarely [music] leads to better decisions. It often leads to stress, anxiety, and mental [music] exhaustion.

[00:00:29]The brain starts confusing preparation with progress, but thinking about an action >> [music] >> is not the same as taking one. Sometimes the fastest way out of your head is to take the first step forward. Subscribe [music] for more psychology facts.

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