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Psychology

Overthinking

overthinking

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Who Else Gets Anxious When Overthinking Any Scenario?

Ko wai atu e awangawanga ana ka whakaaro nui i tetahi ahuatanga?

🧠 Me: I should stop overthinking..
🧠 Also me: But what if overthinking is how I survive?* 🙃

🧠 Au: Me pehea e mutu ai te whakaaro nui..
🧠 Ano hoki au: Engari, me pehea te mea ka ora ahau i te whakaaro nui?* 🙃

No point. Or maybe too many points. Too many words just trapped. I keep coming back to the phrase "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?". If there are many thoughts but never verbalized, where do the thoughts go? [Into the soma. Through the soma]

Wonderings

Kāore he pūtake. Tērā pea he nui rawa ngā pūtake. He nui ngā kupu kua mau. Ka hoki tonu au ki te kōrero "Mēnā ka hinga he rākau i te ngahere, ā, kāore he tangata e rongo, ka puta he tangi?". Mēnā he maha ngā whakaaro engari kāore i kōrerohia, kei hea ngā whakaaro e haere ana? [Ki te soma. Mā te soma]

Ngā Whakaaro

Have you ever noticed how, while the sun is still up, you feel like you can do anything?
Everything seems possible, and hope feels within reach.
But when night falls, and the moon replaces the sun, everything changes.
Loneliness starts to speak, dark thoughts begin to grow, and suddenly every problem feels heavier than it did before.
It’s strange how the night can make us feel so lost.
But maybe it’s not because we are weak—maybe it’s because silence gives our hidden emotions a chance to be heard.
And just like every night eventually gives way to morning, this feeling too shall pass.

Some battles are invisible, they happen quietly, when the world is asleep and your mind is wide awake.

Kua kite koe i te ahua, i te wa e noho ana te ra, ka penei koe ka taea e koe te mahi i tetahi mea?
Ka penei te katoa he mea ka taea, a ko te tumanako e tata ana.
Engari, ka taka te po, ka whakakapi te marama i te ra, ka rereke nga mea katoa.
Ka timata te noho takitahi ki te korero, ka tupu nga whakaaro pouri, a ka puta mai te raru e penei ana te taumaha i mua.
He mea rorirori te po ka taea e tatou te rongo i te mea ka ngaro.
Engari, akene ehara i te mea he ngoikore tatou—akene na te mea ka tuku te maungarongo i nga kare a roto e huna ana ki te rongo.
A, penei i te mea ka tuku te po ki te ata, ka pahemo hoki tenei rongo.

Ko etahi pakanga kaore e kitea, ka tupu ratou i te noho marie, i te wa e moe ana te ao, a ko to whakaaro kei te oho.

For those who overthink everything like me, you should play Sudoku works as magic and could listen to music while playing, perfect

Mō te hunga e whakatakoto whakaaro ana i ngā mea katoa pērā i ahau, me tākaro koe i te Sudoku, he mahi pākiki, ā, ka taea te whakarongo ki te puoro i te wā e tākaro ana, he pai.

Te Whakatakoto whakaaro

I needed this today, you need this today, everyone needs this today!

I hiahia tēnei i tēnei rā, e hiahia ana koe i tēnei rā, e hiahia ana te katoa i tēnei rā!

I mean....🤷🏻‍♀️😂

Kei te korero au....🤷🏻‍♀️😂

🤐🥴😮‍💨

The emptiness in my life made the sounds in my head louder, as much as i try to suppress them and direct my overthinking into something productive, the sad thoughts can be overwhelming, demotivating me, i even shed tears, I know that it means I'm a human being, but it's just harsh reality when you're on your own...

Sometimes i wonder if my lofe could've been better if I went back in time to change one thing, but I would lose a lot of things that I have now, yet again I think, perhaps I would be happier, or be more sadder...

I just need to keep my head up, move forward, hopefully life will open up a path or something where things ease up a bit, and it wouldn't be much empty ~

I wish no one would feel what I feel, find friends that value you, and appreciate them, don't chase after the wrong ones, I know it's not easy to spot the fake from real, but you will find a way if you pay attention closely...

Overwhelmed lately...

Ko te pōuri i roto i taku ao i whakakī ake i ngā oro i roto i taku mahara, ahakoa e ngana ana ahau ki te whakaiti i ēnei whakaaro me te huri i taku whakaaro nui ki tētahi mea whaihua, ko ngā whakaaro pōuri ka taea te pānga nui, kāore e taea e au te whakakāhoretia, ka tangi au, e mōhio ana au he tangata ahau, engari he tino uaua te mea i te wā e noho ana koe anake...

I etahi wā ka whakaaro ahau mēnā ka pai ake taku ao mēnā ka hoki au ki te wā ki te huri i tētahi mea, engari ka ngaro au i ngā mea maha e pā ana ki a au i tēnei wā, ā, kāore e taea e au te whakaaro, pea ka pai ake au, kāore pea ka pōuri ake...

Me pupuri au i taku mahunga ki runga, haere whakamua, ko te tūmanako ka whakatuwherahia e te ao he ara, he mea hei whakangā i ngā mea, ā, kāore e tino pōuri...

Ka hiahia au kāore e hiahia te tangata ki te rongo i tāku e rongo ana, rapu hoa e whakahirahira ana ki a koe, ā, mihi ki a rātou, kaua e whai i ngā tangata hē, e mōhio ana au kāore e māmā te kite i te teka mai i te pono, engari ka kitea e koe he ara mēnā ka aroha koe ki ngā mea katoa...

Kua pā te pānga ki ahau i ngā rā nei...

🦋Who am I? Good Question.. You decide I wouldn't my suggestions... How do I find the right direction... Who am I?🦋

Question Question Is The Name

🦋Ko wai au? He Pātai Pai.. Ka whakatau koe, kāore au e tuku i aku tūtohu... Me pēhea e kitea ai e au te ara tika... Ko wai au?🦋

Pātai Pātai Ko te Ingoa

Anyone felt like this as well randomly?

Kua rongo tetahi i tenei i tetahi atu wa?

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Ka pouri au he tangata whakaaro nui ahau 😭

Deep within a jungle lay a path.

It wasn't a long path. In fact, compared to the endless wilderness surrounding it, it was surprisingly short. Yet few people walked it willingly.

The path was narrow, overgrown with thorns and vines. Every step demanded something from those who walked it. Some sections required painful honesty. Others forced people to face old regrets, buried shame, unresolved trauma, difficult conversations, grief, guilt, or the people they had hurt and missed. It was not a path of distance, but of emotion.

At the end of the path stood something precious.

For some, it was peace.

For others, forgiveness.

For many, it was family.

The people waiting there could not walk the path for them. They could only wait and hope.

Most travellers entered the jungle knowing the path was there.

But not everyone chose to walk it the same way.

One man saw the path and sprinted.

He hated the pain, hated the uncertainty, hated feeling vulnerable. He wanted it over with. He attacked every obstacle with desperation and force, charging through thorn bushes, smashing through vines, refusing to rest.

He became obsessed with reaching the end.

The faster he ran, the more the jungle fought back.

By the time he reached his family, he had arrived quickly, but at a cost. His body was covered in cuts. His clothes were torn. He was exhausted, malnourished and barely standing.

He had faced his struggles, but he had never truly processed them. He had battled them.

Won, perhaps.

But not learned from them.

Another man looked at the same path and turned away.

"Not today," he said.

The jungle beyond seemed easier.

There were places to sit, people to drink with, distractions everywhere. There was always another party, another excuse, another way to avoid thinking about what waited on that path.

Days became months.

Months became years.

The jungle slowly became home.

The man built himself a camp amongst the trees. Whenever the path came to mind, he drowned the thought with noise, entertainment, habits and comforts.

Over time he stopped noticing how lost he had become.

The jungle wasn't hurting him all at once.

It was taking pieces of him slowly.

His health.

His time.

His purpose.

His confidence.

Eventually he looked into a stream and barely recognised the man staring back.

His hair was grey.

His body tired.

His spirit worn down.

The path was still there.

Exactly where it had always been.

Only now he had less strength to walk it.

When he finally reached the end, many years later, his family was still there.

But time had moved on.

The children he remembered were now adults.

Moments had been missed.

Memories never made.

The path had never been long.

Only delayed.

Then there was a third man.

When he saw the path, he accepted what it was.

He knew it would hurt.

He knew there would be tears, difficult conversations, setbacks and days when he wanted to quit.

So he began walking.

Not running.

Not hiding.

Walking.

When the thorns cut him, he learned from them.

When he grew tired, he rested.

When the sun broke through the trees, he stopped to appreciate it.

He laughed when he could.

Cried when he needed to.

Asked for help when he was struggling.

And each challenge made him stronger.

Not because the path became easier.

But because he became more capable.

The jungle was still difficult.

The emotions were still real.

The conversations were still uncomfortable.

Yet every step built resilience instead of taking it away.

When he finally reached the end, he stood tall.

Strong.

Healthy.

Grounded.

Not because he had avoided suffering, but because he had faced it properly.

His family embraced him.

And although the path had wounded him along the way, it had also shaped him.

The truth is that every person eventually notices the path.

Some rush through it and arrive broken.

Some spend years hiding from it and become lost in the jungle.

Others accept the challenge, walk it with patience, and allow it to transform them.

The path is rarely as long as we fear.

But the longer we avoid it, the larger the jungle becomes.

And no matter how far we wander, the path remains where it always was, waiting quietly for us to take the first step.

The Path (Story)

I roto i te ngahere nui, e noho ana he ara.

Ehara i te ara roa. I te mea, ki te whakataurite ki te koraha e karapoti ana, he tino poto. Heoi, he iti noa nga tangata e haere ana i runga i te hiahia.

He pātea te ara, he pākiki ki nga taru me nga vine. Ko ia e haere ana, e hiahia ana ki te mea i te ara. Ko etahi wāhi e hiahia ana ki te pono mamae. Ko etahi e akiaki ana i nga tangata ki te titiro ki nga hē tawhito, te whakama huna, te raru kāore i te whakatau, nga kōrero uaua, te pouri, te hara, i ngā tāngata i pāngia e rātou, me ngā tāngata i ngaro. Ehara i te ara o te tawhiti, engari he ara o te kare-a-roto.

I te pito o te ara, e tū ana he mea nui.

Mō ētahi, he rangimārie.

Mō ētahi atu, he whakaritenga.

Mō te nuinga, he whānau.

Ko ngā tāngata e tatari ana i reira kāore i taea te haere i te ara mō rātou. Ka taea e rātou te tatari me te tumanako anake.

Ko te nuinga o ngā kaipōti i uru ki te ngahere e mōhio ana kei reira te ara.

Engari kāore i whiriwhiria e te katoa te haere i runga i te ara i te ara kotahi.

I kite tetahi tangata i te ara, ā, ka rere.

I kino ia ki te mamae, i kino ki te kore mōhio, i kino ki te rongo e noho ana i te wāhi ngoikore. I hiahia ia ki te mutunga. I whakaeke ia i ngā ārai katoa me te hiahia me te kaha, e peke ana i ngā taru, e pakaru ana i ngā vine, e kore e hiahia ki te休息.

I pātea ia ki te whakatutuki i te pito.

I te tere e rere ana ia, ka kaha te ngahere ki te whakahē.

I te wā i tae atu ai ia ki tōna whānau, i tae atu ia i te tere, engari i te utu. I kākahu ia i ngā tapahi. I pakaru ngā kākahu. I ngenge ia, kāore i te kai, ā, kāore e tū.

I pātea ia ki ngā raru, engari kāore ia i te tino tukua i ngā raru. I whawhai ia ki a rātou.

I toa, pea.

Engari kāore i ako mai i a rātou.

I titiro tetahi atu tangata ki te ara kotahi, ā, ka huri atu.

"Kāore i tēnei rā," tāna i mea.

I te taha o te ngahere, he māmā te ahua.

He wāhi ki te noho, he tāngata ki te inu, he whakangā i ngā wā katoa. I te wā e noho ana, he pāti anō, he excuse anō, he ara anō ki te karo i te whakaaro mō ngā mea e tatari ana i runga i taua ara.

I huri ngā rā ki ngā marama.

I huri ngā marama ki ngā tau.

I te pātea te ngahere hei kāinga.

I hanga e te tangata he puni i waenganui i ngā rākau. I te wā e whakaaro ana ki te ara, ka riro ia i te whakaaro ki te haruru, ki ngā whakangahau, ki ngā tikanga me ngā whakamarie.

I te wā e pātea ana ia, ka mutu te mōhio ki te mea i ngaro ia.

Kāore te ngahere e pā ki a ia i te wā kotahi.

I tango ia i ngā wāhanga o ia.

Tōna hauora.

Tōna wā.

Tōna kaupapa.

Tōna whakapono.

I te mutunga, ka titiro ia ki te awa, ā, kāore e taea te mōhio ki te tangata e titiro ana ki a ia.

I te pātea tōna makawe ki te grey.

I te ngenge tōna tinana.

I te pātea tōna wairua.

I reira tonu te ara.

I te wahi e noho ana i ngā wā katoa.

Engari inaianei, kāore ia i te kaha ki te haere.

I te wā i tae atu ai ia ki te pito, i ngā tau e pātea ana, i reira tonu tōna whānau.

Engari kua neke te wā.

Ko ngā tamariki i mahara ia, kua pakeke inaianei.

Kua ngaro ngā wā

Te Ara (Kahurangi)

Yeah so looks like sleeping, sudoku, whatever, are so temporary, you cannot stop overthink, it cannot let you sit down no doing anything about it, or you can just sit down waiting for it, oh godi hate it

Ae, nā reira, kāore e taea te moe, te sudoku, ahakoa te aha, he tino wā poto, kāore e taea e koe te mutu i te whakaaro nui, kāore e taea e ia te tuku i a koe ki te noho ki raro kāore e mahi i tetahi mea mōna, kāore e taea e koe te noho ki raro e tatari ana mōna, oh, e kino ana ahau ki tēnei.

Te whakaaro nui

I mean at random point of the day "Imagine one day you're getting DMs because suddenly you've become very well known amd famous for the things you create"...

Then I'd say "it will hard to know who is real and who isn't, I wish I could make connections before any of that happens, and if it happens, then I guess I'll set boundaries or something" and then I tell myself "you know what, let's not think, let's just focus on present, future is unknown, and what I do now will shape my future, keep doing what i do"

Yet still, that thought always come and go...

One of these thoughts that always go around in my head, constantly popping up...

Ko te tikanga i tetahi wa tupono o te ra "Whakaarohia tetahi ra ka riro mai i a koe nga DM i te mea kua tino rongonui koe mo nga mea e hanga ana koe"...

Ka mea au "ka uaua ki te mohio ko wai te tangata pono, ko wai te tangata kaore, e hiahia ana au ki te hanga hononga i mua i te mea ka tupu, a ki te tupu, ka whakaaro ahau ka whakatakoto i nga rohe, i tetahi mea" a ka korero ahau ki a au "e mohio ana koe, kaua e whakaaro, me aro ki te wa e noho ana, ko te mea e tupu ana i tenei wa ka hanga i taku anamata, me haere tonu ki te mahi i nga mea e mahi ana au"

Engari, kei te haere tonu taua whakaaro...

Ko tetahi o enei whakaaro e haere ana i roto i taku mahunga, e puta ana i nga wa katoa...

I'm tired in a way sleep can't fix.
My body rests, but my mind never does.
Too many thoughts,too many memories,too many silent battles happening all at once.
People think I'm distant, but honestly........
I'm just mentally exhausted from carrying everything alone.

I'm Tired

Kei te pōuri au i te āhua kāore e taea e te moe te whakatika.
E休 ana taku tinana, engari kāore e休 ana taku hinengaro.
He nui ngā whakaaro, he nui ngā maumahara, he nui ngā pakanga pātea e tupu ana i te wā kotahi.
Ka whakaaro te tangata he tawhiti au, engari i te pono........
Kei te ngenge au i te hinengaro i te kawe i ngā mea katoa anake.

Kei te Pōuri Au

At times I feel like my overthinking can be a double edge sword.

Blessing or curse at times

I etahi wa ka pērā taku whakaaro nui, he hoari rua.

Te manaaki, te curse i etahi wa

ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ᵉᵛᵉʳ ᶠᵒʳᵍᵉᵗ ʸᵒᵘʳ ʰᵉᵃᵈᵖʰᵒⁿᵉˢ

Kaua e wareware i ō waea pūkoro

Overthinking at its finest

Te whakaaro nui i runga i te pai rawa atu

We all have secret haven where we step the compulsive rumination and the anxiety. When your body will begin to realize oxytocin and you'll feel at peace and make you feel extraordinary.
And you will enjoy it because that feeling is on its way to extinction like all good things

He wahi huna tā mātou katoa e tū ai mātou i te whakaaro nui me te awangawanga. Ka tīmata tō tinana ki te mōhio ki te oxytocin, ā, ka rongo koe i te rangimārie, ka pā mai te āhuatanga whakamīharo ki a koe.
Ā, ka pai ki a koe tēnei, nā te mea ko taua rongo kei te haere ki te ngaro pēnā i ngā mea pai katoa.

Just thinkinn

Tēnā whakaaro

Mine - was I right about selecting my career in Pcm ? In class 10

What is the dumbest thing you overthink about?

Ko au - i tika ahau ki te whiriwhiri i taku mahi i Pcm? I te akomanga 10

He aha te mea tino pōhēhē e pā ana ki a koe?

People say it's overthinking but i say we predict future more easily

Ka mea te iwi he whakaaro nui, engari e kī ana au ka taea e mātou te matapae i te anamata hei ngāwari ake

Sometimes you need to stop thinking and to learn to get out of your head and just let go

I etahi wa, me mutu koe te whakaaro, me ako ki te puta i to roro, me tuku noa.

Even writing this post took a lot of thinking 😭

Tell me how to stop overthinking

Ahakoa ko te tuhinga i tenei pou i tango i te nui o te whakaaro 😭

Kia korero mai ki ahau me pehea e taea ai e au te mutu te whakaaro nui

What are some advices you have received on overthinking? What works and what doesn't?

Let us Roast and destroy some mainstream advises on overthinking.

He aha ngā tohutohu i riro i a koe mō te whakaaro nui? He aha te mea e mahi ana, he aha te mea kāore?

Me whakakāhoretia e tātou ngā tohutohu pāpori mō te whakaaro nui.

Nobody is coming to save you, no friend or family is coming to save you from your overthinking
Don't think more more cause it will keep you low only and you can't do anything about it
I know it's sounds harsh, but we need to accept it

Control yourself

Kāore he tangata e haere mai ki te whakaora i a koe, kāore he hoa, kāore he whānau e haere mai ki te whakaora i a koe i tō whakaaro nui
Kaua e whakaaro atu, nāna e pupuri koe ki te iti noa, kāore e taea e koe te mahi i tetahi mea mō reira
E mōhio ana au he mea pātea tēnei, engari me tango tātou i tēnei.

Whakahaerehia tō ake

I'm thinking about cutting my dread locs off

Locs

Kei te whakaaro au ki te tapahi i aku locs raru

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Positively overthinking

Te whakaaro nui pai

When you got so much on your mind like: "LET ME SLEEP!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!"

Can't sleep

I te mea kei te nui nga whakaaro kei runga i to roro penei: "Tukua ahau ki te moe!!! Tukua ahau ki te noho takitahi!!"

Kaore e taea te moe

I think too much and still act like someone who didn’t think at all 🙌

Ka whakaaro nui ahau, ā, kāore e pēnā te mahi i te tangata kāore i whakaaro rawa 🙌

memes

"Are you mad at me?" - me, everyday to every person I interact with 😅🙃

#te whakaaro nui #te awangawanga #pātea #te ora

"Kei te riri koe i a au?" - au, ia ra ki ia tangata e pā ana ki ahau 😅🙃

What if the person who could've made you the happiest in the world, who could've made you feel the luckiest everytime you woke up with them every morning, is someone whose profile you already swiped on?

You didn't like something on their profile.

They didn't have enough good photos.

They said "hi", but you ignored the message.

You swiped their profile away and, consequently, swiped away the beautiful love story, the lifetime of laughter and tears, and the chance to grow old with the love of your life.

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Just wondering if I'm the only one who thinks about this. 🤣

What if you already came across your soulmate...

He aha mēnā ko te tangata i taea e ia te hanga i a koe hei mea tino hari i te ao, ko te tangata i taea e ia te hanga i a koe hei mea tino waimarie i ia ata e oho mai ana koe ki a ia, he tangata kei te rārangi kōrero i pā mai koe?

Kāore koe i pai ki tētahi mea i runga i tā rātou rārangi kōrero.

Kāore rātou i whai i ngā whakaahua pai e taea ana.

I mea rātou "kia ora", engari i whakakore koe i te karere.

I pā mai koe ki tā rātou rārangi kōrero, ā, nā reira, i pā mai koe ki te kōrero ātaahua o te aroha, te oranga katoa o ngā kata me ngā roimata, me te whai wāhi ki te pakeke ki te aroha o tō koiora.

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Kei te whakaaro anake au mēnā ko au te tangata kotahi e whakaaro ana mō tēnei. 🤣

He aha mēnā kua pā mai koe ki tō hoa wairua...

A Boo community for meeting other Overthinking enthusiasts.

Overthinking Community

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Ko wai atu e awangawanga ana ka whakaaro nui i tetahi ahuatanga?

🧠 Au: Me pehea e mutu ai te whakaaro nui.. 🧠 Ano hoki au: Engari, me pehea te mea ka ora ahau i te whakaaro nui?* 🙃

Ngā Whakaaro

Ko etahi pakanga kaore e kitea, ka tupu ratou i te noho marie, i te wa e moe ana te ao, a ko to whakaaro kei te oho.

Te Whakatakoto whakaaro

Tērā pea kei te whakaaro nui au

Kei te pātai au

Tūhono au ki te pai..

Kāore e taea te noho

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Nā te mea i ako ai au❓