Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

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Rnic K, Dozois DJ, Martin RA. Cognitive distortions, humor styles, and depression. Eur J Psychol. 2016;12(3):348-362. doi:10.5964/ejop.v12i3.1118 I found the book to be very helpful, informative, and inspiring. The author writes in a clear, engaging, and friendly style that makes the book easy to read and understand. He uses humor, anecdotes, and examples to illustrate his points and keep the reader’s interest. He also shows empathy, honesty, and vulnerability by admitting his own struggles and challenges. He does not claim to have all the answers or to be a perfect person, but rather shares his wisdom and experience with the hope of helping others. Translated from the original Greek, Epictetus was a well-respected Stoic philosopher who lived in the 1st century CE. His teachings are ageless and can help people struggling with overthinking in many ways. To give you an idea, the book starts with this quote: “Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.”

Guru will give you a mysterious smile and will eventually disclose that he had been meditating in a forest full of other monks who themselves either left their homes earlier or are orphans. Behind every ‘overthinking episode’ is a debilitating belief. For example, if your mind is racing before a presentation, you must believe you are unprepared and will bomb. Although the book was a fairly decent short presentation, something about it just did not resonate very well with me.

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Everything else in our life can be going well, but if there is ever an area of life that we tend to overthink, it’s love. As Shakespeare joked, “The course of true love never did run smooth,” and many of us cannot help but overthink the other party’s thoughts and responses. In The Mindful Guide to Conflict Resolution, leadership coach Rosalie Puiman explains how overthinking your contribution to a disagreement will actually have a negative impact on the chances to resolve the disagreement successfully. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about how to stop overthinking and live a more stress-free life. The book is not only a valuable source of knowledge and insight, but also a source of inspiration and empowerment. It is a book that can change one’s perspective, attitude, and behavior for the better. Her work, she says in an author's note, is rooted in the theory of cognitive behavioural therapy ( CBT). 'The most important emphasis of this approach is to teach people about how they think, and in doing so provide tools and strategies to better manage how they feel,' she writes.

This is very important in the post-truth world. Critical thinking, objectivity and reason are getting seriously downgraded and without an understanding of the thought process and a change in how we operate, we are going the wrong way down the evolutionary trail. The book explains each technique with personal stories and insights from the author, who is a behavioral psychologist and a former Navy SEAL, as well as scientific research and proven methods. Invert that belief to form a counter-belief > If you believe “I’m not prepared for this presentation,” the counter-belief is, “I am well prepared for this presentation.” By performing the 5-4-3-2-1 method, you keep your ball of awareness outside of your head long enough to lower your anxiety and regain a sense of control. Method #2: Counter-Belief ExperimentI took some psychology courses once upon a time, so I wasn't completely unprepared for the language and terminology introduced in this book. It was a lot, but the way the theory was laid down felt casual and very accessible. I was personally slightly annoyed by the -very- down-to-earth presentation, but that's more a cultural issue and a pet peeve than an actual criticism, because I can't deny the many examples and metaphors helped me process the ideas better. The biology part of this book I found fascinating and immediately had to google a couple of things to find out more. These days, who among us *isn’t* a relationship-overthinker? This story of one thirty-something woman’s attempt to turn her life into a Love Laboratory and finally ‘figure out’ where she fits in the ever more complex landscape of sexual spectrums and definition rainbows is bold and candid, funny and heart-wrenching, and coaxes readers into looking at how we define (and overthink) intimacy and relationship.