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Worry and overthinking

How to stop overthinking: Dr Tracey Marks on thinking that ends

How to stop overthinking: tell going over things from solving a problem, find your loop's pattern, and give the worry a step and a time. Sourced.

October 26, 2026 · 12 min read

Worry and overthinking

Worried at 2 a.m.? Ethan Kross asks about tomorrow morning

Psychologist Ethan Kross's own rule for 2 a.m. worry: ask yourself, by name, how you'll feel about it in the morning. What it does, and what research adds.

Short readOctober 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Worry and overthinking

Worry time: how to give your worries their own 15 minutes a day

Worry time means postponing worries to one set slot, early evening and away from bed. How to set it up, what trials found, and why the bare rule isn't enough.

October 26, 2026 · 12 min read

Worry and overthinking

Waiting and worrying? Why absorbing beats distracting

Psychologist Kate Sweeny found plain distraction does little for the worry of waiting. Getting absorbed in something helped more. How to use that.

Short readOctober 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Worry and overthinking

Overthinking at night: why bed starts the loop, and what helps

Overthinking at night is often a habit tied to the bed. A five-minute list before lights out, a few words for tomorrow, and getting up if it keeps you awake.

October 26, 2026 · 13 min read

Worry and overthinking

Is it in my hands right now? A two-pile test for worry

German psychologist Ulrike Scheuermann's one-question test for worries you can't control, a two-pile exercise, and what the research adds.

Short readOctober 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Worry and overthinking

Decision paralysis: Gerd Gigerenzer on choosing good enough

Can't make a decision? More thinking rarely brings certainty. Write the two things that matter, choose good enough, set a date. Gigerenzer and the research.

October 26, 2026 · 12 min read

Worry and overthinking

Thinking or going in circles? Christophe André's three questions

French psychiatrist Christophe André's three questions tell useful thinking from going round in circles. How to use them, and what the research adds.

Short readOctober 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Worry and overthinking

Why do I worry so much? Judson Brewer on why worry feels useful

Worry feels like preparing. Judson Brewer and the research explain why it rarely delivers, where it does help, and how to turn it into one useful step.

October 26, 2026 · 12 min read

Worry and overthinking

Does a worry that keeps coming back mean it's true?

Italian psychologist Guglielmo Pezzillo on why a repeated worry starts to feel true, and a small frame that puts some distance between you and the thought.

Short readOctober 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Worry and overthinking

How to stop worrying about the future: Kate Sweeny on uncertainty

Waiting for news, or "what if" thoughts that won't settle? Kate Sweeny's research and three moves: split it, ask what you can do now, plan for the likely.

October 26, 2026 · 12 min read

Worry and overthinking

Afraid of the wrong decision? Ask if it's a two-way door

Psychologist Alana Anijar on sorting choices you can undo from those you can't, why fear treats them alike, and what research says about keeping options open.

Short readOctober 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Worry and overthinking

Replaying conversations in your head? Swap "why" for "what now"

Replaying a conversation or a mistake keeps asking "why?". Researchers found concrete "what now?" thinking helps more. A two-minute test and one small step.

October 26, 2026 · 12 min read

Worry and overthinking

Talking to yourself in third person: what Ethan Kross found

Talking to yourself by name, as you would to a friend, can take the heat out of a worry. What Ethan Kross's lab studies found, and how to try it tonight.

October 26, 2026 · 11 min read

Worry and overthinking

How to stop googling symptoms: why one more search rarely helps

Searching a symptom often leads to pages on serious illness, and the relief rarely lasts. Wait ten minutes, write the question, check once in one trusted place.

October 26, 2026 · 13 min read

Worry at work

Worry at work: how employers can help employees switch off

Work worries that follow employees home cost evenings and sleep. What trials found, Guy Winch's guardrails, and what HR can change without monitoring.

October 26, 2026 · 10 min read