The mind’s remarkable ability to analyze and process information serves as both a gift and a potential source of distress. Mental health professionals increasingly recognize how overthinking, ...

Overthinking is often defined as thinking about something too much and for too long. Often overthinking can pivot around a massive self-analysis — for example, “Did I do the right thing? Am I a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Overthinking is the habit of excessively analyzing, dwelling on ...

Some of us want to make ourselves perfect for an imperfect world and imperfect people. Overthinking is the excessive preoccupation with a current, past, or future problem due to a lack of closure and ...

Overthinking is not a useful activity, yet most people do it to some extent. At work or in our business, it can be a serious hinderance. An email arrives and we read into every line, trying to ...