Overthinking and "what ifs" again..?!

Overthinking and "what ifs" again..?

I actually already asked about this in another section, but picked a best answer too quicky, and didn't get exactly an answer i was looking for..This is going to sound a little strange, and it's kind of hard to explain. You know how some things you just do on instinct and thinking about them makes you confused? Well, I overthink so many things..Like, if I'm really good at something I think "how am I doing this?" and then I don't know how to do it as well as before. Or if I think something is funny, i think "why is it funny" and then I stop laughing. If I'm enjoying something like scenery I wonder how scenery would make me happy and then I just stop. There is a lot of "what if" going on, because I think "what if i start thinking about it again" and then teh "what if I think what if?" and so on. It happens to me way more than i think it should. Has anyone else experienced this or know about it?

It sounds like a form of OCD.... or an anxiety disorder I'd call it. Try replacing those thought processes (as soon as one surfaces in your mind) with a little prayer or count to five... or imagine crampling it into a ball of paper and throwing it to Pluto and beyond... and tell yourself that it's over once you do so each time. It will work wonders.... it did for me. I taught myself to do just that while growing up, because I was just like you, but never had the guts to tell anyone. I thought I was going crazy and didn't want to land in the mental hospital next door. (in which my mom worked as a nurse). Make sure that whatever you replace those thought processes with, it's something that happens cognitively.... nothing complicated- it should be easy.... not for example a very long poem.... or counting too long. Start counting till 10..... then till five.... if you chose counting as a replacement. Recite a short proverb.... if you choose to recite..... Choose imagining something that's quick and radical> meaning something aggressive- like throw it away... stomp on it... give it a jab-cross in your mind.