14 things only over thinkers understand.

I overthink everything, so here are a couple things only over thinkers like me understand.

• When we say "we’re sorry," we mean we're really sorry. If we feel like we’ve hurt your feelings, what you didn’t see is the hours we spent going over every single detail of our fight. Seriously, rest assured knowing that whether you accept our apology or not, this will not soon be forgotten.

• We’re not insecure control freaks, we just think. A lot. I mean you don’t have to call us back right away when you’re out, but just know that our mind is playing out a bunch of horrible scenarios in which you’ve cheated. Or died. That’s right, if we reach your voicemail, we can’t help but consider that you might not be alive.

• Our critical thinking skills are pretty on point. Seriously, we have mastered the art of interpreting what people really mean by what they say.

• But our friends don't seem to appreciate our analytical ninja skills. They end up saying “you are so over-thinking this I can’t even,” when we proudly tell them that we’ve figured out what something really meant.

• Sleep is probably the most difficult aspect of our lives. Laying silently in the dark without any distraction inevitably makes us sink into our racing thoughts.

• God forbid someone unfollows us on Instagram or unfriends us on Facebook. We won’t rest until we figure out who it was and why.

• We delete texts, hesitate over writing emails and Facebook messages, delete and re-write tweets. All because we could and should have said something other than what we did. It takes us forever to write an important message. Okay, basically any message.

• When we go out we can be the life of the party - if the party is authentic and exciting (and has enough alcohol), we can live in the moment. Until the hangover. The next morning we are left in fear of what we could have said to that one person we'd rather die than act like an idiot in front of.

• Of course, any pain in our body leads to us imagining the worst case scenario. We need someone to talk us off the ledge, and tell us they've experienced a pain similar to the one we're describing.

• We can’t let things go easily. We’re convinced that if we run over the details of a few more times, it will somehow change the outcome and we will uncover some new understanding of the situation.

• We send a lot of screenshots of stuff…and evocative details. We need second opinions.

• We actually enjoy a break from our heads. If someone takes us somewhere stimulating enough that we won't have to be mind-numbingly introspective for once, we’ll love them forever. Well, you know.

• What did they mean by “I'll see you soon?” What does “soon” mean? Like soon soon? Or "soon"? We like when someone makes our lives a little less complicated and tells us straight up what they mean. I mean, we’ll probably spin it to mean something more, anyways, but it's still nice.

• If we meet someone that makes us live in the moment, we'll hang on to them for life. Or as long as we possibly can.

 

this is my life

 

Exactly, being an over thinker isn't exactly a good thing.

 

My least favorite part about being an over thinker is the sleeping part. It always takes me like an hour or sometimes more to fall asleep because I'm thinking about some embarrassing thing I did like 3 years ago & I'm wondering if someone else remembers haha.

 

This almost exactly describes me :/

 

This basically sums up anxiety everyday :IIII

 

Story of my life

 

I hate it when I have to read stuff over and over again before I send it. Like I'm doing right now (don't know if that counts as overthinking). Also, the part when I can't let things go. I'm still thinking about how I said "thank you" to a person 1,5 years ago lol.

 

this is me

now who will be my gf

jk

 

are you stalking me?
honestly this is my whole life.

 

Oh, I didn't know that this website became Buzzfeed.
Pardon me.

Edit: Oh, never mind. It isn't Buzzfeed. It's just directly ripped from another website.
http://www.puckermob.com/lifestyle/14-things-only-overthinkers-will-understand
Like, dude, when you take something, give credit where credit is due. You might not get in trouble for plagiarism on this site, but it's still pretty obnoxious...

 

I'm definitely an over thinker now that I'm looking at this thread.