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Hi guys, welcome back to Podcast and Chill. I'm Leo

And I'm Gwen.

I just want to say that I'm glad you're here with us today. You don't need to do anything right now. Just be here with us.

Yeah. In this moment, just let the world slow down for a little while.

Have you been feeling that kind of tired lately? The kind where your body feels heavy, but your mind just refuses to stop moving?

You lie down, hoping sleep will take over, but your thoughts keep running one after another like a train you can't step off. You try to relax, but instead you find yourself keeping asking the same questions. Did I do enough? Did I say something wrong? What if?

And before you know it, your heart feels heavy even when nothing is really happening.

It's okay. You are not alone in this.

So for today, you don't have to fix everything. There's no to-do list, no shoulds, just you here exactly as you are.

Let's sit here together for a while, just softly talk about overthinking and how we might make a little more space in our minds.

As we sit here breathing together, we can start by figuring out what overthinking really is.

Do you want to try to say in one sentence what overthinking is? Hm. I would say overthinking is when your mind keeps thinking far more than you want and you can't seem to stop.

Yeah. It's like you're standing still, but your thoughts keep walking around inside your head. No matter how small the worry is, it grows bigger each time it comes around. Suddenly, tiny things feel heavy. Getting out of bed or answering a text. Even deciding what to eat becomes a hard decision. You just stare at them for a long time. Frozen.

And in your head, the same questions keep showing up. What if I fail? What if they don't like me?

It's like, you know, a song on repeat, that one terrible line. You try to stop it, but it just keeps playing. You even try to distract yourself. Open your phone, scroll through something, but the song's still there, playing under everything.

And your body feels it, too. Not just for a moment, but all day. Your chest tightens. Shoulders feel like you've been carrying a heavy bag for hours.

It's not just about feeling tired. You even lose interest in the things that used to make you happy. After a while, it's like the world slows down around you. You want to join in, but something inside keeps pulling you back. You turn down plans, disappear from conversations.

I remember one morning I just stared at my phone for 20 minutes. There was one message, just a simple, "Sorry, I can't make it from a friend." For most people, it might have been nothing, but in that moment, my mind wasn't calm. I read it three times, and each time I imagined a hundred different reasons behind it. I couldn't type a single line back. My heart was racing. I felt silly, like, why can't I just do it? And the worst part is that I blame myself. What's wrong with me? Just reply. But then I think more and I blame more. Oh, Leo, it's okay. We all get trapped like that sometimes. I feel you. Those thoughts, they become a loop inside your head like a hamster running in its wheel.

But why does it happen? Why can't we just stop?

That's the thing. Overthinking never comes alone. It always brings a friend. And that friend's name is sadness. Wait, so when I'm stuck in that loop, your brain is actually trying to fix the sadness. It wants to find the problem and make it go away. So it thinks and thinks and thinks.

And what if there's no problem to fix, no answer to find?

Maybe. Sometimes you don't need an answer. You're not really looking for the truth. You're just trying to avoid the pain. What's wrong with it, though? Nobody wants to be hurt.

There's nothing wrong with it. It's just the way your mind tries to keep you safe like a guard dog barking at shadows.

Then why why does it have to feel like it's too much?

Because your mind is working over time. Imagine walking through a dark forest with a flashlight in your hand. At first, the light helps you see, but when your brain starts moving it over every leaf, every crack in the ground, shouting, "Look, danger!" It stops showing you the way. You can't see the ground right in front of you or the signs that you're okay. You only see what could go wrong.

No wonder I feel exhausted because I'm always on alert. The truth is the forest is just life. The flashlight is your positive thoughts. It can help you see in the dark. But when the mind panics, it swings the light everywhere, turning shadows into danger. And you, you're still safe, even in the dark.