7 Psychological Reasons You Overthink Everything

#2: The illusion of control

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko

It’s hard to think of a more universal cause of anxiety, frustration, and stress than overthinking.

Whether it’s worry about the future, rumination about the past, or hypercriticism of other people, our ability to think critically is a double-edged sword we’d all do well to be more careful with.