Overthinking Is Not a Thinking Problem

Most advice for overthinking has you focus on the thoughts themselves. Journal them. Replace negative ones with positive ones. Breathe. Meditate. Run. But what if the thoughts aren't the problem? Epictetus taught that it's not events that disturb us, but our judgements about them. Overthinking isn't a volume problem — it's a judgement problem. Somewhere in the loop, you added a meaning to something that was otherwise neutral. And that meaning is what's keeping you awake. In this episode I w...