Overthinking at night - about insomnia and other matters - is a common problem for many of my patients with sleep disorders. It interferes with falling asleep or going back to sleep, and prevents ...
After I stopped tracking my sleep so thoroughly, I noticed a big difference in my sleep quality and quantity. Call it ‘ignorance is bliss’ but by not fixating on my sleep score, I got back into a good ...
Forget wellness traps for nighttime comfort – sleep scientists and psychologists reveal three must-have innovations ...
Overthinking might not strike you as a strenuous activity. You don’t have to move a muscle to spend hours imagining worst-case scenarios, debating choices or playing the day’s headlines on a loop. And ...
I wrote two of my past sleep-focused posts with the hope that the suggestions would be helpful, or at least that my writing would put readers to sleep. That's a win either way, right? Instead, these ...
The mind’s remarkable ability to analyze and process information serves as both a gift and a potential source of distress. Mental health professionals increasingly recognize how overthinking, ...
Have you ever replayed a conversation in your head, dissecting every single word and wondering if you came across as awkward or rude? Maybe you’ve spent hours debating whether to send a simple email, ...
Not just a personality trait, chronic rumination can be harmful to mental and physical health. I asked Dr Jessamy Hibberd, author of The Overthinking Cure, for a fix ...