8 Holistic Hacks to Stop the Overthinking Mind
Overthinking can be a common challenge, especially for deeply reflective or analytical people. It can lead to anxiety and prevent us from living in the present moment.
Full disclosure: I’m one of these people.
I spent hours alone constructing worlds for my toy train set as a child. As a teen, I was lost in the art of songwriting, later becoming a painter and published fiction writer. It’s no accident that I was also drawn to the discipline of Zen Buddhism (which I still practice). Being in my head, solving problems, and thinking deeply always made sense. It seemed much better than dealing with irrational, erratic people.
Back then, I would have been called an introvert. In modern terms, based on the Myers-Briggs test — the well-known system that identifies 16 unique personality types based on four dichotomies: extraversion (E) or Introversion (I), Sensing (S) or Intuition (N), Thinking (T) or Feeling (F), and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) — I’m an ITNP.
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The INTP personality type, known as the “Logician,” is characterized by a deep love for intellectual exploration and an innovative approach to problem-solving. We are introspective and analytical types, often engaging in thought experiments and theoretical discussions. We are often…
