i finally asked a therapist why my brain is so obsessed with keeping me awake at 2 a.m. replaying random arguments and awkward moments from years ago. i expected some version of: “you’re overthinking.” instead she said something that stuck with me. she said, “your brain isn’t replaying it to punish you. it’s trying to learn from it.” she explained that when something catches you off guard… a betrayal, an argument, a humiliation, whatever… your brain treats it like a security failure. it keeps revisiting the memory because it’s trying to figure out what it missed. what was the warning sign? what should i have seen? how do i make sure that never happens again? suddenly those 2 a.m. thought spirals made a lot more sense. my brain wasn’t trying to torture me. it was trying to protect me. the problem is that after a certain point, you stop learning anything new. you’re just replaying the same footage over and over. the therapist told me that when that happens, it helps to write it down. what happened. what you learned from it. and what you’d do differently next time. because once your brain believes the lesson has been saved somewhere, it stops feeling responsible for keeping the memory on repeat. i don’t know if that’s true for everyone. but it was the first explanation that made me feel a little less crazy about why certain memories refuse to leave me alone.

the fact that i need to stay busy to stop myself from overthinking is concerning

If u ever found me playing Flow free pre sleep rub my head im overthinking rn

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diorang tak gaduh kot huhu entahlah (sedapkan hati) for me lagi nampak macam ayden tengah rushing so dia macam tengah explain kat elio cepat cepat. probably dia ajak elio fly balik sg sekali tapi elio cannot pergi haaa gitu. tanak overthinking no no no 😃

screen time kam karun toh overthinking time badh jata hai 😭

405 days clean. Today was fine. Been struggling with my mental health so much today, but I did make some Lego which did clear my mind, but now my anxiety is playing up and I’m overthinking. ❤️

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