Stop mulling over! How to turn off the brain and stop thinking too much to live better

Stop mulling over! How to turn off the brain and stop thinking too much to live better

Reminiscing thoughts is useless and harmful. How to be able to "turn off" the brain when needed, to regain a good mood

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Reminiscing thoughts is useless and harmful. How to be able to "turn off" the brain when needed, to regain a good mood

You are people who have a habit of mull over a little too much about the things that happen every day? No fear! It is possible to get out of this negative and unproductive pattern for our lives, just wanting to. Here is everything you need to know and some helpful tips to stop thinking too much.





Probably several times, following a "strong" event such as a discussion, a problem at work, an accident, etc., you will have been unable to stop thinking about the words you have said and how you should have responded or behaved. . This is brooding, a situation that can become pathological if you don't learn to rein. (Also Read: The 5 Minute (Neuroscience Based) Habit That Will Change Your Life By Eliminating Stress)

Thinking too much about what happens to us is a very complex phenomenon that has become more common than we think.

What it means to ruminate and why it hurts

When we mull over something, we activate harmful thoughts that do not stop wandering through our heads and that give rise to frustration, stress, sadness and apathy. People who have this kind of thoughts, on the one hand feel the need to reflect once again on the event that happened, on the other hand they would like to stop doing it. It is an intrinsic struggle, therefore, within our mind.

These are real ruminations that most of the time are triggered by factors such as: discussions, errors in work, university exams or problems of various kinds. These are events that, probably, we have not been able to process correctly and therefore remain imprisoned in our thoughts.

After all, every day we are immersed in a multitude of events and circumstances that we must metabolize and let go, if we do not want to fall victim to stress and precisely to mull over without meaning.

The problem with mulling over something, in fact, is that the mind keeps turning to the same thoughts without actually arriving at any useful conclusion. The result is obviously exhausting and the person has the sensation of having his head burst, among other things these ruminations can also distort the real perception of events.



What, then, can we do to avoid this?

How to avoid brooding

To free ourselves from this harmful habit we must be aware that we, and only we, are the masters of our thoughts. First of all we must therefore become perfect observers of our body and mind and ask ourselves for example:

  • Is this thought real?
  • Is this thinking useful and productive?

If you understand that the thoughts you are having are not helping you at all, put them aside and stop giving them strength. You can also say out loud: STOP! or think of those ruminations as something physical that gets smaller and smaller until it ceases to matter (a kind of positive visualization).

Some practical tips to keep in mind are:

  • Remember that thoughts like this are not your allies but the enemy! We must therefore not allow ourselves to be defeated by them.
  • Practice relaxation it will help you to be able to keep your mind at bay
  • Meditation can also be very helpful
  • Focus on the present by letting go of the past
  • Relativizing everyday problems

Another trick to try when we are mulling over something, could be to entrust one's obsessive thought to a notebook or a diary. Thanks to written words, in fact, the mind will be easier to free itself from negative thoughts.


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