My Support Forums - View Single Post

Trace14 · Feb 03, 2018, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skeezyks

Well... my understanding is that over-thinking is primarily a product of anxiety.

So, assuming that is the case, when asking if over-thinking is learned or something one is born with, you'd have to ask the same question about anxiety. I don't know as there is really any definitive proof with regard to whether anxiety is learned or is something one is born with. Perhaps it is a bit of both.

Here are links 3 to articles from PsychCentral's archives regarding what causes anxiety, the link between anxiety & over-thinking or ruminating, & what one can do about it:

https://psychcentral.com/disorders/a...ety-disorders/

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/pract...evere-anxiety/

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/imper...nking-anxiety/

Also here's a link to an article on the Healthy Place website regarding the link between anxiety & over-thinking:

https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/a...ng-everything/

Thank you for the links and personal insight on this. I did see in one comment where anxiety could be genetic. Is anxiety, over thinking and dissociation something Therapist can see or do they choose not to? It would have been so much more helpful to address these issues before than making me suffer through finding the answers myself and not being able to get the help I need. Ya know?