Good afternoon my dear ones ๐งก
Do you ever replay situations in your head long after they are over? Not just conversations, but moments, decisions, your own reactions.
When you suddenly start thinking:
why did I say that,
why did I stay silent,
why did I act that way instead of differently? ๐ค
I do.
Sometimes I mentally go back to a moment that has already passed and relive it, rewrite it, redo it. As if thinking about it long enough could somehow change the outcome ๐ตโ๐ซ๐
But nothing changes..
The situation is in the past. The moment is over. Yet my mind keeps circling around it ๐ I return again and again to something that cannot be undone.
And honestly, it is exhausting
Sometimes I catch myself wishing I could be one of those people who simply move on and do not overthink everything. I would like to be able to let go like that too.
Sometimes I really lack that ability.
Now I try at least to notice when I start getting stuck in those thoughts and gently stop myself. Not perfectly, not every time, but I try ๐ซ
If you get stuck like this, how do you pull yourself out?
Or do you just switch it off and move on? How did you learn to do that? ๐