https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/overthinking/m-p/74693#M10873 We all do it, trying to figure out the best ways Naturally to combat it...Self medicating just isn't helping thanks <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:58:52 GMT Scotty2013 2014-04-28T04:58:52Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/overthinking/m-p/74693#M10873 We all do it, trying to figure out the best ways Naturally to combat it...Self medicating just isn't helping thanks <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:58:52 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/overthinking/m-p/74693#M10873 Scotty2013 2014-04-28T04:58:52Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/overthinking/m-p/74694#M10874 Hello Scotty, there is a book called The Happiness Trap and one of the tools it teaches when you have repetitive thoughts go into your head is to take a step back and distance yourself from the thought by saying to yourself, 'I'm having the thought that ...'.&nbsp; Basically you just acknowledge the thought is there and let it sit rather than fighting it, and then refocus on what you are doing.&nbsp; I thought this was a silly technique when i first read it, but the more I did it the more I found it actually worked.&nbsp; It's like retraining your brain! Tue, 06 May 2014 05:18:46 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/overthinking/m-p/74694#M10874 JessF 2014-05-06T05:18:46Z