Over-analysing everything at fast thought process.

I am a girl of 20yrs old, and for as long as I can remember, i've always had what I perceived to be a rather odd thought process. I analyse everything. I always analyse everything that has happened to me during the day, and what I could have said/done to make it different and how that could have changed the outcome. My thoughts run fast in my mind, so fast that I sometimes even forgot what I had just thought about! I can think about one thing and that'll remind me of something completely different and unrelated. Sometimes my friends (and even my boyfriend) can't keep up with the subject switching and the constant analysing of everything that has been said and/or done.

Although the over-analysing is great during my english exams, it gets tiring during my everyday life. Also coupled with the racing thoughts all the time. Any idea's as to what it is?

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  • schatzi24601

    um I disagree this sounds like ADHD. In any case you have the exact same thing and over 20 people have told me I'm "an overthinker." Including my AP Lang teacher. That's hypocritical. What the flip? But yeah dude my dad told me it's good though because we're super creative and can cure cancer.

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  • myojin

    The analyzing is only a problem if it is making you unhappy. If it is keeping you from enjoying your life.
    You've already taken a first step, which is to be aware of it. You have to be aware of it before you can do anything about stopping it. (If you want)

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  • Silverlenses4

    You know what girl, you are just the same as me! It gets tiring at times, but I don't think it's over-analyzing. It prevents you from making unnecessary mistakes, it helps you realize what's wrong and many other benefits... Think on the bright side!

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  • Alaskaraven

    Not necessarily OCD- could be ADD, scenarios running through my mind too... go as far as to rehearse what I'll say and do if certain situations arise.

    Makes you well prepared in court, good with "lines" and people in general...

    Accept it, work around it, enjoy the entertainment. At least we don't hear voices.

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  • joanalollypop

    I'm like that also. I didn't think it could be OCD until now. And just in the past two minutes I thought a thousand things related to OCD. I thought of other things that could be of evidence that I have indeed OCD. I thought about my cleaning urges, about all the mess that's making me nuts in the kitchen. And by kitchen I remembered of a dinner I went to 2 weeks ago. It was a monday, ad I was sooo bored of being there. Just as much bored as when I was in church 10 years ago in my brother's baptism.

    I didn't think there were some people like me... Wow, that's relieving =D

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  • RakShine

    I have some of the same habits,I always go off in a tangent from any topic. i also tend to talk/think to myself during the day about whatever is about to happen, and has happened.

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  • wannarocktheworld

    same here

    i watch a movie late into the night,say, "THE AVIATOR" *ing di caprio,and i start thinking i'd be this perfectionist man like howard hughes and blah blah...coz i can actually relate - i've ocd
    from there,i wud reach to the aim of my life- the perfect happy life - some house in the colorado mountains etc

    or,i see a girl on the street...sometimes dirty thoughts cross my mind...then "why did i bloody think so?, could've been my sister and somebody else watched that way, then?" to "rights and freedom of women in my country" thoughts to "fucking politicians who nothing for woman rights" to some joseph fritzl who raped his daughter for 24 years....shit head me!

    or sometimes doing maths sums - fourier series,laplace transforms etc and then i think of mysefl a gr8 scientist,the first to build a real iron man,and then the invisible shield of star trek, and then space warp, warp speed, dark matter, parallel universes - and thus time travel! see where i get to from where! and i see 40 some mins passed by just like that and i just solved 3 sums!

    just one personal question

    do u have OCD?
    coz i got it, so i think its got something to do with it,i mean it makes u a hyperthinker then the rest,after you get those attacks of repeating stuff (words,sentences,or doing stuff like tying the knot of the shoe,opening it,and then tying again like 5-6 times,or putting 6-7 spoons of sugar until that asshole in the mind says its okay)

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    • Furret

      I do have this habit of having to smell every single page when I read a book, I guess you could say that is an OCD habit.

      I'm also terrible at maths. I seem to shine when I have to analyse things in english though.

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  • wolfdark

    This is impossible unless your ADD. People that don't have it can only think about 1 thing at a time. Your lieing. I'm ADD.... And the thoughts are short for most ADDs I learned this from my friends and studiying nice fake post. Get real

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