Have you ever contemplated what hell is like? If so, I highly encourage you to continue reading. Being an over-analyzer is as close to hell as humanly possible; believe me, I would know, as I suffer from the burden of being an over-analyzer. According to Urban Dictionary, an over-analyzer is one who looks too deeply into any situation and over thinks everything (emphasis on everything). As accurate as this definition appears to be, it doesn’t entirely encompass what it means to be an over-analyzer. Being an over-analyzer is both a curse and a blessing. Overthinking affects every aspect of one’s life whether personal, social, academic, or professional; thus, overthinking can in fact be debilitating or liberating and therefore, learning to recognize
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Over thinking makes it almost impossible to get certain tasks done. It can take the most straightforward of tasks and turn them into a complex jig-saw puzzle so much so that even a simple report such as this one can become a tangled web of frustration, anger and anxiety. I can’t even begin to recall how many times I changed my mind on what word I was going to define; overthinking goes hand in hand with being indecisive. Naturally, my hyperactive mind tried to juggle multiple words at once all while thinking way too in depth about their definitions. Over-analyzers tend to take what was meant to be a simple task and weave it into a tedious process. By doing so, it makes it very challenging to make any progress. My situation is indicative of a recent study performed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, which suggests that a hyperactive mind can hinder [one’s] ability to perform simple tasks (Gregoire). Therefore, being an over-analyzer can make it a struggle to be productive as it stops one in their tracks quite often.
Overall, there are really only two beneficial aspects of being an over-analyzer. For one, it certainly shows in one’s work ethic, since over-analyzers are so thorough with everything there’s generally “no stone left unturned” per say. Therefore, there’s no need to explain ourselves as every detail has already been discussed. Secondly, over-analyzers know when to leave unideal situations. In conclusion (finally this mind has reached a conclusion), over analyzing is as awful and debilitating as it is helpful to one’s productivity and
Over thinking makes it almost impossible to get certain tasks done. It can take the most straightforward of tasks and turn them into a complex jig-saw puzzle so much so that even a simple report such as this one can become a tangled web of frustration, anger and anxiety. I can’t even begin to recall how many times I changed my mind on what word I was going to define; overthinking goes hand in hand with being indecisive. Naturally, my hyperactive mind tried to juggle multiple words at once all while thinking way too in depth about their definitions. Over-analyzers tend to take what was meant to be a simple task and weave it into a tedious process. By doing so, it makes it very challenging to make any progress. My situation is indicative of a recent study performed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, which suggests that a hyperactive mind can hinder [one’s] ability to perform simple tasks (Gregoire). Therefore, being an over-analyzer can make it a struggle to be productive as it stops one in their tracks quite often.
Overall, there are really only two beneficial aspects of being an over-analyzer. For one, it certainly shows in one’s work ethic, since over-analyzers are so thorough with everything there’s generally “no stone left unturned” per say. Therefore, there’s no need to explain ourselves as every detail has already been discussed. Secondly, over-analyzers know when to leave unideal situations. In conclusion (finally this mind has reached a conclusion), over analyzing is as awful and debilitating as it is helpful to one’s productivity and