Category: Overthinking Everything

Unexpected trials and triumphs of being an introvert

Read More... Overthinking Everything: Sorry, I Can’t Come. I’m Busy Being Alone.

Reflecting on writing with honesty and vulnerability When I started writing my column Overthinking Everything a few months back, those who know me may have…

Read More... Overthinking Everything: How Writing has Helped Me Become a More Open Version of Myself

‘Fetch’ is out. A new era of female friendship is in. In middle school, my friends and I were obsessed with reading Lisi Harrison’s The…

Read More... Overthinking Everything: How We Talk about Girlhood Matters

Navigating women’s health through self-exploration and education “You can only get pregnant during ovulation,” my friend stated defiantly. At this point in the debate, however,…

Read More... Overthinking Everything: Why Don’t I Know More About My Body?

How ERP therapy is helping me confront the uncomfortable “Place your hand on the doorknob.” “Okay, now the soap dispenser.” I do as she says.…

Read More... ERP Therapy & Learning to Embrace Uncertainty

As someone with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), my re-entry anxiety not only concerns how to immerse myself back into the world. It also includes questioning how re-entry will impact my OCD.

Read More... What Re-Entry Anxiety is Like for Someone with OCD

Easing my mind from overthinking isn’t about silencing my thoughts. It’s about focusing my attention and accepting the duality of emotion.

Read More... Overthinking Everything: Why Watercolor Painting is How I’m Quieting My Mind Right Now

My first gynecologist was no other than the man who delivered me from my mother’s womb.

Read More... Overthinking Everything: What Should Your Relationship with Your OBGYN Really Be Like?

2020 was not a year for love. At least not in my perpetually single opinion.

Read More... Overthinking Everything: Is It Time to Start Dating Again?