How to Stop Replaying Conversations and Questioning Yourself
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” ~Seneca
There is a particular kind of tired that comes from arguing with someone who is not in the room. I learned it one night lying in bed, my phone face down beside me, replaying the same short exchange over and over.
Nothing new had come in. Nothing had changed. I was simply walking the same lap in my head, as though one more pass might finally tell me what I had done wrong.
That is the trick overthinking plays. It feels like work while you are doing it. It feels …
