Overthinking Is Not a Personality Trait
A Practical Guide to Getting Out of Your HeadBy Adrian West
Length2h 2m
About this audiobook
It is 2 AM and you are replaying a conversation from last Tuesday, rehearsing one that has not happened yet, and second-guessing a decision you made months ago. From the outside you look fine. Inside, the loop never stops.
This book does not tell you to stop thinking. It shows you how to change your relationship with your thoughts. You begin with the idea that you are not your thoughts, then look at how the overthinking machine works and how thought spirals form, so you can catch one early and break it.
Practical chapters follow on the decision trap, overthinking in relationships and at work, the way it shows up in your body, and the digital habits that feed it. You finish by assembling an anti-overthinking system of your own, built from tools you can use on an ordinary day, so that more of your attention goes to the life happening outside your head.
Audiobook details
GenreSelf-Help, Psychology
Length2 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 6, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
7Overthinking at Work
2You Are Not Your Thoughts
8The Body Connection
3The Overthinking Machine
9Digital Overthinking
4Thought Spirals and How to Break Them
10Building an Anti-Overthinking System
5The Decision Trap
11Living Outside Your Head
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6Overthinking in Relationships
12Glossary
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