Over-Thinking In Depression 💙

Over-thinking can make us incredibly tired because the brain doesn't get a rest. Now, we've got a bunch of different labels for things that describe different ways of overthinking. So in depression, it's generally ruminative thoughts on the past. 💙

In anxiety, it's generally thoughts based around the future and worrying about the future. With ADHD, it's generally a brain that's always on. And in OCD, it's excessive repetitive thinking patterns. 💙

So it's interesting that we have a bunch of different labels to describe overthinking. There's also being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world. That requires an awful lot of thinking about an awful lot of different situations. 💙

But the important thing to note is in each of those situations, the person doesn't look ill. So it's very important to be kind to people in all situations because you don't know what they're going through. 💙