"Everyone has the capacity to overthink — but a sign of trouble is if your thoughts become so persistent that they're like 'a car without brakes,' he said."
— Hannah Seo
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Date
Feb. 1, 2023
Metaphor
"Everyone has the capacity to overthink — but a sign of trouble is if your thoughts become so persistent that they're like 'a car without brakes,' he said."
Metaphor in Context
Thinking and worrying are normal parts of life, said Greg Siegle, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine who studies rumination. Everyone has the capacity to overthink -- but a sign of trouble is if your thoughts become so persistent that they're like "a car without brakes," he said.
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Citation
Hannah Seo, "How to Stop Ruminating" The New York Times (Feb. 1, 2023). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
02/25/2024
