Over-thinker Gifts

Interview anxiety

"Bark or stare? Always a tough decision. Bark? Maybe stare? Whimper? Maybe? Meanwhile, stare."

"It's days like this that make me long for days like this."

"Try thinking about something else."

Four Types of Test-Takers...

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

No Immediate Danger

"Is all this confusion and complexity necessary?"

"The overthinker"

"Isn't it an amazing co-incidence that this is an orange, and it IS ORANGE?"

That party went well.

A Hypochondriac's Worst Nightmare

"I'd like to be a shake-it-off kind of person, but I'm more of a cling-to-it-and-focus-on-it-until-it's-irrevocably-weaved-into-my-psyche sort of gal."

"Perhaps there is such a thing as being too well-informed."

"I think he said he wants to buy 'just the one'. You'd better fetch the manager"

You have reached the end of your brain...

"I made a list of all my symptoms. Lost the list. Can't remember any of my symptoms now."

"If I go to the party alone, will I be able to leave when I want? But then, there's always the possibility that I will get stuck talking to someone. I can't shake the problem is me. What if no one else likes me? I'm the only one being critical... The issue is I'm not enough and it's really so huge." "The over thinker"

"Don't look now, but there is a giant hand holding a pencil behind you!"

'You look like you have a lot on your mind, Jim!'

"I asked you to hang a picture, how much more difficult can you make it?"

The Thinker and The Reactor.

"My problem is I obsess over whether I worry enough."

'I'm worried about not being worried...'

Concern Chart

"You're overthinking this."

'Let's hold off making a decision until we have even more information we don't really need.'

Flowchart of an idea.

Sometimes a Good Excuse to Get off the Telephone is Hard to Find

"Duh!"

"The Talmudic umpire It may have been a strike, since it cut the corner of the plate, and yet it was a trifle high, but not really that high, and yet it seemed to curve over the plate..."

"I'm not sure she really liked our gift. She used just two exclamation points after 'Thanks'."

"The cat's sleeping." "She's so comfy." "If I move I'll wake her up." "The phone is ringing... They'll call back later." "I'm hungry... But it'll pass." "Just gotta wait 'till she wakes up."

"Wake up, baby. I just realized how my insomnia is all your fault."

"No, I don't want a glass of water, but I'm worried that I might want one."