Overthinker's Companion Pillows

Concern Chart

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

They hated me.

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

"Try thinking about something else."

Four Types of Test-Takers...

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

"The overthinker"

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

That party went well.

No Immediate Danger

A Hypochondriac's Worst Nightmare

'Your parents are way too overprotective.'

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

Thinking and thinking backwards.

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

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

You have reached the end of your brain...

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

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

"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

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

"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..."

Interview anxiety

"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."

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

A day without anxiety is like a day without sunshine...

'What were you thinking?'

"It's way too cerebral. What were you thinking?"

'I'm going to be a lot more decisive from now on. Well... maybe not a lot more, but at least a little more.'