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...

"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

'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"

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."

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

He's mumbling again! What do you think husbands dream about?

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

The Thinker and The Reactor.

"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

"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."

Interview anxiety

"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..."

"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.'

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