Your Brain Won't Shut Up? Here's How to Fix It

How to Stop Overthinking — if your mind won't stop replaying conversations, imagining worst-case scenarios or keeping you awake at 3 a.m., this animated psychology video is for you. You'll learn why your brain overthinks in the first place (it thinks it's protecting you), why overthinking and anxious thoughts get louder at night, and 4 simple, science-backed steps to quiet your mind and stop following every negative thought. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 – Why your mind won't stop at 2 a.m. 1:26 – Meet Theo 2:15 – Your brain thinks it's protecting you 3:35 – The trick overthinking plays on you 5:12 – Why it gets louder at night 6:49 – What overthinking really costs you 8:05 – How to stop overthinking (4 steps) 11:22 – Theo's night, one more time 12:13 – What I want you to remember 📚 Sources Baumeister et al. (2001). Bad Is Stronger Than Good. Review of General Psychology. Rozin & Royzman (2001). Negativity Bias, Negativity Dominance, and Contagion. Personality and Social Psychology Review. Raichle et al. (2001). A default mode of brain function. PNAS. LaFreniere & Newman (2020). Exposing Worry's Deceit: Percentage of Untrue Worries in Generalized Anxiety Disorder Treatment. Behavior Therapy. Borkovec et al. (1983). Stimulus control applications to the treatment of worry. Behaviour Research and Therapy. Hayes, Strosahl & Wilson. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (cognitive defusion). 👍 If this helped even a little, leave a like and subscribe to Small Steps Animations. Theo has a lot more brain stuff coming. Notice it. Ask the question. Write it down. Come back. Now go. #overthinking #howtostopoverthinking #anxiety #mentalhealth #psychology #selfimprovement #smallstepsanimations