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  "textContent": "BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM “Just stop overthinking” is advice that tells you nothing useful about how to actually follow it. The mind that automatically converts “they haven’t texted back” into “they must be furious with me” isn’t doing so out of weakness. It’s doing its job, badly but earnestly. What makes overthinking so […]\n\nThe post Overthinking is a learned habit, and therapists say you can unlearn it first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.",
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