You go from answering a question about the weather to sharing details from a doctor’s visit. That is called oversharing. Oversharing mostly begins as a quick attempt to connect with someone. However, it usually has the opposite effect, leaving both individuals feeling exposed and uncomfortable.

The effects of grief reach far beyond sadness. It touches memory, focus, and even daily decision-making. You may walk into a room and forget why you entered, or reread the same paragraph three times without absorbing a word.

One thought turns into ten. Before long, you talk yourself out of the promotion, the date, or a good day. Silencing those negative thoughts starts with noticing the pattern before it takes over your whole afternoon.

The text message you receive contains a simple question about an upcoming social gathering. Yet, you have spent twenty minutes analyzing a single punctuation mark. This agonizing habit shows how you might be overthinking friendships.