Zsófia Vasi

Overthinking is often described as a bad habit. Something to fix. Something to control. Something you should learn to “stop.” But when you look a little closer, it doesn’t behave like a habit. It behaves more like a response. For some people, it’s not even tied to a specific situation. It runs quietly in the background. After conversations: “Did I say something wrong?” “What did they mean by that?” In everyday moments: “What do they think about me?” “Was that the right way

Sometimes change is expected to happen overnight. One day everything is the same, and the next day the calendar turns - a new month, a new year, a new beginning - and suddenly it feels like you’re supposed to become a different version of yourself. Eat better. Be more disciplined. Be more focused. Be more consistent. We hear these messages so often that they begin to feel natural. We repeat them to ourselves too, often in the form of quiet expectations about how we should