Best Overthinking Poems
There’s too much on my mind,
But there’s not enough time,
To write it all down,
So I guess I’ll just drown,
In these thoughts.
They consume me,
Dragging me deeper and deeper,
Down and down,
Into the further unknown.
Just stop thinking about it,
Don't bother losing yourself to it,
Stop getting your mind overclouded
Don't overthink about it.
Past's not gonna change
Present's in your hand,
Future's awaiting you,
So does it take that long for you to realise;
Time always flows like river,
Everything that you wrote in sand of time,
Now flies, all erased.
Heartaches and smiles never will fade
Cause this present will become the past
So don't rewind back in memories
It's time you stepped out of the past , grab your present and run towards the future.
Take all the twists and turns,
It's fate, following your addicted brain,
In its fabulously misguided taste,
To that unordinary life you seek.
Time will record your past,
Actions will define your future,
Don't worry about the leap I am taking,
Cuz I feel like I am losing myself ,
Losing my mind,
Losing my mind,
But I love this wild ungrounded feeling,
Of losing myself to the unforeseeable future
OVERTHINKING....
Overthinking is my enemy
I always let it get the best of me
WHY cant I just let things be?
Constant state of insanity
Is it me or does anyone else see?
The words that drive me into a frenzy..
What to do? What to do?
Take a breath what's got a hold of You?
OMG who am I talking to?
Everyone will think I'm missing a screw!
I think I'm going out of my mind
I came this way its how I was designed
Why isn't the simple answer easier to find?
WHY do I continually rewind?
Why are my thoughts so unkind?
I know life is not always black & white
Reality & rationality constantly fight
Doesn't matter if it's morning noon or night
I'm wracked with confusion
Is what I see real or an illusion?
People must think I am nuts or I'm using!
At times jump to my own conclusion
My tired weary mind needs a break!
HOW does one facilitate?
My hands start to shake
Isn't peacefulness give & take?
Gotta learn how to chill for CHRIST'S sake!
This overthinking got me feeling kinda ill
Don't think there's a magic pill
If someone asked me to try it I most certainly will
I should just try and go with the flow
Relax calm down take it slow
It's hurting my spirit
Don't enjoy it.. fear it
Somehow I'm always near it
It's zapping my energy
Robbing the very best of me
The person I was meant to be
Overthinking always been my tendency
Don't think with it to great I'm dealing
Got to try & move past it
CUZ my life it's really stealing
Better find a way end thoughts reeling
But only I can make the conscious decision
To make a change & start my own healing
Why do people live to think
Think about what others think
They sit and think around all day
Letting dreams just pass away
Thinking builds the mind
Just to make it fall
If this is all that thinking does
Why do people think at all
Sinking deeper and deeper in despair
As I raise my hands and murmur a prayer
Oh, how I wish those fairytales were true
And happ’ly e’er afters, we had no clue
What would happen next, what would come to pass
Would have had us lost, had we heard en masse
About what was to happen, what had come
In lover’s slumber, restless night for some
While others were sleeping, waiting for day
In which they could live without such a delay
As a broken heart, stopped me in my tracks
Left me questioning life, love, and the max
To which we could go, not much, I replied
For what would happen if I were his bride
Was I married to player, just wanting
To use me in jest, and then leave, taunting
Or am I just joking, overthinking
I should go to a bar, sit there drinking
Sinking deeper and deeper in despair
As I raise my hands and murmur a prayer
Late night overthinking
Heart racing, made up situation anticipating
Feelings chasing, dread encasing
I return, rewind to the start, replaying the awful part.
When they said that, what did they actually mean?
Conversation misconstrued, I probably came across really rude!
Going through that scenario
Searching for a way to let it go
Heart racing, situation is escalating
Tears rolled, feelings uncontrolled
I was the glue...holding it all together, what happened? Who knew?
Mentally stumbling
Rock and a hard place,
Put on your brave face
Dulling my shine
When will my mind be mine?
Getting caught on my thoughts
Trying to shake it, positive thinking,
deep breathing, count to ten, not working - count again.
Feeling like I'm sidestepping, continually procrastinating, forever underestimating
I'm in the way, just annoying, self efficacy so low, what to do? I don't know!
People do this so much better,
Heart still racing, face sweating
Non stop fretting, forever regretting
Everybody knows, cognitive overload
Short term-isms vs long term gains,
Refrain, hold back, don't do that!
Don't call them.. what would you say?
You can't say those words, total dismay
Stop it now, enough damage done
Heart racing, painstakingly debilitating
Beating faster, approaching disaster
She looked at me funny, although, that was ten years ago!
It was a silly thing to say, nobody got it anyway!
I've definitely spent too much money
Have a drink - stop the overthink
Numb it out, dim the shout
Not going to have time, I can't be late
thoughts re-group, consolidate
Move out the way,
pushing thoughts to one side, no where to hide, missing my stride
Am I mentally unstable?...No, normally quite able
Damn it, forgot the birthday card
How could I forget when I was remembering so hard
Heart racing, anxiety overtaking
Energy is decreasing, thoughts requiring releasing.
Confidence - an easy task, smiling - just a mask
Need to sleep, mind too deep
Deep breathing, count to ten - not working, count again.
Same time tomorrow? why yes of course!
Powerless to stop the overthinking force
Being the overthinker—how does that feel?
After reading this piece , perhaps you will see a different side of me.
Every little detail bothers me,
overanalyzing situations in a myriad of ways, and starting a new chapter in my life always brings forth the worst thoughts in me.
Surely, one should look on the bright side of things? Why does this brain not function like that of a typical human being?
A routine circumstance
becomes an intricate labyrinth
from which I am unable to escape
the twists and turns appear to be perfectly duplicated, only escalating my anxiety of losing everything once more.
Today, my thoughts are a pool of remorse
that is consuming every breath I take
and resurfacing unconsciousness
that is tearing apart every shred of hope
I managed to salvage during the day.
And now that I'm sitting here
in the quiet, darkness,
with my thoughts racing far beyond reality,
it makes sense why I'm constantly exhausted even though I don't get out of bed before dawn.
Regret and Guilt
Coming hand-in-hand
Yes, they are having a good time
Not on a beach or park
But eating me alive
They might have called their buddy
Overthinking to join the feast
Because whenever I look back
They are always smirking
I’m sitting alone,
As I do...
I’m chilling in my zone,
Feeling too often blue.
Always stuck in my head,
In an emotional stew.
It’s like a loose thread,
Being pulled through...
Through drowning my sorrows,
With whatever brew.
Wondering about possible tomorrows...
Questioning my moral views.
I am ofttimes prone,
To this overthinking loneliness.
But still sitting alone,
In all my lowliness...
06/03/2020
At first I worried I cared too little,
That I hardly noticed Anxiety
stalking me for years.
worst fears awakened at fifteen;
when the world went dark -
blindfolded and tied.
Now I dream about it every night -
except I'm wide awake
and my eyes open wide.
The darkness is way too bright,
And I'm entranced as I try
to name every colour that I see.
Age has taken a sobering toll
On my imagination
I no longer think illogically
Just logically, and rhetorically
I never have an answer
A rocket never reached the moon
By dreaming About the cost
And wars, I'm sure, have been fought
For logical reasons
Of course war, in a sense, is illogical
Because who wants all that loss?
I want to think that anything is possible
I want to believe in super men
Cause maybe if I do
Or you, and everyone else does too
It could become the truth
I Want to live this world amazingly
But the habit of overthinking
Has been making things messy
The what ifs are being overpowered
The big childhood dreams
Are being shattered
It's like living in a time loop
An unstoppable droll
To which I must reroute
Deep are the questions, like quicksand sinking
Seeping into a restless mind pressing
Weeping with release, yet overthinking
Sleep comes uneasy with dreams distressing
Heaps of concepts lead to faulty linking
Steeping upon words without expression
Sheep are miscounted with rapid blinking
Leaping to conclude a wrong impression
12-10-2020
A dark void, my soul completely destroyed
Everything wrong hit me, like an asteroid
The wrongdoings I’ve done, the pain I've faced
The tears I’ve shed, and the sick aftertaste
I’m often misunderstood, called “Emo” and “sad”
But they don’t see my thoughts, and they should be glad
There’s more to see, but it’s a lot for me
Everyone around me is strong, like a tree
But I am only a wilted flower,
As everyone looks down, often towers
I weep in silence, my hopes and dreams crushed
And so I often feel my voice is hushed
I seem to blend in with the rest of the tree’s
And so I collapse, and I’m finally free.
I feel like I am drowning
Cant pull myself ashore
Floating further away
From the me
I Know no more
Sinking in my thoughts
crippling in self doubt
Please try not to listen
Let the negative thoughts be out
I feel like I am trapped
Stuck within my head
Overthinking
Worrying
I should be looking ahead
Replaying failed scenarios
From years and years ago
Why are they so relevant
Only Mr Anxiety knows
My smile it hides my struggles
My mask it hides my fears
My forehead slightly sweating
Here comes a few more tears
My body's tight with tension
My heart in rapid beat
I must stop giving my attention
To Mr Anxiety.