overthinking & maladaptive daydreaming

has anyone found good strategies when you are stuck inside your own head? I suffer from both extreme overthinking and maladaptive daydreaming, both related to my clinical depression and perhaps leftover anxiety. I once suffered from panic disorder but haven’t had panic attacks in a long time. It is just generalized anxiety now, and I have always had some social anxiety. Depression is far worse now but overthinking may be related to both. Now I am babbling.

[LoveforAll41]

mmmm, I ruminate in feeling like a piece of **** and a failure, but not necessarily in playing out scenarios or anything. Maybe physical action? I literally like standing on my head and have learned how to do headstands to shake things up. Sprints? screaming into a pillow?

I don't think you are babbling, understanding where we are getting feelings and such from is so hard to figure out. Speaking for myself at least. I wish you peace, hope, and strength.☮️

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Thank you so much for your input!

[gajh]

Hello. I don't have any advice for extreme overthinking and maladaptive daydreaming, but I really wanted to Welcome you here. I hope you find the answers you are looking for.

[Kathush]

I just talked this over with my psychiatrist as I do the same. He said to try to get busy with something, to distract the dwelling on things.

He gave me tips, the suggestions were starting something small, a craft, hobby, even cleaning out a junk drawer. Possibly even some music you like to listen to while keeping busy on these projects. It worked for me and I even felt an accomplishment clearing out the junk drawer. I sat myself down and dug into it, tossing old coupons,etc out. Felt good and I wasn't "thinking" of anything else but clearing out that drawer.