When you think too much, you make assumptions.

You assume your person is annoyed with you.

You assume your person is getting bored of you.

What Dating Is Like When You Think Way Too Much

Mariana Franco

You assume you know exactly what your person is thinking without having a conversation with them about it.

You are believing that nasty little voice in the back of your head that insists you arent enough.

You are practicing self-hatred instead of self-love and self-acceptance.

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When you think too much, you make assumptions.

You assume your person is annoyed with you.

You assume your person is getting bored of you.

You assume you know exactly what your person is thinking without having a conversation with them about it.

When you think too much, you create nonexistent drama.

You assume your person texted you in a hostile tone when they were only joking around with you.

When you think too much, you get upset over nothing.

Instead of enjoying your relationship, you convince yourself your situation is too good to be true.

You run a million dark and dreary scenarios through your head.

You have fake arguments in the shower and the car.

You get angry at your person before they even do anything to upset you.

When you think too much, you accidentally come across as inauthentic.

When you try too hard, you lose yourself along the way.

When you think too much, you end up living in the past or a fictionalized future.

When you think too much, you confuse your person.

You give them the silent treatment for no apparent reason.

You get snippy with them for no apparent reason.

When you think too much, youre doing yourself a disservice.

Youre worrying about issues that might not even exist outside of your own mind.

Youre putting yourself through unnecessary heartache.

Youre torturing yourself for absolutely no reason.

When you think too much, it can feel like a burden.

It can drive you, and your person, absolutely insane.

But you have to remember the reason youre thinking too much is because youcaretoo much.

Because you love your person.

Because you are terrified of doing something to chase them away.