Constantly Thinking Disorder: is it a real thing?

Yes, it is a completely real thing. Our brains never turn off. Even in our sleep, our brain is working.

To simplify this question, yes. Over thinking affects millions of people and symptoms of this cause cost in ones life. Over thinking can impact on relationships, self portrayal, attention and mood.

Well it isn’t actually listed in the DSM-5 for disorders but constantly thinking is something people can be attacked by frequently because of anxiety disorders or ptsd, depressive or borderline disorders, or simply stress. Constantly thinking can be annoying and sometimes exercising with music or swimming, doing chores, this can all help you keep your mind busy and help you take a mental break!

Well to be honest I think it's fine to be constantly thinking but I think that what could make someone think of it as a disorder is if it affects your daily life. But there are ways to cope

No it is not a real thing . We tend to take things to heart and really think about it depending on the situation . It's called anxiety .

Good question, I have not heard this discuss in any forum or just that I didn' come across it. This is my experience and goes back over 20 years. I Joined Alcoholics Anonymous and stopped drinking and lot of negative emotions surfaced and I had to deal with. Anger, restlessness, irritability, anxiety the list goes on, but the one that was driving me crazy , I couldn't stop thinking, my thoughts just racing and nothing I could do to slow down. AA is where I related to people and slowly was on my way to recovery but what was discomforting is that I don't remember anyone complaining about constant thinking so I figured oh well, I am alone on this. Uncover, discover and discard is one of the principals I followed and following the path of recovery, just takes time and constant thinking slowed down to a comfotable state of mind.

Besides the recognized disorders, people go through many other issues, by different natures and reasons. Overthinking may be one of these, even if you could never have heard about it. Your thoughts may be invasive, and they can block you from living your life happily. So yes, it is a real thing. Never underestimate a problem just because you know nobody who experienced it. Quitting negative and demoralizing thoughts is a really difficult fight, but anyone can face it, and win over them. 7cups is capable to help those who feel like their overthinking is becoming too problematic. Hope listeners can give you support!

Honestly, I think it is. Yes, we do think every minute. Thoughts run through our brain even though we seem to be free of them. Yet, I think that disorder is based upon bad thought, that go hand in hand with anxiety. So it does exist, and it something that probably most of the people with anxiety issue experience. Also, I believe it could be treated like anxiety it self, since the way we can distract ourselves from anxiety, we could distract selves the same way from CTD. It is understandable that such steps are hard, yet let's be positive about ourselves and let's take our health in our own hands.

I don't believe there is a disorder for constantly thinking, however, there are many different types of mental illnesses/cognitive processes that do include constant thinking also known as "Overthinking." ADHD and ADD are two different types of cognitive processes. ADHD and ADD are usually focusing problems usually passed down genetically. With ADHD and ADD there is a lack of Norepinephrine, basically meaning there is less control in the brain, this causing the thoughts or imagination in the brain to be constant. A mental illness that includes constant thinking could be a sort of Anxiety. It's shown that people with an anxiety disorder tend to overthink constantly or can't stop worrying/thinking. I advise you look into the symptoms and talk to a licensed professional to see if you have one of the above, seeing how if you don't get help it could become a problem in your daily life.

I think the first thing we should do is define what a disorder means. "disrupt the normal functioning of." This tells us that, hypothetically, a constant thinking disorder wouldn't make a lot of sense because there's no abnormal form of constant thinking, and it's too specific. So, if we generalize it a bit and say 'thinking disorder', this makes sense. A disruption in the normal function of thinking; which could entail thinking all the time. Now that we got the technicalities out of the way, lets think about other disorders, such as an eating disorder. A 'disorder' usually means something negative. So a nice rhetorical question you could ask yourself is "what would be the abnormality or the negativity of thinking all the time?" It always depends on the individual when it comes to thinking deeply. Sometimes it can be depressive, sometimes it can help someone relieve anger, for example, or anything in between; whereas an eating disorder only implies a negative effect. So, using that logic, a thinking disorder couldn't really be real. However, this sort of 'concept' could be a branch off of depression, anxiety or paranoia due to the higher amount of which you evaluate things within your life.