How to stop overthinking things in a relationship?

Have faith in your relationship and the person you are involved with. Also, try talking to your partner about this, and try talking about your thoughts and expressing what you feel.

Relationships are such a gift to each one of us and can really bring out the best in us, enabling us to grow and reach our full potential. Having said that, while being in an exclusive relationship with someone, there are times when there are disagreements or conflicts because two people cannot always be on the same page and sometimes things seem to get out of hand. From my personal experience, I think the relationship should be built on a strong foundation after evaluating and agreeing upon certain non-negotiable things. If these are clearly agreed upon willingly, then rest of the situations can be managed or tackled with some effort. Below are some steps that have helped me - 1) Looking at the situation from different perspectives 2) Not getting too sentimental or letting your feelings take over the situation 3) Being solution oriented rather than magnifying the problem unnecessarily 4) Taking a break to calm down so as to avoid being impulsive 5) Having a dialogue with your significant other I don't believe in going with the flow which might mean compromising on things that I really hold dear or my values and principles. If any relationship is damaging my self-esteem, not allowing me to be myself, is verbally/physically/mentally abusive or causing harm slowly and steadily, I wouldn't think much before walking out of it. Everyone deserves to be treated well, with respect and dignity. Love follows. Love is to put the other's need before yours, but that doesn't mean letting a person walk all over you. So, if there's any conflict, try following some of the steps mentioned and always remember, a relationship should help you bloom, make you happy and bring you joy!

I am bad for this. My past has lead me to very seldom take things at face value, and always read in to every situation. I've found that, personally, the best remedy for this is to communicate with my partner. If I feel that the gears in my mind are kicking in to overdrive, I tell him! I let him know that I've been preoccupied by a thought, and we talk it through with compassion and openness - something that people like ourselves (over-thinkers) unforgivingly require in a relationship. It's only through communication that you can heal this habit, and learn to trust things for how they seem. :-)

Ooh, this is a tough one. When we're serious about someone, we tend to overthink and come up with worst case scenarios that are not necessarily true/rational. I admit that I myself tend to overthink more often than is probably considered normal, but I have found that it helps to just communicate with your partner about any concerns that you have. If you both agree to engage in honest and transparent conversations with each other, and build your relationship upon a strong foundation of trust (which will take some time to do as you get to know each other better), then you find that you may not have much to worry about in the first place.

Communication is key in any relationship. If you have concerns always discuss them with the other person. If you feel your concerns are unjustified etc ask yourself what may be causing you to think these thoughts? Is it a previous experienced trauma etc etc then take apropriate steps to work through the emotions afiliated with these

When I'm overthinking things in a relationship, I find that it's best to ask questions. Be gentle, you don't want to stir up an argument. Making accusations and rash decisions will hurt your partner.

Learning to let go and let be is a tough act to follow because none of us would like a relationship to sour. Perhaps cultivating interests external to the relationship, learning to empower yourself outside of the relationship might help. If it does not, then at the last resort consider what will happen to you should the relationship sours and work out the steps you will take to recover. This will give you some control and perhaps with this confidence

in my experience I have learnt that the best way to avoid overthinking is to take some time for yourself. When we aren't making the time to do the things we enjoy, or relaxing and keeping ourselves busy then we leave the room for overthinking to occur. What's also a really good thing to do is to talk to your partner about it. By expressing how you feel it gives you a chance to get it off your chest and your partner is able to reassure you

Consider keeping a diary and looking back on what it was that you were overthinking about then think about whether or not it matters. Or speak to your significant other about how you are feeling

Overthinking isn't a bad thing, we don't overthink things because we are selfish and we like it. We do it because we are worried and care. There's nothing wrong with wanting things to go smoothly, and here's something, when you overthink talk to someone about it. It'll help you so much, don't hold your feelings back and don't be quiet. It doesn't matter what it is, if you don't say it now, you will be sorry you didn't later down the road.