How do I know if I'm overreacting?

When you are starting to overthink, overdo, and overcompensate for what you feel you're overreacting to

if you focus too much on certain things, especially when you're aware that they're not that important, and you use too much energy on thinking about them, you may be overreacting

If you feel yourself losing control you might be overreacting. Take a few deeps breaths, and work out how it can be solved, there is a way out of most situations, but you are allowed to be upset too.

Normally i can tell if I'm overreacting based on my voice. If louder or more sarcastic than it should be, unless it's in a playful joking matter, I'm usually overreacting to something that had happened. Not to say a raised voice always means overreacting, but im normally auite closed and wuiet ehen it would be appropriate to raise my voice.

Everyone has different degrees to which they react to things. How do you normally react to things? Take note of how you typically respond to situations, and then compare it to the one you think you're overreacting about. You can also ask yourself if you're overthinking it.

To what? To who? To who's standards? What the situation is, does it feel like you're overreacting? If someone asked you to justify your reason as to why you feel the way you do, could you do it? If so, you're probably not overreacting.

When you over emphasis every detail that you believe is negative with being too emotionally distressed and having a lack of confidence.

We all react. Perhaps the word overreacting is when you have a story about what happened that is no longer attached to the factual reality of what happened. This tends to happen to me when I have fears and judgements that are controlling me - it has me project things, and see problems that don't actually exist. Having that breakthrough in realizing that my story is not attached to what happened, can happen in a few different ways: being confronted by the people involved in the situation, or being gently coached by a friend who knows me and can see the situation from the outside, or being triggered by something I read or hear or see in the world, and getting that Aha moment that has me check myself. Ultimately, you and Future You are the only ones who knows if you are reacting, or over-reacting.

You may not know until tomorrow. If things seem less intense the day after, that might be a sign that you overreacted. Perhaps you can know only if you tend to overreact?

Feelings are not facts. This means that while our feelings are very real and should be validated but they may not reflect the truth. Taking the time to ask yourself what you would tell your best friend in that situation and discerning your feelings is the best thing to do.