{ "item_title" : "The Overthinking Loop", "item_author" : [" Krishna Kumar "], "item_description" : "Your mind replays. It rehearses. It reopens decisions you already made. This is the book that explains why, and what actually works.Overthinking is not thinking too much. It is a specific, learnable habit: thinking that comes round again and brings nothing with it. The replay of a conversation from lunch. The rehearsal of a result that is not in yet. The decision you have considered from every direction and still cannot make.The Overthinking Loop explains the mechanism in plain English and draws on forty years of research in cognitive behavioural therapy, metacognitive therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and decision science to show what loosens it. Every study is named. Every limit is admitted. When an effect is small, the book says so.Inside, you will learn: Why worry feels like preparation, and the laboratory finding that shows it is a way of not feelingWhy trying not to think about something keeps it primed (the white bear experiment)Why capable, conscientious people are the most prone, and why that is a strength pointed at the wrong targetThe two-minute rule that tells you, every time, whether you are thinking or loopingSeven tools with evidence behind them: catch it, step back, get concrete, schedule it, face it, move, decideHow to stop seeking reassurance, how to decide when you cannot be certain, and how to sleep when your mind wants to do sums at 3 a.m.Where the line is between overthinking and something that needs more than a book, and what help looks likeYou will follow four people through the book: Maya, who replays meetings; Daniel, who has spent four months not deciding; Priya, whose every symptom becomes a search; and Tom, who wakes at 3 a.m. with his mind on the van. Their loops are your loops, and the way out is the same.No positive thinking. No promises to empty your mind. Just the mechanism, the evidence, worksheets for every tool, and a four-week plan for a mind you can live in.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/816/575/9798165754159_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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