emotional hygiene is recognizing the early symptoms of overstimulation and choosing not to intellectualize your way through them. it’s noticing the urge to self-diagnose, to decode, to debrief and instead, gently interrupting the loop. not to silence it, but to create room around it. so your nervous system has a chance to downshift before your... See more

because when your default is to process everything deeply, you don’t get to be careless with what you carry. and if you don’t consciously make space to reset, your thoughts will start to multiply — not because they’re urgent, but because there’s nowhere for them to land. the absence of emotional hygiene means everything starts to feel equally loud.... See more

overthinking has a way of tricking you into believing you’re making progress when really, you’re just rehearsing anxiety until it feels like fact.

because when your default is to process everything deeply, you don’t get to be careless with what you carry

what makes it worse is that overthinking is often culturally rewarded. we live in an era where analysis is conflated with emotional depth, where second-guessing is seen as intellectual responsibility, where being “too self-aware” has become a quiet badge of honor. overthinkers are often praised for being introspective, emotionally intelligent,... See more

you practice seeing your overthinking not as a flaw, but as a system that needs routine maintenance

emotional hygiene is recognizing the early symptoms of overstimulation and choosing not to intellectualize your way through them.

we live in an era where analysis is conflated with emotional depth, where second-guessing is seen as intellectual responsibility, where being “too self-aware” has become a quiet badge of honor.

emotional hygiene is not another thing to do perfectly. it’s not about becoming immune to spirals or forever calm or unshakably centered. it’s about cleaning up often enough that you don’t mistake the mess for your personality. it’s about catching the overwhelm before it becomes a worldview. it’s about building the quiet skill of knowing when your... See more