You leave a conversation and suddenly your brain becomes a crime scene.

Why did I say that?

Did they think I was weird?

Should I have acted differently?

If this sounds familiar to you, you're in the right place.

In today's episode, we'll break down why your brain spirals after social situations and we're going to give

you practical science-based tools to stop the overthinking cycle in its tracks.

Welcome to your anxiety toolkit podcast where I bring you all the virtual hugs and

practical strategies to help you face your fears

and live each day with courage and compassion.

I'm Kimberly Quinlan.

I'm a licensed therapist and anxiety specialist.

And today, we're talking all about how to stop overthinking every single social interaction.

Whether you're struggling with social anxiety, OCD, panic, or perfectionism,

this podcast is your space to learn science-backed tools to build a life you love even with fear on board.

Welcome everybody. Okay, so let's talk about why we over think every social situation.

You guys, a lot of this is because we want control.

Usually when we overthink, we're trying to find a world where things make sense.

We're trying to solve how we could have fixed the problem so we don't have discomfort,

so we don't have anxiety, so bad things don't happen.

We overthink because we don't have anxiety so bad things don't happen. We overthink because we don't like uncertainty.

We don't like being judged. We've talked about that in previous episodes. And we overthink because some of us, particularly those with social anxiety, we know based on research that they tend to have a higher level of sensitivity to emotions like embarrassment and humiliation.

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