Overthinking

• Process of thinking about something for an unreasonable long amount of time and overly analyzing it (Morin, 2023)

• Always having a second guess on decision made, always thinking about the worst consequence, hard to relax and mental exhaustion

• Environmental stressors like catastrophe as well as psychological stressors like pressure, uncontrollability, and frustrations can lead to the act of overthinking

- all international students in China are not allowed to return home this life taking and uncontrollable situation = students have higher tendencies to overthink and seep in negative thoughts (Jamshaid et al., 2020)

• Really stress, lost and miserable

• Not considered as a mental illness

• It has the potential to cause various mental illness. For instance depression, Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD), panic disorder and many more (Morin, 2023)