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If this sounds like your brain on repeat, you’re not alone. Many people describe their worry as:

• "My  brain won’t shut up" – constant mental chatter, overanalysing  past conversations or future scenarios.

• "I’m  always braced for disaster" – waiting for something bad to happen, even when things are fine.

• "I  get stuck in thought loops" – cycling through the same worries like a broken record.

• "I  need 100% certainty, or I freak out" – struggling with "not knowing" and needing excessive reassurance.

• "I’m tired of my own thoughts" – mentally exhausted but unable to  stop.

• "I  catastrophise everything" – automatically jumping to  worst-case scenarios.

• "I  overprepare because I can’t trust things will be okay" –research spirals, excessive planning, or avoiding risks.

• "My  body reacts before my mind does" – stomach knots, tension headaches, or sudden waves of dread "out of nowhere."

You might not even call it "anxiety", just how your brain works. But when worry starts eating up your time, draining your energy, or affecting your relationships, it could be Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

Why Can’t I Just "Stop Worrying"?

Worry tricks you into thinking it’s helpful ("If I don’t worry, something bad will happen"). But in reality:

• Your brain gets stuck in a threat-detection loop, scanning for danger even when there isn’t any.
• Avoidance  and reassurance-seeking keep the cycle going.
• Over time, your mind treats worry as a habit, like a broken record you can’t  turn off.

How Therapy Can Help Rewire Your Brain

1. CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

• Identifies the "what ifs" that fuel your worry and challenges them.

• Teaches you to tolerate uncertainty (spoiler: you can cope  even without 100% guarantees).

• Replaces endless "problem-solving" with actual solutions, or acceptance  when things are out of your control.

2. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing)

• Helps if your worry is tied to past experiences (e.g., childhood stress, trauma, or a "last straw" event).

• Processes the memories/emotions that make your brain hyper-alert to danger.

• Works on both conscious worries and the background "noise" of anxiety.

What People Say After Therapy

"I used to think worrying meant I cared. Now I see it was just stealing my life."
"I don’t spiral over small things anymore—I can actually let things go."
"My partner says I’m calmer. I didn’t even realise how much my anxiety affected them."

Ready to Quiet the Overthinking?

If you’re tired of feeling mentally exhausted, therapy can help you break the worry cycle, not by "positive thinking," but by shifting old patterns so your thoughts don’t spiral every time life feels uncertain.

Reach out to Resilient Mind Therapies for non-judgemental, supportive face-to-face sessions in Leicestershire or online therapy available across the UK | CBT & EMDR specialist.

Book a free 15-minute consult to see if we’re a good fit.