Overthinking in Relationships: How It Destroys Love and Trust
Overthinking in Relationships: How It Destroys Love and Trust Sometimes, silence screams louder than words. “She hasn’t replied for 15 minutes. Did I say something wrong? Maybe she’s losing interest in me. Maybe… someone else is texting her.” This is what overthinking looks like. A mental loop. A war with imaginary versions of someone you love. In relationships, overthinking is one of the silent killers. It doesn’t enter like a storm—it creeps in quietly. Like rust on metal. You don’t notice it until something breaks. And what breaks isn’t just trust—it’s also love. What Overthinking Does to Love Love is fragile. It grows in trust, in presence, in now. But overthinking? It pulls us into a world that doesn’t exist—a future we fear, a past we can’t change. Overthinking says: “They didn’t say ‘I love you’ first today. Is something wrong?” “They laughed at someone’s joke too hard.” “Why didn’t they post a photo of us?” None of the...