What if overthinking is just a form of self-protection?
To think of every possibility,
Every action and reaction,
Every ending before it happens,
And still be called an overthinker.
And when it happens,
When I see it come true,
The pain still feels the same
Sharp. Heavy.
And I still ask:
Why?
👩*🏽: *Silence
And so Maybe the mind just learned how to survive.
To see patterns where others see nothing,
To notice small changes,
The change in tone,
The distance in warmth,
The silence before the storm.
To think of the worst more than the good,
Not because hope is gone,
But because the mind learned to protect itself,
And protection grows from pain.
Some minds are not overthinking,
Only preparing
Getting ready for pain before it comes,
Looking for a way out before things fall apart.
And somewhere in all the chaos,
An anchor was held too tightly,
Believing peace could live in another person,
Believing safety could come from someone else.
But storms do not warn before they come,
And anchors can drift away too.
So the lesson became this:
When life feels too heavy,
When the heart feels tired,
The hands must learn
How to hold themselves.
Not to look for another anchor,
But to become one.
Because even the biggest storms
Cannot drown someone
Who learns how to hold themselves.