After reading the title you're probably overanalyzing if you're actually an over-analyzer... yep, me too. That's the curse many of us are victims of, and I can't say if it gets better or worse over the years. It's just one of those habits that is a part of us. So, why do we do this day in and day out? Why do we beat ourselves up trying to figure out every single piece of our lives? After overanalyzing these questions, I think I have come up with various answers. And yes, you should now be aware that this article will overuse "overanalyze".

1. Social Media

Don't even try to say "Oh, I barely go on Instagram and Facebook" because I am calling you out right now. I mean, it's not something to be ashamed about, we all do it. It's the repetitive cycle of Facebook->Instagram->Snapchat and then repeat. And as we do this, everything is flashing in front of us and it makes us anxious. Maybe we don't think of it as anxiety, but it is. So-and-so liked the picture of so-and-so, your best friend just shared an article about being best friends to another girl and not you, you look through the pictures of a year ago and wonder why you wore that ugly outfit or why you aren't still friends with someone you promised you would be friends with forever. You check Snapchat Stories and see that you weren't invited to dinner with a group of your so called "friends" or you see the guy you like hanging out with another girl. It's confusing and frustrating, and, quite frankly, it's just a really sucky feeling. Plain and simple. We question ourselves and others and start to lose trust in them without even knowing the background behind it. It's actually sad when you think about it because these things cause tension in relationships and tension within ourselves.

2. Texting

I'm not going to beat a dead horse with all the "what she says" and "what she really means" translations, but let me just say this, texting is not a good form of communication. The texting barrier is just too large to have a concrete conversation. There are emojis that every person takes differently. There are phrases that girls freak out about when guys text them. There are read receipts and the little "..." icons. Texting makes us overanalyze the "hidden truths" behinds messages, when really "I'm fine" could very well just mean that the person is doing fine.

3. Music

Adele... I'm calling you out. I love you, but you have done a really good job forcing girls to look back at their heartbroken "love" and gripe about it for however long it takes to listen to your albums. Was it our fault? Maybe we were too clingy and he just didn't want to tell us the truth? HE WAS CHEATING ON ME! I bet that was it! Three or four years go by, we think we're over it, and then you hear those first notes of "Someone Like You" and BAM. You better hope there's a Ben and Jerry's waiting for you in the freezer. Time to waste your night going over every single date, text message, and creep on him on your best friend's account because you blocked him on Facebook and Twitter... oh Instagram, too.

4. Ourselves

Okay, enough blaming everyone else. It's time to point the finger back at yourself. I understand that it's not always easy to be happy with yourself, but seriously, we need to give ourselves a break sometimes. I'm a strong believer in letting whatever is supposed to happen, happen. We should be spending less time trying to figure everything out and having the last say, and instead start appreciating who is in our lives NOW.

I know, I know, I said I'm the biggest over-analyzer there is, so why am I trying to give advice? Well I'm not. I'm just saying we should be easier on ourselves and step back, take a breath, and understand that a large percentage of what happens in our lifetime is out of our control. You waste more time trying to justify everything instead of just moving on.

So here is my challenge for you: Think a little less, and live a little more.