In our modern world, so many people are held back by anxiety and overthinking. It isn't an overstatement to say that it prevents people from living their best lives. The funny thing is these ailments are easily dealt with. Many people don't know that you beat anxiety & overthinking through action.

All too often, we're held back by anxiety created by our beliefs. That anxiety causes overthinking, and from there, we become unable to take action.

Instead of doing something about it, many allow this anxiety to control them. They allow their own fear to hold them back from their desires.

Living like this is no way to live. To ensure you beat anxiety & overthinking, here are two key points about beating anxiety & overthinking through action.

1. It's all in your head

All too often, we think that others are judging us by what our anxieties tell us. That is, we think that they are judging us by something we think they are thinking. As with any amount of thinking, it all happens in your head. The judgment you think they are giving only exists in your thoughts for the most part.

Now, is there a possibility you may be right? Yes, there is. They may actually be judging you for that specific point you're thinking about.

However, in the vast majority of cases, they either aren't judging you for it or if they are it's quickly forgotten about. By the time you're deep in those anxieties, they've already moved on.

The main mentality shift I adopted to get over overthinking goes like this: if they are judging me if they can't handle my sense of humor for example, then I want nothing to do with them.

When I say it's all in your head, what I really mean is the choice to be anxious is all in your head. The only reason people become anxious about judgment is they care too much about what others think.

They think they need to please everybody, which causes great anxiety over the slightest judgment.

The first action you can take to get over anxiety & overthinking is to adopt the mentality that the people you associate with need to be relaxed, understanding, and capable of fun, instead of judgmental and tense.

Once you've done this, start phasing out the negative people from your life and replace them with positive influences.

2. More action = more evidence = more belief

The more you do, the more experience you can draw upon. This is why it's conventional wisdom to say that older people are wise. This isn't to say you need to be old to have no anxiety. This is to say that you can get over your anxiety faster by gathering more experience for you to use as ammunition against your anxiety.

Anxiety basically stems from a belief or lack thereof. We think that somebody will respond in some way, or we think that we aren't capable of doing something properly.

The easiest way to combat this is to gain more experience so we have more evidence to counteract those negative thoughts.

When I started working out, I thought it wasn't going anywhere. I quickly lost faith that it would be worthwhile.

Then, one morning, while looking in the mirror I noticed that my forearms looked a little different. I started flexing my forearm at a few different angles and noticed the progress I had made.

From that point, I became addicted to working out and gaining better results. That led to me actually enjoying exercise which is what allows me to effortlessly keep up with my exercise routine.

If it wasn't for that one morning when I admired my progress, I would have lost my motivation to work out. I would've stopped exercising because I would've thought it was useless.

The same logic can be applied to your anxieties. If you have no reason to not believe your anxieties, then your anxieties will run rampant.

By taking action, you gather evidence to prove those anxieties wrong and you prove to yourself that you are competent.

A world of pansies

In our modern day, men are pansies for the most part. There are still so many guys out there who follow the agenda of being weak and feminine. They are so absorbed by their anxiety for validation that they let others dictate how they should behave. 

If you allow yourself to overthink, you are stopping yourself from getting what you want. Allowing the whims of others to control you will do exactly this.

As a man, it is your responsibility to guide yourself. It is your responsibility to look out for your own best interests. The first step to achieving this is to beat anxiety & overthinking.

- Karl