What’s actually happening

Feels like responsibility at first

Thinking carefully

Weighing options

Trying to avoid the wrong move

Decisions grow heavier over time

Small choices drain energy

Revisiting the same options repeatedly

Waiting for certainty that never arrives

Why this keeps repeating

Thinking is used to avoid risk

Nervous system doesn’t feel safe with uncertainty

Mind compensates by gathering more information

More angles

More scenarios

Capacity gets exceeded

Thinking becomes circular

Each new consideration adds weight

Action is delayed due to overload

Not because the choice is unclear

My experience

Showed up when I was tired

Worse when overstimulated

Stronger when emotionally invested

Pressure to “get it right” increased paralysis

Low-energy days made familiar decisions feel complex

Realized the issue wasn’t the decision

It was the state I was choosing from

Where this lives in the Cosmic Mirror

Clarity layer

Fed by foundation regulation

Dropped regulation increases indecision

Fragmented attention flattens priority

Everything feels equally important

Nothing stands out

What actually helped

Shrinking decisions instead of expanding them

Shifting from best option to next tolerable step

Delaying decisions until settled

Regulating before choosing

Letting clarity return without more analysis

Accepting workable over perfect

Things to try

Reduce decision scope

Ask for the next small step

Pause decisions when activated

Regulate body first

Choose once stability returns

Move without waiting for certainty

Common traps

Waiting for confidence before acting

Believing more thinking will create certainty

Mistaking hesitation for wisdom

Self-judgment

Calling it procrastination or weakness

Related paths

Attention fatigue

Nervous system activation

Overstimulation

Capacity depletion