‘A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind,’ says famed Indian-American author and alternative healing expert, Deepak Chopra.

Indeed an ‘overactive’ mind can be best defined as experiencing thoughts about past, present, future all at once: a racing mind is permanently bouncing topics around in your head and struggling to concentrate what is happening in the current moment.

Whilst ‘overactive’ minds have long been associated with creative, ambitious types or those that have experienced trauma in childhood, the current ‘age of anxiety’ with the rise of social media, screen time, long working hours and ultimately stress and depression is fuelling the ‘overactive’ mind issue. Other causes include panic disorders, OCD, bipolar disorder, caffeine consumption, and OCD.

Overactive mind easily spirals into ‘Generalised Anxiety Disorder’ (GAD) in adults: GAD is a long term condition that causes you to feel anxious about a wide range of issues and situations, rather than one specific event. People who suffer GAD feel anxious most days and often struggle to remember the last time they felt relaxed.