"Sure. I will take my leave. Thank you once again." I nodded. She hurried towards the door and exited. I removed my glasses and put them on the glass table. Half of any problem is solved the moment you identify it exactly. The diagnosis was clear to me now. Her overthinking had left her drained, pulling her into a deep depression. Those same spiraling thoughts made her anxious about her future, her friends, and the world at large—until the anxiety took its toll, too. The statistical reality of overthinking is a staggering breakdown of modern mental health. Nearly 73% of adults aged 25 to 35 identify as chronic overthinkers. In any room of ten people, seven are likely trapped in a "looping" cognitive process that prioritizes "what-if" scenarios over actual problem-solving. Elara was no different. With her sudden emotional outbursts and constant worry, she had fallen into the "comorbidity group"—trapped between the jaws of both depression and anxiety. The only difference between her and the rest of us, who suffer from spiraling thoughts every day, was that she spoke about it, and we don’t. But one thing still confuses me. One question lingers in the quiet of my office. Why? Why was she labeled "undiagnosable" by everyone else? Why did the experts at the Vance Laboratory—men with decades of experience—see only an empty file?
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