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About Loopless Mind

Loopless Mind is an independent educational website about overthinking and the everyday situations where it shows up: replaying conversations, getting stuck on decisions, lying awake with racing thoughts, carrying work home and feeling mentally overloaded. The guides offer practical, research-informed techniques in plain language, from journaling formats to small calm habits you can use in a spare minute.

The site is available in English, French, German, Spanish and Arabic, so that people can read about these experiences in the language they think in.

Who publishes this site

Loopless Mind is published by an independent developer. There is no company, editorial board or team of experts behind the name, and we do not claim medical or psychological credentials. The publisher chooses the topics, oversees every article and is responsible for what appears on the site.

Our relationship to unLooper

The publisher is also the developer of unLooper: Calm Overthinking, a self-reflection app for iPhone and iPad. We want this to be completely clear, because it shapes how you should read the site. unLooper is the publisher's own product, and it is mentioned in articles where one of its features is genuinely relevant to the topic, usually in a short, clearly headed section near the end.

A few principles guide those mentions:

• Every guide is written to be useful on its own. You can follow all of the techniques with a pen and paper.

• We describe only features the app actually has, and we never present it as therapy or treatment.

• We do not publish ratings, reviews or user numbers for the app.

• No other company pays to be mentioned or featured on Loopless Mind.

Why this site exists

A lot of advice about overthinking is either vague ("just stop worrying") or wrapped in hype. Meanwhile, there is a useful body of research on rumination, worry, decision-making, sleep and recovery from work, along with clear guidance from public-health organizations. Our aim is to turn that material into short, honest guides with concrete steps, illustrative examples and a fair account of what the evidence does and does not show.

What this site is not

• Not medical advice. The guides are educational. They cannot diagnose or treat any condition, and they do not replace a doctor, psychologist or other licensed professional.

• Not a crisis service. If you are in distress or thinking about harming yourself, contact emergency services or a crisis line. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, call Samaritans on 116 123.

• Not a place for testimonials. Scenarios in our articles are illustrative examples, labelled as such, not stories from real users.

• Not a community or account-based service. There are no comments, sign-ups or user profiles on the site.

How the guides are made

Topics are chosen from what people actually search for and struggle with. Articles draw on peer-reviewed research and public-health sources, and AI writing tools assist with drafting and translation, with the publisher responsible for checking and approving the final text. The full process, including how corrections are handled, is described in our Editorial Standards.

Get in touch

If you spot an error, have feedback on a guide or want to suggest a topic, we would be glad to hear from you. You can find the email address and what to include on the Contact page.