Welcome to Overthink Tank
For the ones who’ve been told they’re “too much.”
Hi, I’m Chelsey Flood. I’m a writer who struggled for a long time until getting sober in my thirties and then getting diagnosed as Au-DHD.
This space is for people who think and feel too much.Who’ve been told to let it go or stop analysing everything or not to take it so seriously more times than they can count.
Maybe you've tried.Maybe you’ve spent years trying to tame your thoughts, numb your emotions, or quiet the part of you that knows too much and notices all the things you’re not supposed to.
So this is a reclamation.Of depth. Of sensitivity. Of asking too many questions and craving more than surface-level answers.
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Sorry, what is Overthink Tank?
It’s a weekly letter that invites you to think through some of the questions you have about your life and how you want to live it.
Sometimes it’s poetic. Sometimes it’s raw. Sometimes it’s even funny!
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What it is not:
A place for productivity hacks or irrational positivity
Advice from someone who’s got it all worked out
A newsletter that pretends to be objective when it’s deeply subjective
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Why “Overthink Tank”?
Because I want to reclaim overthinking.We’ve been told for too long that our deep thoughts, vivid emotions, and endless curiosity are wrong.That we’re mad. Oversensitive. Intense.
But overthinking isn’t always a weakness. It can be awareness. And care. It can become insight.
And perhaps in writing, in community, in shared language - it can become something else entirely:
Power.Solidarity.Maybe even joy!
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If this resonates, I’d love you to stay.
Read the letters. Forward them to someone who gets it.
Write back if you feel like it.
You don’t have to explain yourself here.
You don’t have to shrink.
You don’t have to be less.
Because sometimes you’re really not overthinking. Other people just aren’t thinking enough.
And other times, you’re just thinking through things no one else is brave enough to stay with.
Welcome to the tank. It’s not a place for warfare, more like a sanctuary.
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About me
I’m an award-winning novelist, senior lecturer in Creative Writing at UWE and full-time uncertain person. I say, ‘I don’t know’ a lot.
Here’s a rave review of my first book, Infinite Sky, in the Guardian, in case that impresses you. (I have to admit, it still impresses me.)
I’m currently working on a memoir/guidebook about getting sober and discovering I’m neurodiverse AF - Beautiful Hangover: how late autism/ADHD diagnoses helped me make peace with a drunken past, as well as a new novel about motherhood, friendship and psychopathy.
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I currently do this alongside a full-time job and so bear with me if I fall behind. If you get something from my writing please consider going paid or share with others who might like it. <3
Thanks for reading, and please talk to me in the comments!
Chelsey x
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