What does it mean to "over-analyze" or "think too much?"?

What does it mean to "over-analyze" or "think too much?"?
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I think some people make too much out of something that need not be. It’s like the saying of making a mountain out of a mole hill. You don’t have to “dumb down”...just ease up a little & keep things as they are, not what you think they should be.
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