It happened again: you got home late and started venting to your partner about your boss pulling you into a meeting just as you were about to leave. Then it’s your partner’s turn to complain about ...
Co-authored by Nina Bakoyiannis, Ph.D., and Amy Vigliotti, Ph.D. What is rumination? Whether it is worrying about the uncertainty of the future, fretting about an upcoming decision, or fixating on a ...
Ruminating is when the same thoughts are going around and around in your mind. Common examples are mentally replaying a mistake or an angry conversation. If you're ruminating, you need to notice and ...
It happened again: you got home late and started venting to your partner about your boss pulling you into a meeting just as you were about to leave. Then it’s your partner’s turn to complain about ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aytekin Tank is the founder and CEO of Jotform. You’ve probably heard of Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiment. Dr. Pavlov ...
I first heard the term 'rumination' in therapy in 2019. I (rightly) had a suspicion I was struggling with OCD and found myself, seemingly out of nowhere, unable to stop thinking the same terrible, ...
The phrase “chew the cud” means to further chew partly digested food — but many of us use it to mean something rather more abstract. The scientific word for this is rumination: A process of breaking ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...