Posted on Oct 31, 2021
Rumination: Why Do People Obsess Over Things?
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From the article: Have you ever been stressed all day because you can’t stop thinking of something unfair that happened that morning? Or the previous week? This human tendency to obsess, trying to work things out in one's mind, is common.
If you're like most people, you've had the experience of obsessing over something stressful that happened in your day. It may have been something someone said that hit you in the gut, it may have been a situation where you wish you had the perfect comeback, or it may be a problem that replays itself in your mind over and over with no acceptable solution in sight.
When these thoughts turn more negative and brooding, that's known as rumination.
Rumination is as stressful as it is common, in that it takes a situation that has already caused stress and magnifies the stress and the importance of the situation in our minds.
(read the article to find out how to stop the process)
If you're like most people, you've had the experience of obsessing over something stressful that happened in your day. It may have been something someone said that hit you in the gut, it may have been a situation where you wish you had the perfect comeback, or it may be a problem that replays itself in your mind over and over with no acceptable solution in sight.
When these thoughts turn more negative and brooding, that's known as rumination.
Rumination is as stressful as it is common, in that it takes a situation that has already caused stress and magnifies the stress and the importance of the situation in our minds.
(read the article to find out how to stop the process)
Rumination: Why Do People Obsess Over Things?
Posted from verywellmind.com
Mental Health
Wellness
Counseling
Posted 3 y ago
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When we are younger, it seems like we are one of the few, and as we grow older, we come to realize that we are just one of the many and we can come to realize that problems aren't so big as they seem sometimes.... Thanks for the share..
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I normally run things through my mind when I'm trying to sleep, not great for the following day at work Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
That's true of a lot of people SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth It takes practice to learn to let go of things especially at bedtime.
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