by Northwestern University Co-corresponding author Donnisa Edmonds. Credit: Northwestern University We’ve all been there. Moments after leaving a party, your brain is suddenly filled with intrusive thoughts about what others were thinking. “Did they think I talked too much?” “Did my joke offend them?” “Were they having a good time?” In a new Northwestern Medicine study,...
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‘How can I stop overthinking everything?’ A clinical psychologist offers solutions
by Kirsty Ross, The Conversation Credit: EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA from PexelsAs a clinical psychologist, I often have clients say they are having trouble with thoughts “on a loop” in their head, which they find difficult to manage. While rumination and overthinking are often considered the same thing, they are slightly different (though linked). Rumination is having...
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‘How can I stop overthinking everything?’ A clinical psychologist offers solutions
by Kirsty Ross, The Conversation Credit: EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA from PexelsAs a clinical psychologist, I often have clients say they are having trouble with thoughts “on a loop” in their head, which they find difficult to manage. While rumination and overthinking are often considered the same thing, they are slightly different (though linked). Rumination is having thoughts...
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Functional MRI study finds correlated shifts in brain connectivity associated with overthinking in adolescents
by Ohio State University Medical Center Credit: EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA from Pexels A new study from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine, University of Utah and University of Exeter (UK) substantiates previous groundbreaking research that rumination (overthinking) can be reduced through an intervention called rumination-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (RF-CBT). In addition, the...
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How To Stop Overthinking Everything, According To Therapists
Rumination — aka thinking about something in endless circles — is exhausting *and* makes you more susceptible to depression and anxiety. The last time you saw your grandma before she died. That work presentation last month. Yesterday’s argument with your SO. Your performance eval next quarter. That damn toast you agreed to give at the...