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...
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...
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...
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...
