Rumination is a maladaptive style of regulating thoughts and emotions. It is a common symptom of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and more severe rumination is associated with poorer medication and ...

Rumination is a type of obsessive thinking that’s common across many types of OCD. If excessive rumination is starting to add stress to your life, therapy can help you learn to break the cycle. Have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever thought back on an experience again and again, for years after it happened and potentially years to come? It could ...

If you’ve ever spent late-night hours running through your day and second-guessing your actions, you’re not alone. Maybe you replay all your interactions at work, and you find yourself wondering, “Why ...

Socrates was onto something when he said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." But the overly examined life isn't so great, either. In fact, many people, particularly women, have a bad habit ...

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 ...

Stuck in a mental loop of worries and problems that seem to have no end? Here’s what you can do. By Hannah Seo Perhaps you spend hours replaying a tense conversation you had with your boss over and ...

Rumination is a core transdiagnostic factor underlying mental health, traditionally conceptualized as a maladaptive intrapersonal habit. However, rumination is deeply embedded in people’s ...

Rumination — repetitive and obsessive thoughts — are widely considered by the field of psychology to be pathological, associated with neuroticism and anxiety. However, in a lecture on Wednesday, Sept.

Did I do anything embarrassing? Why did I say that? Why did I do that? This has been my typical mental monologue after leaving a social catchup or event over the last few years. In the past, my social ...

Following a breakup, it is natural to do a postmortem on the relationship. Examining what worked and what didn't can even be healthy. But when your reflecting starts negatively affecting how you spend ...