Post-event rumination is associated with social anxiety disorder, a condition that affects around 7.1% of U.S. adults. Yet while post-event rumination can be an expression of social anxiety, not ...

Rumination has two components: one, endless thoughts, most often negative and limiting; and two, the frequency of the thought in terms of repetition.

Ruminating thoughts are excessive or repetitive thoughts about negative experiences. People can use various strategies to help stop rumination, such as distraction, mindfulness, and therapy.

Ruminating about being lonely, as opposed to being lonely, is linked to depression, found a new study. The findings were published in Nature Mental Health and have implications for treating depression ...

Past studies have identified a loneliness-rumination-depression nexus. Rumination is defined as repetitive and intrusive negative thoughts and feelings, and loneliness as a gap between desired and ...

Rumination disorder, or rumination syndrome, is a condition in which someone regularly regurgitates their food after eating it. The food is re-chewed and then either re-swallowed or spat out.

Worry and rumination could take many forms for the study participants, who were 65-89. We know from prior research that older adults worry about the future and ruminate about past events. Topics of ...

Moreover, just actively thinking about what to do doesn’t cause the midnight spiral; constantly stewing in bruised thoughts and getting trapped in a rut is what’s called rumination.

A recent study looks at the effects of metacognitive therapy in patients recovering from a cardiac event, finding it reduces rumination and adverse effects.

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.