Rumination - AllPsych https://allpsych.com/tag/rumination/ The Virtual Psychology Classroom Thu, 31 Mar 2022 06:48:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://allpsych.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-AllPsych-Favicon-32x32.png Rumination - AllPsych https://allpsych.com/tag/rumination/ 32 32 Writing Therapy to Develop “Good” Rumination https://allpsych.com/writing-therapy-to-develop-good-rumination/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=writing-therapy-to-develop-good-rumination Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:33:09 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=2603 Repetitively turning over negative thoughts, or ruminating, is a behavior that has been explored as a target for therapy in conditions like depression. After all, it’s not hard to imagine that getting stuck in a cycle of replaying negative thoughts might harm mental health. So what’s the best way to stop ruminating on negative thoughts?…

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]]> Optimism, Brooding Rumination and Mental Time Travel in Everyday Life https://allpsych.com/optimism-brooding-rumination-and-mental-time-travel-in-everyday-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=optimism-brooding-rumination-and-mental-time-travel-in-everyday-life Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:26:03 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1690 We all engage in what psychologists call mental time travel. It’s not as futuristic as it sounds. Essentially, it’s just the ability to think about our past and future experiences. While we all engage in mental time travel, we don’t all do so the same amount, and we have different preferences as far as where…

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