Ruminating is when the same thoughts are going around and around in your mind. Common examples are mentally replaying a mistake or an angry conversation. If you're ruminating, you need to notice and ...

The psychology of replaying arguments highlights a delicate balance between reflection and rumination. While reviewing past ...

Cowritten by Arasteh Gatchpazian and Tchiki Davis. Rumination is often defined as a repetitive thought cycle focusing on causes, consequences, and symptoms of one’s current negative state. For example ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Have you ever noticed how your mind can’t stop replaying an ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juanmonino / Getty Images/iStockphoto It happened again: you got home late and started venting to your partner about your boss ...

Rumination can haunt your bedtime and take you to even darker places. Here’s how you can avoid the midnight negative thought spirals. Picture this: You are trying to sleep peacefully at night. Your ...

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 ...