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Mental Health Support

jpak

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Reply to XanaDUer2 (Original post)

Mon Jun 21, 2021, 01:39 PM

Jun 2021

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does anyone here ruminate? [View all] XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 OP

Go thru spells..not very often, but yes I do sometimes PortTack Jun 2021 #1

thanks for sharing XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #2

I have KT2000 Jun 2021 #3

Yup jpak Jun 2021 #4

😹 I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #33

Yep. JackSabbath Jun 2021 #5

Interesting take XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #6

Sure, I do it often. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #7

it's the word my shrink uses XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #11

Okay. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #16

Pls see #21 SheltieLover Jun 2021 #22

In mental health, ruminating means going over & over & over SheltieLover Jun 2021 #21

Thanks! Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #29

Yw SheltieLover Jun 2021 #30

Constantly. I gave up trying to control it years ago, trying and failing was worse. Runningdawg Jun 2021 #8

Had a therapist years ago tell me multigraincracker Jun 2021 #9

Thanks XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #10

oh heck yeah... samnsara Jun 2021 #12

If I may ask XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #13

my mental to-do-list is the voice of the devil. mopinko Jun 2021 #14

Thanks for sharing XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #15

sometimes it's my kids. mopinko Jun 2021 #17

Two ruminators: 3 yr old Deerie and 2 wk old fawn, JoJo. Karadeniz Jun 2021 #18

Thought it was something a cow does. Sneederbunk Jun 2021 #19

As I posted upthread XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #20

Your therapist is using the correct term SheltieLover Jun 2021 #23

he's a good therapist! XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #24

It means to go over & over & over SheltieLover Jun 2021 #25

thanks XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #26

Lololol SheltieLover Jun 2021 #27

Here is Dr. Kristin Neff's website on self-compassion (benchmark) SheltieLover Jun 2021 #28

This came to my mind. Perseverate or Ruminate? littlemissmartypants Jun 2021 #31

Thank you for your informative, thoughtful post nt XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #32