#Rumination

[pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong]

me when I randomly remember a small mistake I made ten plus years ago

#american werewolf in london #American werewolf #80s horror #80s movies #anxiety #anxiety memes #moral ocd #intrusive thoughts #mental illness memes #relatable #memes #an american werewolf in london #john landis #david naughton #horror #horror movies #horror memes #real event ocd #rumination

[writtenbyevie]

made this to cope™️

#ocd #pure ocd #actually ocd #ocd rep #ocd memes #mental heath awareness #mental compulsions #rumination #ruminating thoughts #living with ocd #ocdproblems #ocd posting #erp #compulsion #evie cringe fail compilation

[notabled-noodle]

rumination is not problem-solving.

you are not going to fix anything at 2am.

you are not going to solve anything by worrying real hard about it.

have faith that you will be able to solve problems as they arise.

have faith that you will find the resources to solve problems properly when they actually come up, rather than telling yourself that if you just think hard enough the problem won’t happen at all.

#rumination #reassurance #anxiety #ocd

[free--therapy]

#intrusive thinking #intrusive thoughts #rumination #jumping conclusions #anxiety #overthinking #mental health #mental wellness #free therapy

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

#aestheticblog #overthinking #anxiety #rumination #perfectionism #selfdoubt #insecurities #selfcriticism #regrets #failures #guilt #shame #flashbacks #ptsd #trauma #obsessing #spiraling #negativity #pityparty #growthmindset #selflove

[ilovedirt]

Mind wanderer: I spend a lot of my mental time thinking aimlessly about my real life in a variety of ways, including creating simulations of real life scenarios involving other people, things in the real world, or projections into the past/future of my present reality

Day dreamer: I spend a lot of my mental time intentionally or aimlessly creating completely fictitious scenarios in my head about creatures, characters, places, and things that do not and/or can not exist in my present reality

Mindful thinker: I spend a lot of my mental time intentionally focusing on the real, present moment of my present existence and experience

Mental ruminator: I spend a lot of my mental time thinking about one thing obsessively, and this one thing may change from time to time to another thing I will think about obsessively, regardless of whether the thing is based in my present reality

#Poll #Daydream #Mindful #Oc #Rumination #Anxiety #Mindfulness #Mind wandering #Thinking #Fantasy #Sci-fi #Reality #Creating #World building #Meditation #Hyperfixation #Obsession #Spaced out #Etc #Please rb

[cheyj05]

Tips on stopping Ruminating

Recite a song, a poem or whatever in your head. It might be good to pick something that calms you down or that doesn't trigger the negative emotion you're ruminating with, but the only important part is that it breaks up the flow of your thoughts so they don't keep going. If you're focusing on trying to remember words, you're not focusing on the runaway train that is your thoughts. Try to pick one specific thing so whenever you realize you're ruminating, you can start reciting it instantly.

If that doesn't work, stop doing the action you are currently doing. Yes even if you're in bed, you probably weren't going to get a lot of sleep that night anyways. If you're showering, get out of the shower. Do something that requires you to focus, then you'll be focusing on that instead.

If you have somebody you can do that with, talk to someone about it. Just word vomit it all over them, it helps to get the thoughts out of your head and another person might provide clarity.

Remember these are your thoughts.

Rumination is different from intrusive thoughts. Intrusive thoughts is just a psychic evil gremlin whispering things that it knows will upset you specifically into your brain-ear. Rumination is like you're in your metaphorical car of thought and somebody cut the breaks so now the car can't fucking stop. Remember you can pull over the car before it runs out of gas or off a cliff.

#actuallyocd #rumination #intrusive thoughts #mental health #mental illness #mental illness advice

[allsadnshit]

not engaging with my obsessive thoughts or desire to ruminate when my ocd is triggered:

#ocd #real event ocd #rumination #erp

[cosmicjoke]

Everybody these days is so ready to be offended, to the point in which nobody is willing to entertain the possibility that someone being offensive might just be an innocent and unintended mistake on their part, rather than a deliberately malicious act or expression.

And really, I think that readiness to be offended is a product of wanting to be, because being a victim in today’s world actually wins you social status, wins you attention from your peers, and also serves as an excuse for one’s own bad behavior. You’re allowed greater leeway, given a wider berth and more of a pass for being shitty if you can convince everyone you’re a victim. You’re regarded as special, or of more worth, more deserving of acknowledgement and sympathy if you can claim to be a victim. Today’s culture has turned being a victim into a coveted social status, rather than what it really is, which is a tragedy.

Real victims rarely, if ever, want to talk about their victimhood, or their experiences of being victimized. It’s often a source of shame for them, undeserved as those feelings are. It’s traumatizing and painful. It’s humiliating and embarrassing.

This treatment of victimhood as some sort of sought after status or desirable rank, as some kind of special designation that can win you the admiration and praise of your peers, is incredibly damaging to real victims. It continually undermines their own experiences and trauma, to see others appropriating it for their use, as a means of bolstering their social standing, as a way to gain some reward.

Has any, true victim ever felt rewarded for being a victim? Have they ever bragged about being a victim? Have they ever felt the rush of greater acceptance and praise from their peers for being victimized? Have they ever felt a thrill at identifying themselves as a victim or as part of a marginalized group?

If you feel any of those things when talking about how much of a victim you are, maybe you need to step back and reassess your claims, and think about the ways in which you’re not only undercutting the experiences of real victims by using the status to bolster your own social standing, but also the ways in which you’re re-traumatizing real victims by treating the idea of victimhood like it’s some sort of contest to see who’s the most deserving of sympathy and adulation.

Maybe next time you take offense at something, before jumping down the throat of the person who’s offended you and accusing them of doing it on purpose, ask yourself if you’re really offended, or if you just want to be, because then you can claim to be a victim and win all the excellent prizes that being a victim in todays culture brings.

#thoughts #rumination #victimhood #social commentary #culture #victim culture

[unwelcome-ozian]

#rumination #feelings #emotions

[theemotionmachine]

Rumination vs. Savoring

Rumination = repetitious negative thinking

Savoring = repetitious positive thinking

Both share common mechanisms in the brain according to a new fMRI study published in Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience.

Interestingly, those who experienced more intense negative emotions during rumination also experienced more intense positive emotions during savoring.

Mental health isn't just about differences in the brain, but also how you choose to use it.

How will you use your brain today?

Source: "Subjective and neural reactivity during savoring and rumination" (2023)

#psychology #mental health #happiness #depression #rumination #savoring #thinking #memory #positive thinking #brain #neuroscience

[notabled-noodle]

normal vs disordered: obsessional thinking edition

normal: thinking a lot about a genuine problem in your life, and then no longer thinking about it as much once you’ve found a solution

not normal: thinking a lot about a problem that does not yet exist, or keeping on thinking about a problem once you’ve found several solutions (because you need to find the perfect answer)

normal: being able to notice when you’re overthinking, and then directing your thoughts elsewhere

not normal: feeling as though your thoughts are outside of your control and like you just can’t stop thinking about a certain thing

normal: having the occasional sleepless night, particularly when stressed

not normal: taking over an hour to get to sleep each night because you just can’t turn your brain off

normal: being trapped in your own head a lot when your life is busy or stressful

not normal: not being able to escape your thoughts most of the time, regardless of what else is going on in your life

normal: you have the occasional thought that makes you feel uneasy or nervous

not normal: you keep having the same thought over and over again, and it keeps making you anxious/nervous

obsessional thinking and/or overthinking are common in all people when we’re under a great deal of stress or pressure. it only becomes a problem when it’s chronic, and causes you distress. try your best to seek help if you need it — it’s possible to live a life without this obsessive thinking!

#normal vs disordered #overthinking #obsessional thinking #anxiety #ocd #rumination

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

#mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #intrusivethoughts #innerdemons #overthinking #rumination #escapism #avoidance #distraction #numb #trauma #ptsd #therapy #healing #recovery #selfcare #letgo #breathe #mindfulness

[bl0w-m3]

I can’t get it out of my head

I can’t get it out of my head

I can’t get it out of my head

I can’t get it out of my head

I can’t get it out of myhead

I cannot get it out of my head.

Get out of my head

#ocd #obsessive compulsive spectrum #obsessive compulsive behavior #obsessive compulsive disorder #mental health #mental illness #ruminations #rumination

[poisonedm1nd]

The shame and compulsive internal self-flaggelation that follows social interaction is off-putting.

#actually cptsd #actuallymentallyill #bpd problems #cptsd vent #touch aversion #rumination #actually ocd #moral ocd #compulsion #guilt complex #actually autistic #cptsd problems #systemtag #actuallybipolar #poisonedmind

[pink-elefantz]

when u get caught on a regret loop try being like ok what now. i compulsively say im sorry like a hundred times a day to an empty room and i gotta catch myself on 1 of them and be like im sorry. what now. the light is hitting the building outside. peppermint oil smells good. this is a good song. this makes me happy. the trees are glittering around in the wind. here are some things we can do today. what happened happened and it is over and if its something that actually matters and needs to be fixed i will do what i can to fix it and if it's unfixable i will do better going forward and put better things out into the world. that is all a human being can ever do. what now

#ocd #rumination #real event ocd #tips #recovery