ANXIETY
Excessive Worrying (Rumination)
Excessive worry and repetitive negative thinking maintain anxiety and depression, and can be broken with the right techniques.
What is Excessive Worrying (Rumination)?
Rumination is a pattern of repetitive, unproductive thinking that circles the same problems without resolving them. It maintains depression and anxiety and interferes with sleep. CBT and mindfulness approaches directly address rumination.
Do you recognise this?
✓Thoughts going round and round without resolution
✓Worrying about the future, the past, or both
✓Difficulty 'switching off' the mind
✓Rumination that worsens at night
✓Mental fatigue from constant thinking
✓Others noticing you seem preoccupied
Effective treatments
These approaches are commonly recommended for Excessive Worrying (Rumination).
Frequently asked questions
Isn't thinking about problems useful?
Problem-solving is useful. Rumination is different: it is repetitive, passive and produces no solutions. Learning to tell the difference is a key therapy goal.
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