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“Overthinking” is often reported as being a bad habit and is frequently used interchangeably with rumination. But overthinking isn’t necessarily bad and rumination is just one type of overthinking.
Overthinking is an umbrella term for lots of different thought processes – beneficial things like emotional processing, problem solving, mind wandering and then not-so-beneficial things like rumination and worry. This video includes some tips (starting at 3:26) for how to stop rumination or just overthinking in general – I overthink a lot and while it’s not ruminating and may have some problem-solving benefits, I still find it limits my focus.
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Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator
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REFERENCES đź“š
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1890582
FURTHER READING đź‘€
psychologicalscience.org/observer/reflecting-on-a-legend-in-the-study-of-rumination
thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-24/edition-1/new-voices-problem-rumination
SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft for more brain hacks, health tips and stories and psychology (and ring that bell!) 👉 ow.ly/rt5IE
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“Overthinking” is often reported as being a bad habit and is frequently used interchangeably with rumination. But overthinking isn’t necessarily bad and rumination is just one type of overthinking.
Overthinking is an umbrella term for lots of different thought processes – beneficial things like emotional processing, problem solving, mind wandering and then not-so-beneficial things like rumination and worry. This video includes some tips (starting at 3:26) for how to stop rumination or just overthinking in general – I overthink a lot and while it’s not ruminating and may have some problem-solving benefits, I still find it limits my focus.
My Twitter twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram instagram.com/nessyhill
Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator
And footage was provided by Bigstock: bit.ly/bigstock-videofreetrial
REFERENCES đź“š
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1890582
FURTHER READING đź‘€
psychologicalscience.org/observer/reflecting-on-a-legend-in-the-study-of-rumination
thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-24/edition-1/new-voices-problem-rumination
