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 ...

Rumination is when you mentally replay events. It's often mixed with worry. Sometimes it can feel more anxiety-related and sometimes more depressive. You might feel worked up, defeated, lonely, or ...

The phrase “chew the cud” means to further chew partly digested food — but many of us use it to mean something rather more abstract. The scientific word for this is rumination: A process of breaking ...

“I can’t do this right,” says my patient Carla. “I know I’m going to fail. I can never do anything right.” The most innocent wish—to walk in the park, to meet a friend for lunch, to meditate— would ...

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Rumination disorder is a feeding and eating disorder in which a person -- usually an infant or young child -- brings back up and re-chews partially digested food that has already been swallowed. In ...