Rumination is a type of obsessive thinking that’s common across many types of OCD. If excessive rumination is starting to add stress to your life, therapy can help you learn to break the cycle. Have ...

Day four of the Matthew Schleier trial continued Friday with testimony from a neuropsychology expert who walked through Schleier’s mental health history and how ...

Stuck in a mental loop of worries and problems that seem to have no end? Here’s what you can do. By Hannah Seo Perhaps you spend hours replaying a tense conversation you had with your boss over and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juanmonino / Getty Images/iStockphoto It happened again: you got home late and started venting to your partner about your boss ...

Who do you turn to when you’re going through a challenge or difficult time? What do your conversations sound like? Do you know what you actually find helpful? And can you spot the difference between ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aytekin Tank is the founder and CEO of Jotform. You’ve probably heard of Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiment. Dr. Pavlov ...

Following a breakup, it is natural to do a postmortem on the relationship. Examining what worked and what didn't can even be healthy. But when your reflecting starts negatively affecting how you spend ...

Did I do anything embarrassing? Why did I say that? Why did I do that? This has been my typical mental monologue after leaving a social catchup or event over the last few years. In the past, my social ...