Posted by ronaldo on November 1, 2006, at 5:45:57
In reply to Rumination ..........., posted by snapper on November 1, 2006, at 2:57:42
> with or with out meds ...why is painful thinking and rumination such a horrible part of depressive illnesses. ? Is it because we wish for the days when things at least seemed better!!
> SnapperRUMINATION 1. The act of pondering; meditation.
Above is for my own benefit - stops me from wandering too far away from the point.
Hi Snapper,
The remedy for rumination is getting out of the house/flat and doing something. Rumination strikes when we are doing nothing. Rumination is circular thinking which ends at the point at which it begun. As such it is self-destructive.
....Alan
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