Being Well Podcast: Rumination: How to Disrupt Obsessive Thoughts

18 Apr Being Well Podcast: Rumination: How to Disrupt Obsessive Thoughts

Posted at 13:31h in Anxiety and Fear Podcast, Depression and Sadness Podcast, Podcasts by

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0:00: Introduction

2:25: How do we define rumination?

7:45: What do we get out of rumination?

13:30: Distinguishing rumination from grieving

16:30: Where rumination comes from in people

18:40: The default mode network

22:30: Ways to disengage the default mode network 

25:50: Strange attractors, Krishna, and the Gopis

30:35: Thought acceptance and noting

33:15: Recurring themes of your rumination

37:10: Novelty

38:45: Self-constructing invites rumination, self-acceptance undermines it

47:05: A quick walkthrough for dealing with a negative thought

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