Narcissism Glossary
chewing the same thoughts and scenes on repeat
🔁 Rumination is the cognitive pattern of chewing over finished events, conversations, and wounds — their causes, their meanings — unable to stop the negative thoughts long past usefulness, alone.
No amount of rethinking produces the answer; it only drains you further.
No amount of rethinking produces the answer; it only drains you further.
Often seen in situations like these
Whether different words would have changed things gets retraced all night. One sentence of theirs spawns a dozen readings, and the workday dissolves.
When this happens, try this
💡 When the thoughts circle, move your body lightly and redirect — rather than blaming yourself. It's fine to jot 'these are just passing thoughts' in a notebook and close it for a while.