@kayleebullen: Learning to acknowledge and minimize rumination is, in my opinion, one of the greatest skills we can learn to do. Here’s a little bit about rumination in 2 minutes. ✨ If you are located in California or Michigan and looking for a anxiety/OCD therapist, please complete a contact form via my website in the link in my bio. Disclaimer: my account is for educational and entertainment purposes only and should never be used as a replacement for therapy. #anxiety #anxietytherapist #michigantherapiat #overthinking #rumination
A helpful phrase for me to tell myself is, “There is nothing to respond to.”
2026-09-01 20:13:31
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Theresa Plantern :
What about when it seeps in when you’re unconscious. It’s so bad sometimes it haunts me in my sleep and wakes me up by getting my brain active. I usually can’t fall back asleep after
2026-09-01 16:33:44
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user1306861248661 :
More rumination content pleasssseeee 😅
2026-09-02 01:52:59
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kirsten_not.kristen :
I did cognitive behavioral therapy, learned these tools and use them consistently since. I’m proud of how good I am at redirecting now.
2026-09-02 03:12:49
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💋kissieface💋 :
How would you stop the doom feeling in your gut turning everything you think about into scary thoughts
2026-09-01 17:10:06
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lulululululululululu33 :
Literally watched this two hours ago and needed it and was so grateful I saved this thank you 🙏🏼
2026-09-02 00:40:20
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TysonT89 :
“The feeling like I’ve left business undone” is the worst and catapultes me into spirals, especially when I feel the urge to “confess” something due to my relationship OCD or moral scrupulosity OCD.
2026-09-01 15:27:03
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Marie :
Ugh thank you! 😊
2026-09-02 02:17:11
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these things :
Literally meeeee and it’s so annoying cause I clock it and try to redirect and still it comes million times a day
2026-09-01 19:31:47
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Kim Bagley Corwin :
I just tell myself, "I can't think about that right now… I'll think about it tomorrow." Scarlett O’Hara
2026-09-02 01:09:23
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meana :
It’s because I’m mostly right of the things I worry about and I like to be prepared. And that really makes it hard to stop
2026-09-02 01:16:56
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Cloud9Amy 🇵🇸🇵🇷😺🐕🦺 :
I do this 24/7
2026-09-01 20:11:34
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user8862501031666 :
How do you recommend redirecting your focus when rumination occurs at bedtime? I haven’t found a way to trick my brain into focusing on sleep
2026-09-02 00:59:26
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Max :
Thank u
2026-09-01 19:41:33
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❣️JJ❣️ :
Thank you for making this easy to understand lol
2026-09-01 19:26:43
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collarpopkiss :
Is talking in circles during a conflict with a partner rumination if you feel like you need to keep going back to the same issue(s)?
2026-09-01 19:08:04
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brunepokdh9 :
I suffer from deep anger ruminations as well which means 0-100 anger immediately, any tips to tackle that?
2026-09-01 21:39:33
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MegandJCCJ :
Learning how to put a halt to rumination changed my life. I thought for so many years I had to give every thought its moment and try to solve whatever it was, and when I realized (through therapy) I wasn’t….game changer.
2026-09-01 15:59:06
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occasionallyamanda :
Love the way you explained this! I wish you were in AZ!
2026-09-01 17:09:06
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Whitney Mae :
So can you help me understand the difference between, like you shared, focusing on something else and needing to sit with the uncertainty of the discomfort and thought (like riding the wave). Some research about OCD therapy says in order to overcome ruminations you might have to sit with that uncertainty and ride it out instead of avoiding or redirecting because then it will just come back bigger and louder. I guess how would you determine when to use these two approaches or are you saying to kind of combine the two with accepting the uncertainty of the thought and then redirecting your attention without problem solving. Sorry very wordy!
2026-09-01 21:11:49
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The Laurapist :
Thank you so much for sharing! Do you have any recommendations for books/resources that dive deeper into this topic? I’m a newly licensed counselor and would love to study this more!
2026-09-01 20:58:42
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User :
Do you recommend DBT for us? Talk therapy doesn’t help
2026-09-01 20:13:39
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The Therapy Mom :
Great therapeutic questions and explanations that are so applicable
2026-09-01 20:50:46
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toniaconger :
Love your artwork. Source?
2026-09-01 18:50:07
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