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Why is the volume of rumination so loud some days while others not so much?

Date posted: 42w ago

I know how you feel, when anxiety is high rumination feels so high too. I always feel like when my brain tells me something is dirty or contaminated I feel it is then I get a really uncomfortable feeling everywhere.

Anonymous

Date posted: 42w ago

I completely understand how you're feeling, sometimes I will just wake up with an anxious feeling and I know it will be high ruminating day.

Stein

Date posted: 42w ago

@Anonymous Yes! It’s like the thoughts are making up for lost time during sleep.

JediMJ

Date posted: 42w ago

That’s a great question! Stay curious and figure it out. That’s what I’ve been doing. It’s definitely worse for me at night. If my mood has been kind of low, I’m more susceptible. If I haven’t gotten enough sleep. Certain things trigger me…I’m figuring them out. That has been really helpful…to know what brought on the rumination.

Stein

Date posted: 42w ago

@JediMJ I struggle to identify my triggers, definitely important work

JediMJ

Date posted: 42w ago

@Stein Yes, me too! My rumination was so automatic I didn’t think there were triggers. But I stop myself now, in the middle of my rumination*, and ask—How did you get here? What happened? What were you feeling? And if I can identify it and accept the uncertainty and allow myself to feel the sadness or loneliness or whatever, then I can refocus/practice grounding techniques and move on. *Well, not always. Sometimes I’m just so distressed that I’m stuck. But, I’m working on it.

JediMJ

Date posted: 42w ago

I’ve been tracking my feelings on this free app, to help me figure things out. It’s been an interesting experiment. You might check it out… https://howwefeel.org/ Hoping things get easier for all of us. 🙂

Book lover❤️

Date posted: 16w ago

Does anyone deal with this?

Does anyone like go through waves. Your mind is super silent maybe a couple of thoughts but you are able to brush it off? But then out of nowhere your mind just starts rushing with every thought? If so, how do you cope with this? It drains me.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 11w ago

The Morning Anxiety

I always wake up full of dread and fear. My anxiety is through the roof two seconds after I open my eyes. Someone on this app gave me a similar insight once I believe. But I think anxiety is just the urge to ruminate. About what? It probably doesn’t matter, as long as I can torture myself, as OCD loves. Does anyone else relate to this or agree maybe?

Mika05

Date posted: 10w ago

Ocd pattern

Sometimes I notice my intrusive thoughts cause me to spiral and sometimes not. I've been practicing ERP for quite a while so it's a bit easier for me to not spiral. But I wonder why that happens. Does anyone else have it? Also I'm on medication idk if that plays a role.

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