Rumination. This is one of my biggest challenges and one which consumes most of my day, much of the time feeling very automatic. How do I go about stopping this? This has been going on for so long now that it’s like I don’t know how else to think. If I’m not thinking about my theme then it’s like I don’t know what else to think about. Trying to think about anything else seems like I’m either pushing away my thoughts, distracting myself or that I’m just delaying the inevitability of these doubts coming back and the cycle continuing. Any advice?

Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?

What's a piece of advice you give when someone has constantly intrusive thoughts and ruminations that won't stop? Interested to see what you tell others.....more on this when I see some replies!!!

My biggest is ruminating, i talk and talk and over share with myself and others Like what are some exposures?