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Rumination is when your brain gets stuck on a thought and refuses to let it go.

You replay the same worry… the same mistake… the same fear… over and over again. Sometimes for hours. Sometimes for entire days.

And the frustrating part?

Trying to force yourself to stop thinking about it usually makes it worse.

In this episode, I explain a counterintuitive way to break rumination using a principle called limited cognitive capacity — and three variables that determine whether distraction actually works.

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I know what it is to feel hopelessly stuck and worthless to the world in general. I also know what it is to live without those feelings. I’m both a Clinical Psychology specializing in treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, and a human who has spent more than a decade managing sever depression and anxiety.

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