It happened again: you got home late and started venting to your partner about your boss pulling you into a meeting just as you were about to leave. Then it’s your partner’s turn to complain about ...

It happened again: you got home late and started venting to your partner about your boss pulling you into a meeting just as you were about to leave. Then it’s your partner’s turn to complain about ...

Ruminating is when the same thoughts are going around and around in your mind. Common examples are mentally replaying a mistake or an angry conversation. If you're ruminating, you need to notice and ...

Have you ever been caught in a mind spiral? It could be a spiral of memories, angry rumination, anxiety, or regret. Often, we get caught up in spaces like this when we haven't been able to fully ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Harrison Monarth is an executive coach who covers leadership. Does your mind often return to an unpleasant or stressful event?

I first heard the term 'rumination' in therapy in 2019. I (rightly) had a suspicion I was struggling with OCD and found myself, seemingly out of nowhere, unable to stop thinking the same terrible, ...

Fight or flight is the theory that states when we feel threatened we fight in the situation or flee. In prehistoric times, fight or flight was a survival mechanism and only those who were finely tuned ...

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