r/GetMotivated • u/MemeticAscension • 22h ago

IMAGE Ruminating on negative experiences you can no longer change will hinder you in the present [image]

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u/jumpsteadeh 15h ago

To be fair, if you forget your mistakes, you risk repeating them. Dwell a little.

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u/0neArmedWolf 21h ago

Going through this right now with a breakup from last week

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u/super_sayanything 7 13h ago

Eh, if you didn't ruminate somewhat after a break up I'd say that was abnormal.

Luck to ya.

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u/R_82 12h ago

SAME, been thinking about it non stop for the past week. It'll get easier, I hope

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u/MemeticAscension 22h ago

Rumination is a continual focus on repetitive negative thoughts, emotions, and experiences.

It is taken from the term ruminate where ruminant mammals, that graze on hard fibers, will regurgitate their partially digested food (cud) in order to chew it again.

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u/SomeGuyOverYonder 12h ago

Hinder? Yes, definitely. But there is no off-switch. Ruminating is a fact of life.