The phrase “chew the cud” means to further chew partly digested food — but many of us use it to mean something rather more abstract. The scientific word for this is rumination: A process of breaking ...

Stuck in a mental loop of worries and problems that seem to have no end? Here’s what you can do. By Hannah Seo Perhaps you spend hours replaying a tense conversation you had with your boss over and ...

Rumination is a type of obsessive thinking that’s common across many types of OCD. If excessive rumination is starting to add stress to your life, therapy can help you learn to break the cycle. Have ...

I did something rather unusual last weekend whilst driving to the gym. I noticed that I hadn’t listened to a word of the podcast playing in my car, so I decided to turn it off and let my mind ruminate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever thought back on an experience again and again, for years after it happened and potentially years to come? It could ...

Job rejections, particularly from automated systems, can cause significant distress. This lack of feedback leads to ...