Even with that wisdom, the next month was hellish, as that conversation in the bar, like so many conversations Matt and I had shared, induced rumination, playing over and over in my mind.
For example, Arbuthnott and colleagues [ 41] repeatedly induced rumination in a sample of undergraduate students using an online task; many of the participants had a history of NSSI.
Many PhD students find this very difficult, as long periods of isolated study (or paralysed procrastination) can induce obsessive rumination.
After having watched the video, N = 101 healthy participants were randomly assigned to a guided thinking task designed to induce (a) rumination, (b) memory integration and (c) distraction.
The hypnotic rings and their enhanced ripples induce a quiet, hypnotic state prompting celestial ruminations about nature, space, and time.
Similarly, in an analogue study of post-traumatic stress symptoms, undergraduates watched a distressing film showing the aftermath of motor vehicle accidents, known to induce negative affect and intrusions, and were then randomly allocated to abstract rumination, concrete rumination, or distraction (Ehring, Szeimies & Schaffrick, 2009).
The cause of rumination syndrome is unknown.
First, depression induces cognitive changes that focus and enhance capacities for the accurate analysis and solution of key social problems, suggesting a social rumination function.
Anxiety is an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, somatic complaints and rumination [ 2], when anxiety becomes excessive, it may be considered as an anxiety disorder, and can critically decrease the quality of life inducing several psychosomatic diseases.
Why Now? "Houston, we have a problem". Rumination: Why Devise?
