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DEALING WITH RUMINATION

  I was badly triggered in a work group , the ridicule and insinuation was traumatizing, my brain captured the incidence and kept replaying it over and over again to a point I couldn't sleep and even lost appetite.  I couldn't seem to get the incidence or what they said out of  my head even when I didn't want to  remember it. It was so intrusive and controlling, the more I remembered the incidence the angrier I became , I knew I was hurting deeply but couldn't get rid of the incidence off my head , that's an example of what RUMINATION IS ALL ABOUT. RUMINATION is persistent and repetitive thinking or dwelling on  negative thoughts or incidences and the distress , the causes and the consequences over and over again spanning days and weeks . Its like playing a particular music and its on repeat for hours and days, what do you think happens to your mind during this period? Your guess is as good as mine , so if its an inspirational song it will lift your mood and energiz