Let me tell you about two ladders. The first ladder has one rung. Just one. Take that single step, and you’re done — you’re at the top. Fixed. Changed. Finished. That’s the ladder everybody wants. Of course it is. It’s fast. It’s simple. One step....
It’s 2:47 a.m. You’ve replayed the conversation eleven times. You’ve drafted three versions of the text you’re not going to send. You’ve imagined every possible outcome of tomorrow’s meeting, including the one where the building catches fire and you have to use the stairs. You...
Rumination involves obsessively thinking about negative experiences and feelings. Some people replay events that occurred in the past, while others worry about situations that could potentially occur in the future. Rumination tends to have a snowball effect—certain mental health conditions (including generalized anxiety disorder and...