rumination...

[Caty]

i've heard you all talk about them and i'm just curious if i do it, can someone describe what a rumination is??

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

Mental Rumination- contemplation or reflection, which may become persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.

My definition- Bringing up things that are in the past, worrying about things that in reality are not really a concern.

It is also a cow (and a few other animals) that chews grass (cud), swallows it, then brings it back up in its mouth and chews it again.

 

[Jayangel81]

It is also a cow

Get out of town, really?

 

[keryakos]

Soldier got it right Caty except for the cow ...though cows do the same thing with their food .

 

[Caty]

see i dont know if mine is a rumination or a complusion, cause ill get anxious and ill start running through my thoughts ( that i fear ill have) and trying to say the opp. of them, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

 

[keryakos]

see i dont know if mine is a rumination or a complusion, cause ill get anxious and ill start running through my thoughts ( that i fear ill have) and trying to say the opp. of them, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

a compulsion is something you feel the urge to do and if you dont do it causes you anxiety ..

for example i get bad thoughts then i have to i mean have to say something verbally to counter ....

such as i rebuke this ...

that is a compulsion because if i dont do it i will be filled with fear and anxiety

 

[kaykay9.0]

see i dont know if mine is a rumination or a complusion, cause ill get anxious and ill start running through my thoughts ( that i fear ill have) and trying to say the opp. of them, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

I think for people with Pure O (obsessional OCD) the compulsion actually IS rumination. This is what we do ...we stew or ruminate obsessively about the thought and often seek reassurance about it. I think the obsessing (thinking it over repeatedly or ruminating or whatever you want to call it) is for us, OUR way of doing a compulsion. Just like an OCD laden "'handwasher" will repeatly wash their hands to reduce their anxiety. We obsess and try to "argue ourselves out of our anxiety." For those obsessions that are mild or for those who are only afflicted mildly with OCD thinking, this may actually work. Usually it doesn't though. Same for reassurance.

If you haven't before, I would suggest you look at Dr Phillipson's website www.ocdonline.com Though I don't believe he is a Christian, he is very, very good at explaining how Pure O or obsessional OCD operates and can be helped. Give it a look at the articles expecially if you haven't yet.

 

[annrobert]

I think ruminating is going over and over in your mind about something that is causing you worry or distress.