It happened again: you got home late and started venting to your partner about your boss pulling you into a meeting just as you were about to leave. Then it’s your partner’s turn to complain about ...

Past studies have identified a loneliness-rumination-depression nexus. Rumination is defined as repetitive and intrusive negative thoughts and feelings, and loneliness as a gap between desired and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aytekin Tank is the founder and CEO of Jotform. You’ve probably heard of Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiment. Dr. Pavlov ...

Many of our daily thoughts are repetitive. We tend to think about the same things day after day, including ways to meet our basic needs, plans for our days, and our relationships. These types of ...

Co-authored by Nina Bakoyiannis, Ph.D., and Amy Vigliotti, Ph.D. What is rumination? Whether it is worrying about the uncertainty of the future, fretting about an upcoming decision, or fixating on a ...

Did I do anything embarrassing? Why did I say that? Why did I do that? This has been my typical mental monologue after leaving a social catchup or event over the last few years. In the past, my social ...

Loneliness is more likely to cause depression if one keeps ruminating on how lonely they are. This is the essence of a study ...