Rumination

1. Pronunciation: \ˌrü-mə-ˈnā-shən\
Function:noun
: the act or process of ruminating: a: the act or process of regurgitating and chewing again previously swallowed food b: obsessive or abnormal reflection upon an idea or deliberation over a choice

2. Definition:
Rumination is a process that involves deeply reflecting on a situation. When rumination becomes difficult to control, it can lead to negative psychological effects including depression and phobias. The inability to stop ruminating on a particular thought is a hallmark of obsession.

Pronunciation: room-in-nation

3. Rumination (recyclic negative thinking), is now recognised as important in the development, maintenance and relapse of recurrence of depression. For instance, rumination has been found to elevate, perpetuate and exacerbate depressed mood, predict future episodes of depression, and delay recovery during cognitive therapy.

4. Depressive Rumination: Nature, Theory and Treatment

A relatively new theory in psychology, depressive rumination involves the cyclic depressive state of constant rumination, or mulling over thoughts. The word "ruminate" is derived from the Latin word for "chewing cud," so to ruminate means to mull over different thoughts in a negative cycle, causing a depressive state once the rumination begins.

Since rumination is based on cyclic negative thought, rumination begins to affect a person's ability to problem-solve, adding to a depressive rut. Less able to problem-solve, individuals begin to lose confidence in their solutions and themselves, increasing the depression associated with the rumination.

1. Typically, people affected by depressive rumination have had a past trauma. They exhibit neurotic or perfectionistic personality traits, hope that they will gain some insight from the rumination and believe that there are uncontrollable and chronic stressors that trigger events. Most individuals who ruminate have lost family members to terminal illness or survived tremendously stressful events.

Is life all about timing?

... or do we really have a say in what's happening? Are encounters the result of destiny's wicked games? Are aborted relationships already written in destiny's notebook? Are they here to teach us something? or are we complete responsible for their outcome? If you could go back in time, would you change something? anything?

Getting through...

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The New York Architect

He wakes up in the morning in a charming boutique hotel in the Village. Puts on his delicious, yet barely known, perfume and reads his newspaper in a fancy modern chair. He walks on the streets of New York, observing the crowd and constantly challenging his impressions. He meets with his team, works with them, encourages them to give their best. He is building a fancy city, where colors are bright, people are creative, and good mood hangs out on the streets like a group of teenage dreamers. He is the New York architect. He deconstructs the past and imagines the future.

Post Election Depression

I am no tarot reader and astrology is like Chinese to me. But I do predict a wave of post election depression spreading across the Lebanese population, after June 7Th. People are so hyped up with these elections, that, in some way, they have transcended all their day-to-day worries into these elections. They have built high hopes if their party wins. They have forgotten about the responsibility they have for their own happiness. Citizens have channeled their energy into political discussions and have filled their lives with political talk shows, in overwhelming ways. People beware, Election Blues is on the way.