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rkalla on May 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Only Way to Get Important Things Done

I am, thank you for that. Looked it up on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumination_(psychology) ) and it sounds spot on.

Originally I found the cow-cud-chewing article, and that sounded less spot on, but then I found the "mental rumination" link :)

eavc on May 31, 2011 [–]

Cud-chewing is the etymology of the psych term, actually. Regurgitating the same thing over and over...

Glad you enjoyed the read. It's something I deal with personally as well.

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