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"Obsessive thinking is an emotional defense that, like all of the various manifestations of codependency, is dysfunctional. Being in our heads - thinking, fantasizing, ruminating - is a defense we adapted in childhood to help us disassociate from the emotional pain we were experiencing.
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joy2meu.com/obsessive_thinking.htm
joy2meu.com/obsessive_thinking.htm
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Un ruminating - Definition of Un ruminating at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary ... Ruminating thoughts · Obsessive thinking ... Depression and rumi. ...
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/un+ruminating
dictionary.reference.com/browse/un+ruminating
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As I conceptualize Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, the tree of the ... I have illustrated this endless cycle of spiking and ruminating in the accompanying diagram. Start out with the top left symbol, a circled "R". This represents a part of the brain that is creative and always on the lookout for pertinent information.
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www.ocdonline.com/articlephillipson1.php
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“Ironic processes” in our thinking and behaving seem to leave us inclined to think about that which we are striving .... Worries, Rumination and Obsessions ...
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www.drpattilevin.com/educational/dealing_with_worry.pdf
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Rumination differs from regular thinking in that it's negative and repetitive--your mind becomes like a tenacious dog not wanting to let go of a bone--and it tends to solve nothing; ... It's hard to stop ruminating once you've started, though, for a few reasons:
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stress.about.com/b/2009/09/30/are-you-magnifying-your-s...
stress.about.com/b/2009/09/30/are-you-magnifying-your-stress.htm
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On rumination, depression, and anxiety. by Eric W. Patient Expert ... thinking (a correlation that is, of course, just as strong between obsessive thinking ...
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www.wellsphere.com/articles/rumination
www.wellsphere.com/articles/rumination
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The second of two articles focused on obsession and obsessive thinking as emotional defenses that are manifestations of codependency - article by codependency therapist/Spiritual teacher. ... "Obsessive thinking for me was always about trying to fill the hole within. I would focus on a person or the outcome of a situation...
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www.joy2meu.com/Obsession_2.htm
www.joy2meu.com/Obsession_2.htm
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The person with obsessive thinking problems tends to experience the originating thought, with all its hangers-on of past misery, failure and fear, and then to try solve it, or placate it with ritual, or he or she tries to escape.
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www.anxietycare.org.uk/documents/obsessionalthinkingonl...
www.anxietycare.org.uk/documents/obsessionalthinkingonline.htm
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Or what, for that matter, should any of us as pastors say to a person who "just can't stop thinking about" some offense and thereby finds it impossible to forgive? A word comes to my mind for the obsessive thinking that my friend is doing: the word rumination.
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www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/16-3_Forgiveness/...
www.luthersem.edu/word&world/Archives/16-3_Forgiveness/16-3_Bringle.pdf
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