rumination
True or False: WHEN PEOPLE RUMINATE, IT IS SOMETHING THEY DO PRIVATELY IN THEIR HEAD.
What is true?
The most important goal is to turn your attention away from your __________ thoughts and practice being mindful of something else.
What is ruminating
Yes or No: if someone is ruminating and at the same time working on an activity assignment, are they fully participating in the activity assignment?
What is no?
What condiment was once sold as medicine?
What is Ketchup? It was once sold as medicine. The condiment was prescribed and sold to people suffering with indigestion back in 1834.
Which of your fingers is the strongest?
What is Your Pinky Is The Strongest Finger?
When you ruminate, you think over and over about your depression and negative emotions, possible reasons for feeling depressed, and what may happen in the _________ because of your depression and negative emotions.
(past or future)
What is future?
You will likely notice many _________ happen while you are practicing mindfulness.
What is distractions
Often when individuals ruminate, they do so to avoid contact with ________ ________ or unpleasant tasks.
What is negative emotions?
What country is so safe that it imports criminals to fill jails?
What is The Netherlands?
Narcissistic Personality Disorder exists in approximately ___% of the population.
What is 6%
Despite negative effects, people often feel as though rumination is ________.
What is helpful.
As you practice mindfulness, try to notice your experience as it is, without ______ to or _________ from it.
(hint: math)
What is adding and subtracting
Remember that thoughts are just _______, and feelings are just _______ during your mindfulness practice.
What is thoughts and feelings
What is the cracking sound your joints make when you "crack your fingers or back"?
What is the sound of gases being released.
When uneasy, men tend to touch their _______, while women touch their _____ and ______.
What is men tend to touch their faces, while women touch their clothing, and body (like neck, arms, hair, and jewelry.)
Name one of the three reasons why talking about rumination is important.
What is
1. It makes you feel worse
2. It gets in the way of effective problem-solving
3. It takes you away from the present moment
Name 1 of the 3 skills to practice mindfulness.
What is
1.Non-judgmental of ourselves and our experiences,
2.One-mindful – this means acknowledging that we really can only direct our attention to one thing at a time, and
3.Effective in our ability to shift the direction of our attention to what we choose when distracted.
When we ruminate or get “_____ __ ______” thinking about anxiety, depression, or anything else, we stop giving our full attention to those around us
What is "lost in thought"
The first written use of "____" was in a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill.
(hint: it is texting abbreviation)
What is OMG?
What is the the Truman Syndrome?
What is Some people live their lives as if they were in a reality TV show.
Name 1 of the ways to challenge your rumination.
(Hint: orange boxes)
What is
•Do you tend to ruminate – to repeat a negative thought over and over in your head?
•How does your rumination make sense to you? What do you hope to gain from ruminating?
•What are the disadvantages of ruminating? Do you notice that it makes you feel anxious or regretful?
•Realize that you can tolerate uncertainty and accept ambivalence – your own and other people’s.
•Rumination is a quest to make sense of what’s past – but why does the past have to make sense? Would you be better off accepting reality as it is?
•Will rumination solve your problem? Are there other problems you could be solving in the real world instead?
•If you can’t turn off your rumination, you can limit it. Set aside 5 minutes for “rumination time.”
•Write down your ruminating thoughts and see how they repeat themselves over and over again.
•Ask yourself, “when I ruminate, what am I missing in life?”
•Practice mindful awareness to stand back from your mind, observing thoughts as they come and go.
•When a thought intrudes, don’t fight it, but don’t follow it. Accept its presence, and go one with your life.
Name 1 of the mindfulness exercises.
What is
•5-4-3-2-1 Mindfulness exercise
•Working on a crossword puzzle or Sudoku
•Counting backwards from 100 by 7s
•Naming all of the colors you see in the room, in a painting, or out the window
•Naming all of the animals that live in a zoo
•Labeling objects in the room by the first letter they start with from A to Z
Which answer is not Problem-solving:
a. Leads to movement toward goals – perseverance
b. You have a clearly identified problem and are generating specific solutions for it
c. May involve dwelling endlessly on things that cannot be changed – the “woulda” “shoulda” “coulda”s
d. Addresses problems that are solvable – things that can be changed
What is:
c. May involve dwelling endlessly on things that cannot be changed – the “woulda” “shoulda” “coulda”s
Why was google images created?
(hint: a famous person)
What is Google images was literally created after Jennifer Lopez wore that infamous dress at the 2000 Grammys. So many people were searching for her outfit, the search engine added an imagine function.
Cherophobia is the word for the irrational fear of what?
What is being happy.