Yep, I learned about rumination from some therapy I had about a year ago. I'm very far from being an expert so take what I say with a pinch of salt and see a p

Yep, I learned about rumination from some therapy I had about a year ago. I'm very far from being an expert so take what I say with a pinch of salt and see a professional therapist, if you can afford it. It sounds pointlessly glib, but the answer is to stop thinking. It felt very unsatisfactory for me. I'm naturally a 'thinker' so there was a tendency to think that if my problems are caused by thinking, they can also be solved by thinking. I had to accept that this isn't true. With practice you can begin to learn to gently redirect your thoughts to something else. Don't rush it, you mind will naturally wander back to rumination. But you can slowly get better at steering your thoughts away from it. It's a skill, a muscle that needs to be exercised. This is basically what mindfulness is all about, although I didn't have much joy with the guided meditation exercises. I'm going to return to them and try again at some point. Also, there's nothing wrong with getting there through an exhausting amount of exercise. It helps for me too! For me, the rumination went hand-in-hand with being self critical. Being kind to yourself is another skill that needs to be practised. Hope this is helpful in some way.