When anxiety strikes, self-awareness can morph into toxic rumination. Here's how it can deepen your crisis instead of helping ...

Procrastination is best understood as an emotion-focused coping strategy. We use task avoidance to escape the negative emotions associated with a task (e.g., frustration, boredom, stress, anxiety). As ...

Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders. Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; ...

Thoughts that arise spontaneously when humans are not deliberately trying to think of something are known to play a key role in decision-making and various cognitive functions, as well as in some ...

A new study links repetitive negative thinking (RNT) to poorer cognitive function in older Chinese adults, raising questions about how certain thought patterns may impact brain health. Researchers ...

Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night with upsetting thoughts spinning through your head? Maybe you argued with your partner and you’re reliving the fight in agonizing detail. Perhaps you ...

Thinking over and over again about conflicts between your job and personal life is likely to damage both your mental and physical health, research from Oregon State University suggests. The study ...