Sentences with phrase «avoid ruminating»

MBCT also strives to help participants avoid ruminating on negative emotions rather than simply ignoring unpleasant feelings.

«But the antidote is to avoid ruminating on your unmet wants or needs, and to focus instead on the opportunity ahead.»

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Jay responded by ruminating on this clause in the Constitution and confessing sadly that «the word slaves was avoided, probably on account of the existing toleration of slavery, and of its discordancy with the principles of the Revolution; and from a consciousness of its being repugnant to... the Declaration of Independence» (111:298) The number of such revealing glimpses into the thinking of the founders is almost without number.

I spent countless hours googling and ruminating over exactly what type of irrigation system to put into the garden this year in the hopes of avoiding squash mold and getting better results from all the plants.

In depression, patients feel unable to avoid a sense of helplessness in the face of problems, and tend to ruminate rather than act to improve their situation.

Effortful disengagement responses are controlled responses that are directed away from a problem and include avoiding the stressful situation or denying that there's a problem; involuntary responses can include uncontrollable engagement with a problem (e.g., ruminating) or uncontrollable disengagement from a problem (e.g., feeling numb and unable to think about it).

It's impossible to avoid mention of Gloria Swanson when ruminating on the early days of American...

It may be that distracting oneself from ruminating or avoiding dwelling on anxiety - provoking thoughts while waiting to hear the results of a pregnancy test can be considered adaptive for psychological well - being, since this is a low control situation, i.e. no amount of strategizing or rumination will change the test result.