Rumination

I've always known rumination, constantly going over and over the same material in one's mind, was part of depression and that it made depression worse. Yet, I am finding it plays a bigger part in depression than I once thought.

In fact, from the clients I've had who suffered with depression, most were incessant ruminators. And the ones who had the worst depression were usually the clients who were unemployed, retired, or on SSI, and had lots of time to ruminate.

It's an ironic thing. The people we might think who would be the happiest--those not working the day-to-day grind--are actually among the most depressed.

Life can be counterintuitive that way, sometimes.

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