Rumination tries to telling you who you are. You are wrong. You are not enough. You are embarrassing. Rumination needs you to update the mixed tape you have on repeat. Journal Prompt: My mixed tape says...

Writing releases the echo of rumination. Writing steps back from the curb. Ruminations become separate from you, not merged with you, not overtaking you, not all of you. Journal Prompt: If I stepped back I would see...

Floundering in the overwhelm of rumination, there are signals—a white flag waving, a yellow light blinking—there is something trying to get your attention. I am exhausted. I am really hard on myself. I need help. I need boundaries. Journal Prompt: My rumination is signaling...

Rumination plucks you from your senses and submerges you into thoughts. When rumination wins, you are miles away, down a long hallway, in the corner of a dark room, with the door closed, isolated. Journal Prompt: The isolation of rumination feels like...

Ruminate: To fixate or obsess on thoughts in a cyclical, unrelenting pattern. Rumination is a bully, distracting you from living, weighing you down with negativity. Journal Prompt: I ruminate when...