PSYCHOLOGY – These negative thoughts that go around in a loop prevent us from moving forward and weigh on our mental health. Several techniques can be used to overcome this.
“Why has Adrien told me nothing since I gave him my report? He didn’t like it, that’s for sure. I shouldn’t have volunteered. I knew I wouldn’t make it. It’s over for the raise I was hoping for…” It happens to (almost) everyone: a dose of thoughts distorted by emotions and beliefs, a pinch of self-deprecation, a hint of negative anticipation and voila… We ruminate. When they are punctual, these worries have a moderate impact on our lives. But if they are recurrent, how to get out of them?
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These incessant ruminations become “negative repetitive thoughts (PRN)”according to Céline Baeyens, professor of clinical psychology and psychopathology, co-author of Behavioral activation (Mardaga). They then affect mood, sleep, relationships with others… In addition, “the older the habit of ruminating, the more the neuronal trace – that is, the imprint in the brain –…
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