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

Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) encompasses patterns of intrusive, perseverative thoughts such as worry and rumination that recur across diagnostic boundaries. Rather than being confined to a ...

Treatments that explicitly targeted repetitive negative thinking were much more effective than general therapy approaches. General therapy might address broad life stressors or mood issues. Specific ...

Negative thinking refers to a pattern of thoughts that are often pessimistic, self-critical or are focused on the worst possible outcomes. It is a common human experience to be negative sometimes but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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; ...

Dr, yesterday I had to travel by road to return to my hometown. It was a 5 to 6 hours’ drive. However, we, my daughter and I, ...

We all replay conversations in our heads, but rarely end up making any more sense of them. Here are five reasons why we still do it. We’ve all at some point in our lives walked away from a ...