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Dwelling on the Past Mistakes Caused by Mental Illness

04.01.2019 - By Gabe Howard & Jackie ZimmermanPlay

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Once we reach recovery from mental illness, we tend to dwell on the mistakes of our past. Thoughts of failures and people we’ve hurt ruminate inside our head and make it difficult to move forward. Why do we think about these things? Does it protect us, make us feel better, or is it way to keep us from moving forward? In this episode our hosts discuss their past failures in the hopes it allows our listeners to realize living in the past only really accomplishes one thing . . . Highlights from ‘Ruminations’ Episode [2:00] We are talking about ruminations today [4:30] Ruminations feed delusions [6:00] Gabe dwells on his past wives [8:20] Michelle ruminates about how her brother treated her in the past [11:00] Gabe tried to set up his brother to get in trouble [13:00] We want Michelle to make amends with her brother [18:00] Why ruminating is detrimental to your health. [19:30] Gabe dwells about his biological father [21:00] Why can’t we just get over things and move on?

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