Rumination: Learn to Overcome Your Destructive Thoughts and Start Thinking Positively

by Lana Otoya

Does the idea of thinking positively sound like the devil inviting you into the depths of hell? Those of us who suffer from anxiety, depression and rumination know that "thinking positively" is easier said than done. We reject it by rolling our eyes and dismissing the idea because for some reason, it just doesn't feel good to think positively. Why is it that your mind is rejecting an idea that you know is probably good for you? The answer is the path of least resistance. Your Brain Is Like A City With Roads In your city, you have positive buildings (aka positive thoughts) and negative buildings (negative thoughts). Every time you think negatively, you build a road to a negative building. Every time you think positively, you build a road to a positive building. If you’re always thinking about negative things, the roads leading to your negative buildings will be nicely paved highways with no speed limit. They will be your paths of least resistance. Then, someone like me (hello!) comes a long and says “you should think positively” which means, you should go to a positive building in Brain City. You’ll think about that for a moment and then realize… the roads to the positive buildings are no good! They are unpaved dirt roads that are windy and uphill. They are the path of maximum resistance because you haven’t spent any time building those roads. If you are depressed, anxious or suffer from rumination, your roads to positive buildings are not fun to drive on and when you drive on them, it won’t be easy. You have a lot of work to do to build those positive roads, but once you get them all built up – your negative roads won’t be so tempting. This Book Will Teach You To Build Positive Roads You will -The scientifically proven reasons why you ruminate and have anxiety -The easiest ways to control your thoughts -The differences between unhealthy rumination and healthy rumination -Step by Step methods on how to turn unhealthy rumination into healthy thoughts -The tools you need to make positive thinking easy  -How to Stop THINKING about your life and start LIVING it Start learning the tools you need to reach peace of mind, TODAY.

84 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 15, 2018

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

super short read from ms. kindleunlimited! this is truly rumination “for dummies” lol. it isn’t super ground breaking or anything new but it is sorta an all-in-one simple guide for tactics to alleviate ruminating. i will say that the author uses a lot of generalizations and makes statements without scientifically backing anything up (there are literally no sources/references.) but from reading other books i know that the information is valid. so with that in mind, this book is best used as refresher.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Only Chapters 7 and on are worth reading

Clearly, this is not written by a registered mental health professional. Ideas like rumination or anxiety can “lead to” or “cause” bipolar disorder is disinformation.
So…take this book with a grain of salt.
The first 6 chapters are long yet basic descriptions of what rumination, depression, and anxiety are. Only at Chapter 7 gets into actual strategies.
Skim until Chapter 7, then read. Nothing new or earth-shattering here: meditation, mindfulness, routine…very basic and the author is not a psych professional.

[KAT · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spelling and grammar errors & overly obvious information.

Based on the preface of the book, my assumption was that this book would offer more earth shattering knowledge that was not necessarily obvious to the logical thinker. Good for someone struggling with depressive symptoms, for perspective; however not overly informative.

[Jamie Treadway · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific!

This book really highlighted what I've been going through and gave me the tools necessary to fix the problem. There will still be times when I struggle, but at least now I know what to do.

[Lekka Jaye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

This book definitely helped with ways to take out the lent up negativity. I am using this to help shape my mind for my own future.

[Jordan Tapales · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great intro to understanding

I believe this is a great book for beginners. It's a quick easy read. Very informative in an every day kind of way.

[Emily Coyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

An easy read- a lot of good information. Didn’t take long to finish.

[Libby Parks · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a great resource for ruminating beginners/early strugglers. Since I’m a veteran to it, it didn’t give me anything I didn’t already know 😅