Comments on: Shared Mechanisms of Rumination, Depression, and CPTSD https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/ The Foundation for Post-Traumatic Healing and Complex Trauma Research Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kay https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-30878 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:37:09 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-30878 I’m so glad I found this because I’ve been thinking, yeah I have lots of trauma, but I can remember being “weird” (scared, sad) and different before those events even happened. I kept thinking I had repressed some trauma in my infancy, even! So, is there something we’re born with that makes us more ruminatory than other people?
And if so, is there some treatment to stop this hell?

]]> By: Ed https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-23758 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:42:51 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-23758 You nailed it! I have spent 50 years chasing the same demon. Finally, I have a team that can pull their heads out of their assess and smell the roses. All the answers our there but they refuse to acknowledge because their form of dissociation pays a good wage and they can avoid the reality that acting like a god guarantees dire consequences.

]]> By: Tom Parkhurst https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-18382 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 22:10:43 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-18382 I had all these symptoms and my naturopathic doctor prescribed Natrum Muriaticum 6C two pellets each night. Within a few days the rumination started fading and I am now free of the ruminations and no longer on the pellets. Still working on the rest.

]]> By: Alec Fraher https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-16151 Sun, 12 Jun 2022 21:34:39 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-16151 In reply to linda.

think diet. about 85% of the major neurotransmitters needed for good mental health are made in the gut.

]]> By: linda https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-16148 Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:56:32 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-16148 This was brilliant – Thankyou! In my journal (to re-read when I ruminate), I have written: “It wasn’t supposed to be that way. But it was. It’s okay to feel bad. Move on. It will all be okay. “
I think this will help me short circuit the ruminating. Question for you – I CRAVE ruminating like a sober alcoholic craves a drink (and the drink is never as good as it is anticipated it will be). What is the role of dopamine in rumination?

]]> By: B https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-11858 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:35:57 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-11858 Jessica I’m just here because I’m insanely grateful to you for your articles. I just reread them every time and I can feel every single word so similar to me. We are similar in that I also have two older brothers and an estranged father, I was and am a “black sheep” in a family with a sharp tongue. I really like your pitch. I also had an insanely long and miserable traumatic relationship with a narcissist. And every time I blame myself for these “reflections” and blame myself for causing them every time and wallowing in shit. But now knowing that it also produces my sick brain helps to absolve myself of guilt at least for this. Thank you very much, your articles really made me feel better, didn’t feel very lonely and gave me a little hope for healing. And I definitely 100% began to understand myself better like a traumatized motherfucker. MUCH better thanks to you. Just thank you so much for your articles!

]]> By: Mimi https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-7807 Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:46:55 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-7807 Thank you for this

]]> By: Laurie https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-3796 Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:22:12 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-3796 Rumination. My #1 antagonist.

I’m currently trying to cope with patterns of verbal abuse towards me from my adult son. These are mirroring experiences from my failed relationship with my family of origin whom I have been no-contact for over 10 years. Rumination overload.

Now, I’m stuck repeating every painful event of my life. Never any answers, just waves of shame that knock me over with their hateful reminders that my unloved inner child deserved no love and my adult self doesn’t either. I know this isn’t true but the power of rumination strips me of any logic.

Thank you for sharing. Reenacting my trauma through rumination destroys my sense of well-being and depression ensues quickly thereafter. I also think I’m prone to this when isolated. Hoping the pandemic ends soon.

]]> By: Frankie L Bennett https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-3762 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:35:34 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-3762 In reply to Frankie L Bennett.

*with me

]]> By: Frankie L Bennett https://cptsdfoundation.org/2021/02/19/shared-mechanisms-of-rumination-depression-and-cptsd/#comment-3761 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 20:34:22 +0000 https://cptsdfoundation.org/?p=235703#comment-3761 Lately I’ve been living in “it’s all my fault. There’s something wrong work me.” (AGAIN) It’s nice to know there are others out there that know what it feels like. Thanks for giving me a little hope on a particularly dark day.

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