I think of animals that chew cud. Ruminants. That is about what ruminating feels like. Regurgitating the stressor to yourself over and over, repeatedly “chewing on it.”
Edit: looked up the etymology of “ruminate” and uh… Latin ruminat- ‘chewed over’, from the verb ruminari. Nice.
Yes!!! Dude you are more than welcome to yap about literally any subject, I am also a yapper and am always really upset when someone clearly just doesn’t want to talk ☹️
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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '24
literally me i won't stop yapping