41 Everyday Secrets Everyone Lives But No One Ever Talks About—Until Now
#1
I have meowing conversations with my cat when no one is around. Anyone else do this or am I just odd?
#2
Use Q-tips the way the instructions warn you not to.
#3
Not really knowing when or how to interact with someone walking towards you down a long hallway. I never know when its time to make eye contact and I end up staring at people like a freak.
Imaginary arguments were a pretty popular answer in both threads. Indeed, who hasn’t overthunk a conversation after saying goodbye or laid in bed at 3 AM in the morning coming up with the perfect comeback they could’ve used that day? Psychologists actually call this ‘rumination.’
It’s when we repeat entire conversations in our head and sometimes can’t stop thinking about them. Why do we ruminate? These are some of the possible reasons:
- It’s a way to control anxiety;
- It’s how we self-soothe;
- It’s how we prepare for similar conversations in the future.
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