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Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"Everyone has the capacity to overthink — but a sign of trouble is if your thoughts become so persistent that they're like 'a car without brakes,' he said."

— Hannah Seo

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Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"The experts we spoke with said that if your rumination is on the milder side -- meaning you're stuck in a stream of thoughts, but it's not so distressing or constant that it feels intolerable -- certain simple strategies might help."

— Hannah Seo

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Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"One of the most effective things you can do when your thoughts are spiraling out of control is to distract yourself, Dr. Siegle said."

— Hannah Seo

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Date: 2024

"She reminds me of someone but my mind won't let me flick through the files and find out who."

— Dolly Alderton (b. 1988)

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Date: 2024

"I wish I could explain to him that I don't want to think about her any more, but thinking about her is not a choice; that--even though Jen is no longer in my physical life--the room inside my mind that has been occupied by her for the last four years still exists. I want to convert it to a home ...

— Dolly Alderton (b. 1988)

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Date: 2024

"Sometimes I wake up and the first thing I think of if Jen, and I imagine the tiny version of her in a doll's house bedroom in my brain and I'm comforted by Imaginary Jen who wants to keep my company for a little bit longer."

— Dolly Alderton (b. 1988)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.