Gravitational Time Dilation of Grief

According to physics, someone in high gravity experiences time normally but sees people in lower gravity moving much faster—where one hour for them equals decades for others. I relate to this deeply. My heavy rumination over my past relationship has warped my sense of time. Six years have passed in what feels like a blink. Even though the relationship only lasted six months, I have spent the last six years grieving and struggling to live a normal life.

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The Physics of Long Term Grief

In high gravity, time passes normally for you, but you watch the rest of the world accelerate. An hour in your heavy zone spans decades or centuries for those in lower gravity. This is exactly what my rumination feels like. Six years have vanished in a flash because I am anchored to the past, wishing I had never left my girlfriend. It is strange how a six-month relationship—my longest—could trigger six years of grief, leaving me struggling to act normal while life hurries on without me.

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So many moral injuries and injustices have abound around me this past week, and Mother's Day, and just everything all together, has really made me super #Depressed and I can't help ruminating and crying about it, because it's all I can do.

Self-distraction is not working. Do I dare dive into a heavy psychedelic trip in my mental state? There's no such thing as a bad trip.

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I saw comments online about dangers of…

"anger turning into RUMINATION. […] Be angry, say your peace [sic] or learn about said person and adjust your boundaries and relationships, but rumination is a killer, it erodes you."

Bizarre! I've known #rumination, which for humans means thinking deeply, to be a good thing. I searched & found several sources refer to rumination only related to negative thoughts. Even "reputable" sources like psychiatry.org.

No, it's not bad! Go out & #ruminate!

The article examines how sleep problems in individuals with alcohol use disorder are linked to heightened negative emotions and related brain activity, with findings suggesting sleep treatment could aid emotional regulation in recovery. It reports two independent studies showing clearer ties between poor sleep and negative emotionality, supported by brain imaging data.

This topic is of interest to psychology enthusiasts because it highlights the neural and cognitive processes underlying mood regulation and how sleep interacts with addiction-related emotions, underscoring the bidirectional relationship between sleep and emotional health.

Article Title: Brain scans reveal how poor sleep fuels negative emotions in alcohol addiction

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/brain-scans-reveal-how-poor-sleep-fuels-negative-emotions-in-alcohol-addiction/

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#sleep #alcoholuse #emotionalprocessing #neuroimaging #rumination

The article reports that a single 30-minute moderate-intensity exercise session reduced rumination in individuals with depression, as shown by both self-reports and EEG measurements, compared to sitting. It also discusses how this supports the Distraction-Hypothesis and notes the study’s limitations due to a small, young sample.

The article is of interest to psychology readers because it links a behavioral intervention (exercise) with measurable cognitive patterns (rumination) and neural indicators, illustrating how mood-related processes can be modulated in real time.

Article Title: What brain waves tell us about the link between exercise and mood

Link to PsyPost Article: ift dot tt/WSoCwJK

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#brainwaves #rumination #depression #exercise #emotionalwellbeing

Am I the only one who doesn't know how to answer the question "how are you?". I need context - do you want to talk about the weather, work, or how I'm actually doing?

Sure, I want to talk about things... but I have no practice at this. How do you talk about yourself without worrying about oversharing? I'm not being cryptic on purpose, I literally just don't know how to say out loud how I'm feeling.

My head hurts. I'm not good at peopling.

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