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starkid
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19 Feb 2020, 7:09 pm

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19 Feb 2020, 7:25 pm

Rumination is thinking it over. Perseverence involves action, if only research.



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24 Feb 2020, 8:55 am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseveration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumination_(psychology)



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26 Feb 2020, 1:23 am

Rumination is when you think of a negative event over and over again. Preservation is when you persist on working on things that make you happy.


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