Mental Rumination Test: how to stop overthinking

This interactive test covers rumination, intrusive thoughts, anticipation, remorse, guilt, self-esteem, recognition, sleep, hope, avoidance, mood, tiredness and readiness to change. What the test asks, for example Rumination Whether a conversation from last week comes back to you and you pick it apart word by word. Whether, once the day is over, you leave the incident behind you and have a peaceful dinner. Intrusive thoughts Whether, in the middle of an activity, an unpleasant memory resurfaces out of nowhere. Whether, when a dark thought comes up behind the wheel, you notice it and let it go. Anticipation Whether, the night before an important appointment, you spend the evening listing what could go wrong. Whether, when you think about the coming year, you picture it without drifting toward the worst. Remorse Whether you still blame yourself for something you said months ago at a dinner. Whether, when an old failure comes back to you at the table, you calmly carry on with your meal. Guilt Whether, when something goes wrong, your first thought is that it is your fault. Whether, after a mistake in an email, you stick to the facts, without judging your personal worth. Self-esteem Whether, from morning to evening, you doubt your worth as a person. Whether, after a slip-up, you talk to yourself the way you would talk to a friend who was struggling. Recognition Whether, when someone compliments you at the table, you find a reason to think you don't deserve it. Whether, when you finish a difficult task, you take credit for it with satisfaction. Sleep Whether an important decision left hanging keeps you from getting to sleep. Whether, once the light is off, you fall asleep despite your worry about the future. Hope Whether, when a project is off to a good start, your mind fixes on the idea that it will fail, with no concrete reason to think so. Whether, when a project gets off to a good start, you savor the first pieces of good news. Avoidance Whether, when a tempting opportunity comes along, you let it pass, picturing everything that could go wrong afterwards. Whether, before an appointment with an uncertain outcome, you bet on good news. Mood Whether a single dark thought makes you go over everything that is wrong in your life. Whether a photo or a song brings back a difficult memory, then your day carries on. Tiredness Whether a long stretch of ruminating on the sofa drains you of your energy. Whether, when your dark thoughts start up in the evening, you cut them short and get up. Readiness to change Whether what you've just described weighs on your daily life. Whether you want to change the way you function day to day.