Obsessional Narratives

When rumination has a purpose

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A reader of my article Obsession & Complex Trauma requested I elaborate about how replaying painful remembrances and feared outcomes affords a trauma survivor a locus of control.

Unlike OCD in which random intrusive thoughts and ritualistic behaviors occur, trauma related obsessions are fueled by unresolved distressing memories and concerns. Often…