Autoscopic Rumination: Difference between revisions
Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From autoscopic (“relating to autoscopy; seeing oneself from the outside”) + rumination (“repetitive, often negative cyclic thought”). Literally: “self-observing repetitive thought.” ===Noun=== '''autoscopic rumination''' (uncountable) # A psychological state characterized by obsessive, repetitive thought in which an individual experiences their own emotional suffering from a detached or self-observing perspective. #*..." |
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Autoscopic rumination describes a cognitive phenomenon in which a person mentally “steps outside” themselves while continuing to engage in repetitive, often distressing thought patterns. | Autoscopic rumination describes a cognitive phenomenon in which a person mentally “steps outside” themselves while continuing to engage in repetitive, often distressing thought patterns. | ||
Unlike ordinary rumination, | Unlike ordinary rumination, Autoscopic rumination refers to rumination infused with an autoscopic element, whereby one not only broods repetitively but experiences that brooding as if observing oneself from outside the body. | ||
This creates a split awareness: | This creates a split awareness: | ||