Question

Gloria broke up with her boyfriend after a fight. She has spent the last week repeatedly going over the fight in her mind, which has caused her to sink into depression. Her continual reliving of the fight is known as ________.

Answer 1

Answer: Rumination

Explanation:

Rumination  is the process in which a person tends to think about deep thoughts and beliefs on certain topic.The person tends to repeat certain incident and situation in mind to find insight, purpose or cause of it.Focus of mind gets cling to distressful situation which might cause tension or depression .

According to the question, Gloria is involved in rumination in which she is thinking repeatedly about the beak up and fight she had with her boyfriend.She is trying to find insight of it leading her to depression.