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A text comes in asking for a favor, and your thumbs are typing “of course!” before the rest of you has even weighed in. You reread the message after you send it and feel something drop in your stomach because you did not want to say yes. You wanted to rest. If that sounds familiar, there is a name for the pattern, and no, nothing is wrong with you.

If you keep replaying conversations in your head, there is nothing wrong with you. This mental habit is called rumination, and it is one of the most common experiences people describe in therapy. It is your mind trying to protect you, not evidence that something is broken. The replaying is usually a sign that the conversation mattered to you.

Mak Donovan, MFT, is back to unpack more of the songs from The Great Divide: The Last Of The Bugs by Noah Kahan. Spending time with this album has been a gift. Thanks for taking the time to read part one! Here’s what I think of a few of the other songs on the album and who can benefit from listening to them. 

A therapist searches for deeper meaning...shocker. 

If you are like me, you have been blasting Noah Kahan’s new album nonstop since it came out. The Great Divide: The Last of the Bugs is a beautifully intimate and reflective album that depicts exactly what it’s like to be human. It speaks to the parts of us that we hide and the versions of us that want connection, above all else.

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