Hahaha 🙂 yeah I could do without those too. They definitely take it too far sometimes. Maybe Sally Ann takes on both roles (analyzer & ruminator) for me because I tend to be more of a feeler than a thinker. Honestly, Sally Ann doesn’t usually relax until I can sit down and just have a good old fashioned cry with her. I have to feel what she’s feeling, instead of rolling my eyes in exasperation, otherwise she’ll never quiet down. Even then it can take several times over before she’s comforted into silence. And if I’m not getting good sleep, you can forget about it. That will be a multi-day process to soothe her (just finished a round of that recently, actually). And eventually she will come back to it, because that’s simply how she is. Metaphorically I guess she’s sort of a special-needs child (to be clear, I’m not trying to diminish that experience, for any parents out there that might be reading).

Is it like that for you at all? Will Ruminator Ron put down the remote if you sit and have a big old sob-fest with him?