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the mind's way of doing push-ups on a problem that already left the gym.

means analyzing a decision so many times that action becomes impossible and anxiety becomes a hobby.

from the impulse is ancient, but the modern word crystallized alongside 20th-century psychology's obsession with rumination and anxiety disorders, giving a name to the brain's tendency to mistake repetition for progress.

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