EXERCISE FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL DISTRACTIONS Complete this writing exercise for each topic or experience about which you tend to ruminate unproductively. List the places and situations in which you tend to ruminate most often. For each place and situation, list as many distractions as possible of both short durations (e.g., a game of Sudoku or supermarket layouts) and longer ones (e.g., a cardiovascular workout or catching a movie).
