As a clinician, I see perseverative thinking as possibly the top issue tripping up my patients. And more often than not, this type of thinking has grooved a deep pattern in their brains to the point that they have identified with their habits: “I am a smoker.” “I am anxious.” Because perseverative thinking habit loops seem to be a clear and present danger for my patients and mindfulness might help, as a researcher, I was motivated to science the shit out of it.
