Why ‘Letting Go’ Is So Hard

And why talking it out with a friend may be more helpful

Consider the last time you couldn’t get something out of your head.
Maybe it was an insult hurled at you or a mistake you made at work.
You mull it over, and over, and over, and over in your head until it winds up about as useful as a wad of stale bubble gum.

Going over the same parade of thoughts in our heads consumes our energy and devours our beloved time, yet we seem drawn to it like the proverbial, moth to a flame. Then you receive that magical…