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When Worries Make You Sick: A Review of Perseverative Cognition, the Default Stress Response and Somatic Health
PsychologyJournal of Experimental Psychopathology

When Worries Make You Sick: A Review of Perseverative Cognition, the Default Stress Response and Somatic Health

B. Verkuil, J. F. Brosschot, et al.

Perseverative cognition—worry and rumination—may be the brain's default response to threat, novelty and ambiguity, extending the body's 'wear and tear' from stress and even operating unconsciously. This review, conducted by Bart Verkuil, Jos F. Brosschot, Winifred A. Gebhardt and Julian F. Thayer, synthesizes evidence that chronic worriers' excessive goal commitment and reduced safety signaling link persistent worry to adverse somatic health outcomes.... show more
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