Jennifer can't stop thinking about her decision to NOT attend college.Now,with no college degree,she has a low-paying job that she hates and can't make ends meet.She has deep regrets regarding this decision and thinks about it constantly.Jennifer is engaging in

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Jennifer is engaging in rumination, which is the act of constantly thinking about a situation or problem without taking action to solve it. She is not experiencing mania, which is a state of elevated and intense mood, and she may or may not be experiencing depression, as this information is not provided. However, her constant regrets and negative thoughts about her decision suggest that she may have a negative explanatory style, which is a tendency to attribute negative events to internal, stable, and global factors.

Jennifer Can't Stop Thinking About Her Decision to NOT Attend