Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"The experts we spoke with said that if your rumination is on the milder side -- meaning you're stuck in a stream of thoughts, but it's not so distressing or constant that it feels intolerable -- certain simple strategies might help."

— Hannah Seo

Date: Feb. 1, 2023

"One of the most effective things you can do when your thoughts are spiraling out of control is to distract yourself, Dr. Siegle said."

— Hannah Seo

Date: January 1, 2024

"The breadth of Hitchens’s references makes you feel that, intellectually, you are having your tires rotated."

— Garner, Dwight (b. 1965)

Date: January 27, 2024

"Being ghosted can create an open tab inside your brain."

— Amanda McCracken

Date: January 27, 2024

"Dr. Poerio uses the analogy of a person whose mind has been hijacked."

— Amanda McCracken

Date: April 29, 2024

"Merleau-Ponty is a deep influence; one can feel him tumbling around in the back seat of much of Butler’s thinking."

— Parul Sehgal (b.1981)

Date: May 22, 2024

"It’s not easy to stay away from drugs once your body has a substance abuse disorder. The pump is primed. The brain wiring has been rewired."

— Jenna Portnoy and Dan Keating

Date: July 26, 2024

"From the Very Stable Genius’s jumbled mind tumbled conspiratorial thoughts."

— Dana Milbank (b. April 27, 1968)

Date: February 28, 2025

"Because yeah, claiming that Russia did not invade Ukraine and that Zelenskyy is some kind of dictator sure sounds like Putin is attached to Trump’s brain like some kind of space slug, even if a few days later Trump denied he said it."

— Jones, Marcie

Date: June 27, 2025

"This was during that great phase of my life – anyone’s life – your twenties, when your brain has been formatted and disciplined by university, and you are free to read widely."

— Dyer, Geoff (b. 1958)