Does anyone know any good strategies to stop repetitively replaying things over and over again in your head.
I am doing this lately and it stops me relaxing and really affects my mood.
For example, a woman in a queue behind me yesterday said “FFS!” because I was taking too long to pay and then asked for a bag and had to pay for that. It’s nothing. I turned round and said “sorry!” and that was it. I keep replaying it, what I should have said, how I should have been quicker etc and it’s pointless. It was a nothing exchange I should just ignore - I know this rationally. If this happened to someone else I would say “she was an idiot, get on with your day, forget her”. I KNOW this but can’t stop dwelling on it.
Similar non-events have triggered the same recently.
Probably heightened anxiety but any practical tips to stop my brain going back over these things?