Making this work for me

I am a ruminator.  I ruminate.  This does not mean I have 4 stomachs--that is a ruminant.  It means that I have all these thoughts whirling around in my brain that refuse to shut up and go away.  If I am anxious about something, it will create a little horror movie (like falling off a cliff) and play it over and over and over again.  It is one component of OCD, although fortunately, not debilitating like the need to wash your hands 47 times each morning before eating breakfast.  It affects so many aspects of my life--usually in a detrimental way--that I decided it is time to stop ignoring it and try to do something about it.  I am hoping that by writing this blog, I may be able to make the rumination work for me rather than against.  Wouldn't that be nice?