Participants also commonly had repetitive rumination and critical thoughts—either critical of the participant or of others. Another feature was what Hurlburt calls the “’doing’ of understanding and the ‘happening’ of speaking”.Hurlburt, 1993, p. 191 Understanding others required effort and concentration, but speaking simply occurred undirected and effortless. For people without anxiety, often the opposite is true. Speaking can take more effort than understanding.
