Have you ever caught yourself replaying a situation over and over in your head — wishing you’d said or done something differently, hoping things had turned out another way, or trying to convince yourself that you made the right decision?

That’s mental looping.

And it’s not “just overthinking.”

It’s your mind trying to process stuck emotional energy — energy your body hasn’t yet released. When your inner world doesn’t match your outer reality, your mind goes into overdrive trying to make sense...