involves ruminating on upsettin g thoughts, particularly worries.
Kufungisisa is associated with a range of psychopathology, including anxiety symp-
toms, excessive worry, panic atta cks, depressive symptoms, and ir ritability. In a study of a
random community sample, two-thirds of the cases identified by a general psychopathol-
ogy measure were of this complaint.
In many cultures, “thinking too much” is considered to be damaging to the mind and
body and to cause specific symptoms like headache and dizziness. “Thinking too much”
may also be a key component of cultural syndromes such as “brain fag” in Nigeria. In the
case of brain fag, “thinking too much” is primarily attributed  to excessive study, which is