Your score suggests that you often ruminate or dwell on your problems and the negative feelings associated with them.
A high rumination score is not necessarily something to be alarmed about, but ruminating too much can be detrimental to your mental wellbeing and ultimately lead to stress-related illness.
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Life can be quite stressful for people who ruminate. They often think again and again about the reasons they are experiencing stress, as they try to understand why. People who ruminate can also be quite hard on themselves, passively focusing on their failings, faults and mistakes rather than actively looking at ways to deal with their problems.
It's important to remember that you can learn to change the way you react to stress, which in turn can help you cope with it better. You might find it helpful to make plans and try and solve problems, rather than just focusing on your negative feelings.
Psychological therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can help change the way we think about our problems and how we react to stressful situations. This could help to us to use more 'problem-solving' behaviour instead of ruminating and dwelling on our problems.
You can find out more about CBT and other psychological therapies on the