Thought suppression is a psychoanalytical defense mechanism. It is a type of motivated forgetting in which an individual consciously attempts to stop...

an alternative to the suppression of intrusive thoughts. In one particular study, those instructed to suppress intrusive thoughts experienced more distress...

emotion regulation strategy. Compared to suppression (including both thought suppression and expressive suppression), which is positively correlated with...

anxiety-producing or depressing thoughts. The first study investigating the paradoxical effects of thought suppression was conducted by Daniel Wegner in...

psychological repression is an unconscious act, while thought suppression is a conscious form of excluding thoughts and memories from awareness. Neurologist Jean-Martin...

suppressant, suppressed, or suppression in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Suppression may refer to: Suppression of Communism Act Suppression order a type of censorship...

procedure.   A big misconception of thought stopping is mistaking it for a form of thought suppression. Thought suppression just refers to trying not to think...

ironic processing, in which attempts to suppress or avoid certain thoughts make those thoughts more common or persistent than they would be at random. How this...

Laboratory-based thought suppression studies suggest avoidance is paradoxical, in that concerted attempts at suppression of a particular thought often leads...

Expressive suppression is defined as the intentional reduction of the facial expression of an emotion. It is a component of emotion regulation. Expressive...

is thought suppression or trying not think about temptations such as cravings. McGonigal believes thoughts become more intrusive through thought suppression...

Conspiracy theory on online bot activity The Game (mind game) – Mental thought-suppression game "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" – 1967 short story by Harlan...

uncontrollable suppression or repression of painful or unwanted thoughts/memories. It can also be an inability to continue or complete a train of thought, as in...

lower tendency for self-criticism, depression, anxiety, rumination, thought suppression, perfectionism, and disordered eating attitudes. Studies show that...

Associates. Wegner, D. M. (1989). White bears and other unwanted thoughts: Suppression, obsession, and the psychology of mental control. New York: Viking/Penguin...

therapies such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) to gain control on the thought processes regarding the phobia, and exposure therapy which involves repeatedly...

Wegner's site containing links to papers on conscious will and on thought suppression. Aristotle: Ethics and the Virtues (Weakness of the Will) Aristotle:...

with BPD use maladaptive emotion regulations like self-criticism, thought suppression, avoidance, and alcohol, which may trigger more mood disruption....

Secrecy leads to thought suppression Thought suppression causes intrusive thinking Intrusive thinking promotes further suppression This creates a cyclical...

reasoned that if, as indicated by Wegner's research on thought suppression (1994; 1997), thoughts that are purposely suppressed from conscious awareness...

work destroying books and never wonders about his role as a tool of thought suppression. Several events cause him to question his own existence: First, he...

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on thought-action fusion, metacognitions, and thought suppression in obsessive-compulsive disorder". Comprehensive...

Baumeister, Roy F. (1997). "A new look at defensive projection: Thought suppression, accessibility, and biased person perception". Journal of Personality...

Psychological repression Self-consciousness Self-esteem Self-pity Thought suppression Brown, B. R. (1970). Face-saving following experimentally induced...

from sense objects as in Patanjali's system, but it is not complete thought suppression, instead it is a "meditative exercise of withdrawal from the particular...

displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Thought suppression – Conscious effort to discontinue a thought Davis, Derek Russell (2004). Gregory, Richard...

and rumination that dwells on intrusive thoughts in an effort to work through or resolve them. Thought suppression: deliberately trying to block or remove...

distress experienced. Maladaptive coping strategies include rumination, thought suppression, experiential avoidance, emotional isolation, as well as impulsive...

Sexual obsessions are persistent and unrelenting thoughts about sexual activity. In the context of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), these are extremely...

depression, anxiousness, agitation, rigid thinking, rumination, thought suppression, and poor coping skills. A poor ability to solve problems, the loss...