學習單：

Today’s topic:
Suppressing a thought
Sometimes we want to suppress a thought. We want to think about other things.

Today’s question:
Can you suppress a thought successfully?
You can try, but it might make thought stronger. Researchers asked smokers to quit smoking. One group of smokers were told to suppress their thoughts about smoking. The other group of smokers were told to not suppress their thoughts.

This is what they found:
Smokers that suppressed their thoughts about smoking had stronger thoughts about smoking afterwards. Smokers that did not suppress their thoughts did not have strong thoughts about smoking.

Today’s advice
Don’t fight your thoughts; think around them!