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avoiding situations that trigger episodes of worry (e.g., passing up a new job project because they
know all they will do is worry about it, or not watching the TV news because it is usually a source
of worry).
Mental and behavioural thought-control strategies rarely work, as ultimately they are all forms of thought
suppression. Research shows that trying to suppress a thought usually has the opposite effect of making
that thought occur more, meaning that we worry more, which also in turn fuels the belief that our worry is
uncontrollable.
For example, try not to think of a pink elephant for the next 60 seconds and see how well you
do.
Instead of not thinking about pink elephants, chances are you have noticed pink elephants a plenty!
In what ways (either mentally or behaviourally) do you try to stop your worries?
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Unfortunately, these negative and positive beliefs about worrying, how we tend to focus
our attention on our thinking, and some of the things we do to try to stop worrying, can
actually increase the amount of worrying we do. In the end we get caught in a vicious
cycle of worry.
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