<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ccffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5a3b085a-69e8-4432-b29e-d61409daeded/A85B6AED-196D-4761-96B8-97AA208F7E94/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.everytherapist.com/blog/enlightening-theory-of-emotion-and-thought-suppression/" href="http://www.everytherapist.com/blog/enlightening-theory-of-emotion-and-thought-suppression/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.everytherapist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everytherapist.com/blog/enlightening-theory-of-emotion-and-thought-suppression/"><P id="logo"><A href="http://www.everytherapist.com/blog">EveryTherapist</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everytherapist.com/blog/enlightening-theory-of-emotion-and-thought-suppression/"><H1 class="entry-title">Enlightening theory of Emotion and Thought Suppression</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everytherapist.com/blog/enlightening-theory-of-emotion-and-thought-suppression/"><P><STRONG>Suppression</STRONG> of emotions is a conscious denial of feelings (<STRONG>repression</STRONG> is an unconscious denial). Those who are constantly <STRONG>suppressing</STRONG> their emotions ignore their feelings and choose not to deal with them. <STRONG>Suppression</STRONG> is an unhealthy response to your <STRONG>emotions and</STRONG> thoughts.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everytherapist.com/blog/enlightening-theory-of-emotion-and-thought-suppression/"><P>The study and <STRONG>theory of</STRONG> thought suppression has grown into a significant area of scientific inquiry. What has compelled the interest of the scientific community is the realization that “suppression is not simply an ineffective tactic of mental control; it is counterproductive, helping assure the very mental state one had hoped to avoid” (Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.everytherapist.com/blog/enlightening-theory-of-emotion-and-thought-suppression/"><P>When we suppress an emotion, the energy of that emotion does not go away. Instead, it subsides — it sinks deeper.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A85B6AED-196D-4761-96B8-97AA208F7E94/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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