Season 1 · Episode 117
The Pink Elephant Paradox: why thought suppression backfires
Mental Minute · Hassen, Zsolt, & NotebookLM
July 1, 202514m 7s
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Show Notes
Told yourself not to think about something—and then couldn’t stop? That’s ironic process theory at work. Discover why the harder you try to suppress a thought, the more persistent it becomes, and what this reveals about the mind’s tricky mechanics.