“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” ― William James There has been an ongoing debate in psychotherapeutic circles over how to help people cope with ...

On any given day, we’re bombarded with negative emotions and memories weaving webs of self-doubt and anxiety. These upsetting thoughts may entrap us from making decisions, paint our self-image ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Contrary to what is commonly taught in psychotherapy, blocking out ...

Controlling cognition would be impossible without the ability to stop thoughts. Deficits in stopping thoughts lie at the core of psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...

Training people with mental health conditions to suppress intrusive thoughts might be an effective management strategy, despite being contrary to established treatment methods, scientists suggested.

If you struggle with depression, it can be a challenge to imagine feeling better even for a minute. Yet a new study by scientists at the University of Cambridge found that there is a technique which ...

A longstanding core belief of mental health maintains that people must confront their fears to ease the anxiety and depression stemming from those negative thoughts. Now a new study argues that, for ...

Conventional psychotherapies often advise people with anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression to avoid suppressing their thoughts. In a recent article published in Science ...

Zulkayda Mamat is no stranger to traumatic memories. Ethnically Uighur, Mamat left China at age 12 after an uprising in the region of East Turkestan, where most of Mamat’s extended family still lives.

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