The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
if you're really caught in a loop distracting yourself by doing something that requires concentration whether it's a memory task a puzzle or what have you the research is two to three minutes of a distracting task that requires concentration should be enough to make that initial urge or the craving to ruminate go away
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
you can't direct yourself to not think about something you can redirect your thoughts to think about something else and that will work to the extent that the other thing that you're thinking about is requires concentration and is absorbing if you're trying to drown out work thoughts by watching television you won't get through the first commercial with knowing anything about what's happening in that show because your mind will drift immediately the same with reading unfortunately so it has to be something active where you're actually engaging your head and and and doing something that requires concentration