Re: Thought suppression - mind control
Date: August 18, 2010 01:17AM
I read "The Brain That Changes Itself" - great book!
I'm answering on the fly here, but re: bringing down the thought-stopping wall, I would recommend doing activities engage your brain without a lot of conscious deliberative thinking. Sports, gardening, crafts, a cooking class, puzzles and games - whatever rings your bell interest-wise. My theory is that your brain gets used to interpreting info and solving problems to do these activities, but without a lot of reflective "am I doing this right?" anxiety, so you can relax and just do the activity. With time it'll become more natural.
Just my two cents.