Thought suppression is a one-way ticket to training your brain that the thoughts you are trying to avoid are the only things you should be thinking about. Over

Thought suppression is a one-way ticket to training your brain that the thoughts you are trying to avoid are the only things you should be thinking about. Over a long enough timeline, it wires your brain, the giant "what if" machine, that it should be worried about whatever it is that's popping into your head and making you feel so resistant.