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Title: White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obesession, and the Psychology of Mental Control by Daniel M. Wegner ISBN: 0-89862-223-9 Publisher: Guilford Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Before Scheduling an Appointement With a Psych. - Read This!
Comment: Simply put, this book changed my life... I was going through a long period (over a year in duration) where I had trouble getting rid of "unwanted thoughts"; basically thoughts that I knew would reduce the level of pleasure I was getting out of any given activity. For example, if I dwelt on X while I was undergoing some otherwise-pleasurable activity - where X is an unwanted thought - my level of enjoyment i.e. my appreciation of that activity would decrease. While I was going through these cycles of unwanted thoughts, the quality of my life was drastically reduced. I'm sure "unwanted thoughts" differ for each person, both in their individual characteristics and implications. According to this book, one should not consciously try to suppress unwanted thoughts, as thereby the thoughts will systematically persist in reemerging. Instead, just "let it be" as it were, and inevitably the unwanted thoughts will start to dissipate. Don't be dissuaded by the above editorial review, as though it is true this is not "light reading" per se, it is very well written and in an easy-to-read format with the layman in mind; and it does not contain a lot of jargon. It reads just like a novel and is quite humorous in parts. I'm not a student of psychology but had no problem with my reading and comprehnsion of this book and gleaned a lot of new information out of it, such as how meta-cognition or "thinking about thinking" works. I hate to say anything negative about this book since I found it a self-help book in the truest sense, but its only feature I didn't fully appreciate was the few charts and graphs it contained, even though they were relevant to the information at hand and supplemented the statistics well. If I were the author of the book I'd have put them in the back. That's trivial, though. In summary, next time someone says "just stop thinking about it" in replying to how you should get rid of an unwanted thought, ignore their advice - then enlighten them.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Read
Comment: A wonderfully engaging, cleverly written book about a serious subject. A real delight.
Rating: 5
Summary: A refreshing change from traditional mind control rethoric
Comment: Since graduating high school and moving on to college, I've had significant difficulties concentrating due mostly to what could be described as unwanted thoughts - at least unwanted and the time. This book is the first one I've read that offered scientific evidence supporting the authors points. It didn't solve all my problems, but it has been a great place to start finding solutions.
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Title: Remembering Satan by Lawrence Wright ISBN: 0679755829 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Mindfulness by Ellen J. Langer ISBN: 0201523418 Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Fisher ISBN: 014028852X Publisher: Penguin Putnam Pub. Date: 03 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Illusion of Conscious Will by Daniel M. Wegner ISBN: 0262731622 Publisher: Bradford Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell ISBN: 0316346624 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 07 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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