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Outsmarting Yourself: How to NOT Quit Smoking
From Dr. Volker Kitz (More) • Professor Dr. Manuel Tusch (More) • Last updated on October 28.10.2022, XNUMX • First published on 01.10.2014/XNUMX/XNUMX • So far 4926 readers, 3475 social media shares Likes & Reviews (5 / 5) • Read & write comments
Don't think about purple cows and white bears. But just because you shouldn't think about it, she has Brain always busy with the cow or the bear. Right? What's going on in your brain?
White bears and red Volkswagen
In another experiment, the subjects are told to think of a red Volkswagen every time the white bear appears. As a result, the white bear does not disappear. But this time the fallback effect is much weaker.
We call this “diversion” to a very specific, always the same alternative idea in technical terms a “focused distraction”.
Ironic processes in action
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Ironic processes occur not only with thoughts, but also with actions: For example, if test subjects are given a pendulum in their Hand and tells them not to let it swing in any particular direction - then they do just that.
You can not suppress it. The effect is particularly strong if the subjects are to do another task, for example, counting backwards from 1.000 in three steps or holding a heavy brick in the other hand.
How not to quit smoking
Because many people never hold a pendulum in their hands, the phenomenon has now been checked and confirmed by more everyday things:
If smokers are allowed to suppress their thoughts on cigarettes for a week, they smoke a lot more than a comparison group, which should not suppress their thoughts. And anyone who is not supposed to think of chocolate for five minutes eats something much more than someone who just gave his thoughts free rein.
What's happening?
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It is assumed that two processes are running at the same time: unconsciously we are driving a control program, which constantly monitors whether the prohibited thought occurs somewhere.
A second, conscious program should then suppress the thought as soon as the control program alerts the alarm.
The forbidden is constantly present
Unconsciously the prohibited thought is constantly present - because the unconscious program must know what to look for. It is almost always with a phantom image of the forbidden through the area.
And this unconscious presence sometimes gains the upper hand over our consciousness - especially when consciousness is occupied with other things.
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Dr. Volker Kitz is Spiegel-Best-selling author, psychologist and ex-lobbyist.Kitz studied law and psychology in Cologne and New York and worked, among other things, as a scientist at the Max Planck Institute, lawyer and lobbyist. Today he lives as a freelance author in Munich. He wrote articles for renowned media such as Frankfurter Allgemeine, Die Welt, Financial Times and Spiegel Online, as well as numerous specialist publications for scientific journals in Germany and abroad. His books appear in over ten languages and are regularly featured on the in Germany SPIEGEL-Best seller list. Volker Kitz is an internationally sought-after speaker on the subjects of his books. More information at kitz-tusch.com. All texts from Dr. Volker Kitz.
Dr. Manuel Tusch Professor at the Münster University of Applied Sciences and head of IfAP.Tusch studied psychology and adult education in Cologne and Amsterdam. He has a psychological practice in Cologne, heads the Institute for Applied Psychology (IfAP), which among other things offers coaching training, and Professor with a research focus on consulting / mediation / coaching in the social affairs department at Münster University of Applied Sciences. His main areas of work in the psychological jungle are coaching, mediation, supervision and talk therapy. More information at tusch-consulting.com. All texts from Professor Dr. Manuel Tusch.
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