When we try to lift our spirits by avoiding negative thoughts, we are attempting –. this strategy often has a – effect. when we focus on our negative thoughts, we are engaged in –. this strategy prolongs our unhappy mood and undermines better strategies, such as –.

When we try to lift our spirits by avoiding negative thoughts, we are attempting thought suppression. This strategy often has a rebound effect. When we focus on our negative thoughts, we are engaged in rumination. This strategy prolongs our unhappy mood and undermines better strategies, such as distraction.

*A rebound effect of thought suppression represents an increased return of the unwanted thought.

*Rumination in psychology represents our continuous focus on something that makes us stressed out or unhappy.

*Distraction refers to our behaviors that enable us to get our mind off something that we are anxious about.

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