{"id":8701,"date":"2023-09-21T17:30:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T14:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/have-distressing-thoughts-suppressing-them-might-help-says-study\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T17:30:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T14:30:15","slug":"avere-pensieri-angoscianti-e-sopprimerli-potrebbe-aiutare-dice-lo-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/it\/avere-pensieri-angoscianti-e-sopprimerli-potrebbe-aiutare-dice-lo-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Hai pensieri angoscianti? Sopprimerli potrebbe aiutare, dice uno studio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Per anni gli psicologi hanno sostenuto che sopprimere i pensieri pu\u00f2 spesso rivelarsi controproducente, a volte addirittura rendendoli pi\u00f9 persistenti e invadenti. Tuttavia, recenti ricerche mettono in discussione questa nozione e suggeriscono che sopprimere i pensieri negativi potrebbe effettivamente essere benefico per la salute mentale.<\/p>\n

Uno studio recente, pubblicato sulla rivista I progressi della scienza<\/a> e guidati dal Dr. Michael Anderson e dal Dr. Zulkayda Mamat, hanno indicato che allenare il cervello a bloccare i pensieri negativi potrebbe migliorare i sintomi di ansia, depressione e disturbo post traumatico da stress<\/a> (PTSD).<\/p>\n

Lo studio ha scoperto che i partecipanti che avevano alti livelli di ansia e avevano soppresso i loro pensieri negativi, hanno visto una diminuzione di 44% nelle preoccupazioni auto-riferite. Nel frattempo, i partecipanti con disturbo da stress post-traumatico hanno visto i loro sintomi complessivi negativi sulla salute mentale diminuire di 16%, mentre la salute mentale positiva \u00e8 aumentata di quasi 10%.<\/p>\n

Lo studio ha coinvolto 120 partecipanti provenienti da 16 paesi, ciascuno con il compito di elencare 20 paure su potenziali eventi futuri, 20 speranze e 36 eventi neutrali. Queste paure non erano generiche, ma pensieri ricorrenti e angoscianti.<\/p>\n

I partecipanti hanno anche completato dei questionari per valutare la loro salute mentale, consentendo ai ricercatori di osservare l\u2019impatto dello studio su un\u2019ampia gamma di partecipanti con condizioni diverse, inclusi molti con depressione grave, ansia e disturbo da stress post-traumatico<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ai partecipanti \u00e8 stato chiesto di associare una parola chiave (un ovvio promemoria che potrebbe essere utilizzato per evocare l'evento durante la formazione) e un dettaglio chiave (una singola parola che esprime un evento centrale) a ciascuna tipologia di evento. Ad esempio, la parola \u201cospedale\u201d era associata alla paura che i genitori si ammalassero gravemente a causa del COVID-19 e il dettaglio era \u201crespirazione\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ogni evento doveva essere unico per i partecipanti e qualcosa che avevano vividamente immaginato che accadesse. Ai partecipanti \u00e8 stato chiesto di valutare ciascun evento in base a diversi fattori, tra cui quanto fosse vivido, la probabilit\u00e0 che si verificasse, quando sarebbe potuto accadere, come li ha fatti sentire (ansiosi per eventi negativi o gioiosi per quelli positivi), quanto spesso ci hanno pensato, al grado di preoccupazione attuale, al suo impatto a lungo termine e a quanto fosse intenso dal punto di vista emotivo per loro.<\/p>\n

A met\u00e0 dei partecipanti \u00e8 stato chiesto di concentrarsi su una delle parole negative, senza pensare alle altre. L'altra met\u00e0 ha fatto lo stesso, ma con parole neutre. L'esercizio \u00e8 stato ripetuto 12 volte al giorno per tre giorni.<\/p>\n

"Ti viene detto: se qualcosa ti viene in mente, anche brevemente, spingilo fuori", Dr. Anderson, a neuroscienziato cognitivo<\/a> presso l'Universit\u00e0 di Cambridge, ha detto. \u201cInoltre, non distrarti. Non pensare al pranzo."<\/p>\n

Alla fine dello studio, sia immediatamente che dopo tre mesi, i partecipanti hanno riferito che gli eventi repressi erano meno vividi e meno paurosi. Si sono anche ritrovati a pensare meno a questi eventi.<\/p>\n

Inoltre, i partecipanti al gruppo che ha bloccato i pensieri negativi non solo hanno riferito di aver sperimentato paure meno vivide, ma hanno anche migliorato la salute mentale rispetto al gruppo che ha soppresso i pensieri neutri.<\/p>\n

\u201cEra molto chiaro che gli eventi che i partecipanti si esercitavano a sopprimere erano meno vividi, inducevano meno ansia emotivamente rispetto agli altri eventi e che, nel complesso, i partecipanti miglioravano in termini di salute mentale. Ma abbiamo visto l\u2019effetto pi\u00f9 grande tra quei partecipanti a cui \u00e8 stata data pratica nel sopprimere i pensieri paurosi, piuttosto che quelli neutrali\u201d, ha detto il dottor Mamat, che era uno studente di dottorato nel laboratorio di Anderson e al Trinity College di Cambridge, durante lo studio.<\/p>\n

"Le persone con il tratto pi\u00f9 elevato di ansia e il pi\u00f9 alto disturbo da stress post-traumatico sono state quelle che ne hanno beneficiato maggiormente", ha affermato il dottor Anderson.<\/p>\n

Ha inoltre osservato che nessun caso di aumento dei sintomi negativi \u00e8 stato causato da questo intervento.<\/p>\n

Inoltre, la soppressione dei pensieri negativi sembrava impedire alla salute mentale dei partecipanti di peggiorare nel tempo, con circa 80% dei partecipanti che hanno scelto di continuare volontariamente a utilizzare le tecniche di soppressione del pensiero dopo lo studio nella loro vita quotidiana.<\/p>\n

Il dottor Anderson ritiene che allenare il cervello a bloccare i pensieri negativi potrebbe essere uno strumento prezioso nel trattamento di ansia, depressione e disturbo da stress post-traumatico, sia in terapia che a casa.<\/p>\n

"Anche se sar\u00e0 necessario ulteriore lavoro per confermare i risultati, sembra che sia possibile e potrebbe anche essere potenzialmente utile sopprimere attivamente i nostri pensieri paurosi", ha aggiunto.<\/p>\n

Pubblicato da Medicaldaily.com<\/p>\n

Fonte quotidiana medica<\/a><\/p>\n

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Per anni gli psicologi hanno sostenuto che sopprimere i pensieri pu\u00f2 spesso rivelarsi controproducente, a volte addirittura rendendoli pi\u00f9 persistenti e invadenti. Tuttavia, recenti ricerche mettono in discussione questa nozione e suggeriscono che sopprimere i pensieri negativi potrebbe effettivamente essere benefico per la salute mentale.<\/p>\n

Uno studio recente, pubblicato sulla rivista I progressi della scienza<\/a> e guidati dal Dr. Michael Anderson e dal Dr. Zulkayda Mamat, hanno indicato che allenare il cervello a bloccare i pensieri negativi potrebbe migliorare i sintomi di ansia, depressione e disturbo post traumatico da stress<\/a> (PTSD).<\/p>\n

Lo studio ha scoperto che i partecipanti che avevano alti livelli di ansia e avevano soppresso i loro pensieri negativi, hanno visto una diminuzione di 44% nelle preoccupazioni auto-riferite. Nel frattempo, i partecipanti con disturbo da stress post-traumatico hanno visto i loro sintomi complessivi negativi sulla salute mentale diminuire di 16%, mentre la salute mentale positiva \u00e8 aumentata di quasi 10%.<\/p>\n

Lo studio ha coinvolto 120 partecipanti provenienti da 16 paesi, ciascuno con il compito di elencare 20 paure su potenziali eventi futuri, 20 speranze e 36 eventi neutrali. Queste paure non erano generiche, ma pensieri ricorrenti e angoscianti.<\/p>\n

I partecipanti hanno anche completato dei questionari per valutare la loro salute mentale, consentendo ai ricercatori di osservare l\u2019impatto dello studio su un\u2019ampia gamma di partecipanti con condizioni diverse, inclusi molti con depressione grave, ansia e disturbo da stress post-traumatico<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ai partecipanti \u00e8 stato chiesto di associare una parola chiave (un ovvio promemoria che potrebbe essere utilizzato per evocare l'evento durante la formazione) e un dettaglio chiave (una singola parola che esprime un evento centrale) a ciascuna tipologia di evento. Ad esempio, la parola \u201cospedale\u201d era associata alla paura che i genitori si ammalassero gravemente a causa del COVID-19 e il dettaglio era \u201crespirazione\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ogni evento doveva essere unico per i partecipanti e qualcosa che avevano vividamente immaginato che accadesse. Ai partecipanti \u00e8 stato chiesto di valutare ciascun evento in base a diversi fattori, tra cui quanto fosse vivido, la probabilit\u00e0 che si verificasse, quando sarebbe potuto accadere, come li ha fatti sentire (ansiosi per eventi negativi o gioiosi per quelli positivi), quanto spesso ci hanno pensato, al grado di preoccupazione attuale, al suo impatto a lungo termine e a quanto fosse intenso dal punto di vista emotivo per loro.<\/p>\n

A met\u00e0 dei partecipanti \u00e8 stato chiesto di concentrarsi su una delle parole negative, senza pensare alle altre. L'altra met\u00e0 ha fatto lo stesso, ma con parole neutre. L'esercizio \u00e8 stato ripetuto 12 volte al giorno per tre giorni.<\/p>\n

"Ti viene detto: se qualcosa ti viene in mente, anche brevemente, spingilo fuori", Dr. Anderson, a neuroscienziato cognitivo<\/a> presso l'Universit\u00e0 di Cambridge, ha detto. \u201cInoltre, non distrarti. Non pensare al pranzo."<\/p>\n

Alla fine dello studio, sia immediatamente che dopo tre mesi, i partecipanti hanno riferito che gli eventi repressi erano meno vividi e meno paurosi. Si sono anche ritrovati a pensare meno a questi eventi.<\/p>\n

Inoltre, i partecipanti al gruppo che ha bloccato i pensieri negativi non solo hanno riferito di aver sperimentato paure meno vivide, ma hanno anche migliorato la salute mentale rispetto al gruppo che ha soppresso i pensieri neutri.<\/p>\n

\u201cEra molto chiaro che gli eventi che i partecipanti si esercitavano a sopprimere erano meno vividi, inducevano meno ansia emotivamente rispetto agli altri eventi e che, nel complesso, i partecipanti miglioravano in termini di salute mentale. Ma abbiamo visto l\u2019effetto pi\u00f9 grande tra quei partecipanti a cui \u00e8 stata data pratica nel sopprimere i pensieri paurosi, piuttosto che quelli neutrali\u201d, ha detto il dottor Mamat, che era uno studente di dottorato nel laboratorio di Anderson e al Trinity College di Cambridge, durante lo studio.<\/p>\n

"Le persone con il tratto pi\u00f9 elevato di ansia e il pi\u00f9 alto disturbo da stress post-traumatico sono state quelle che ne hanno beneficiato maggiormente", ha affermato il dottor Anderson.<\/p>\n

Ha inoltre osservato che nessun caso di aumento dei sintomi negativi \u00e8 stato causato da questo intervento.<\/p>\n

Inoltre, la soppressione dei pensieri negativi sembrava impedire alla salute mentale dei partecipanti di peggiorare nel tempo, con circa 80% dei partecipanti che hanno scelto di continuare volontariamente a utilizzare le tecniche di soppressione del pensiero dopo lo studio nella loro vita quotidiana.<\/p>\n

Il dottor Anderson ritiene che allenare il cervello a bloccare i pensieri negativi potrebbe essere uno strumento prezioso nel trattamento di ansia, depressione e disturbo da stress post-traumatico, sia in terapia che a casa.<\/p>\n

"Anche se sar\u00e0 necessario ulteriore lavoro per confermare i risultati, sembra che sia possibile e potrebbe anche essere potenzialmente utile sopprimere attivamente i nostri pensieri paurosi", ha aggiunto.<\/p>\n

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These fears were not generic, but recurring, distressing thoughts.The participants also completed questionnaires to assess their mental health, allowing the researchers to observe the impact of the study on a broad range of participants with varying conditions, including many with serious depression, anxiety, and PTSD.The participants were asked to associate a cue word (an obvious reminder that could be used to evoke the event during training) and a key detail (a single word expressing a central occurrence) with each type of event. For example, the word \"hospital\" was associated with the fear of parents getting severely sick from COVID-19 and the detail was \"breathing.\"Each event had to be unique to the participant, and something they had vividly imagined happening. The participants were asked to assess and rate each event on several factors, including how vivid it was, the likelihood of its occurrence, when it might happen, how it made them feel (anxious for negative events or joyful for positive ones), how often they thought about it, degree of current concern, its long-term impact, and how emotional intense it was for them.Half of the participants were instructed to focus on one of the negative words, without thinking about the others. The other half did the same, but with neutral words. The exercise was repeated 12 times daily for three days.\"You're told: If something does pop into mind, even briefly, push it out,\" Dr. Anderson, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Cambridge, said. \"Moreover, don't distract yourself. Don't think about lunch.\"At the end of the study, both immediately and after three months, participants reported suppressed events were less vivid and less fearful. They also found themselves thinking about these events less.Moreover, the participants of the group that blocked out negative thoughts not only reported experiencing less vivid fears, but also improved mental health when compared to the group which suppressed neutral thoughts.\"It was very clear that those events that participants practiced suppressing were less vivid, less emotionally anxiety-inducing, than the other events and that overall, participants improved in terms of their mental health. But we saw the biggest effect among those participants who were given practice at suppressing fearful, rather than neutral, thoughts,\" said Dr. Mamat, who was a PhD student in Anderson's lab and at Trinity College, Cambridge, during the study.\"The people with the highest trait anxiety and the highest PTSD were the ones that benefited the most,\" said Dr. Anderson.He further noted that no instances of increases in negative symptoms were caused by this intervention.Furthermore, suppressing negative thoughts seemed to prevent participants' mental health from worsening over time, with approximately 80% of participants choosing to voluntarily continue using the thought suppression techniques post-study in their daily lives.Dr. Anderson believes that training the brain to block negative thoughts could be a valuable tool in treating anxiety, depression, and PTSD, both in therapy and at home.\"Although more work will be needed to confirm the findings, it seems like it is possible and could even be potentially beneficial to actively suppress our fearful thoughts,\" he added.Published by Medicaldaily.com","og_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/it\/avere-pensieri-angoscianti-e-sopprimerli-potrebbe-aiutare-dice-lo-studio\/","og_site_name":"Urban Care Clinic","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/urbancarezanzibar","article_published_time":"2023-09-21T14:30:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/have-distressing-thoughts-suppressing-them-might-help-says-study.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Urban Care Clinic","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/have-distressing-thoughts-suppressing-them-might-help-says-study.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Scritto da":"Urban Care Clinic","Tempo di lettura stimato":"3 minuti"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/have-distressing-thoughts-suppressing-them-might-help-says-study\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/have-distressing-thoughts-suppressing-them-might-help-says-study\/"},"author":{"name":"Urban Care Clinic","@id":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/#\/schema\/person\/f286c4d84be896d302aceda3ed7e789c"},"headline":"Have Distressing Thoughts? 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