{"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":"kuwa-na-mawazo-ya-kufadhaisha-kuwakandamiza-kunaweza-kusaidia-kusema-kusoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/kuwa-na-mawazo-ya-kufadhaisha-kuwakandamiza-kunaweza-kusaidia-kusema-kusoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Una Mawazo Ya Kufadhaisha? Kuwakandamiza kunaweza Kusaidia, Utafiti unasema"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kwa miaka mingi, wanasaikolojia wamedai kuwa mawazo ya kukandamiza mara nyingi yanaweza kurudi nyuma, wakati mwingine hata kuyafanya kuwa ya kudumu na ya kuvutia. Hata hivyo, utafiti wa hivi majuzi unapinga wazo hili, na unapendekeza kwamba kukandamiza mawazo hasi kunaweza kuwa na manufaa kwa afya ya akili.<\/p>\n

Utafiti wa hivi karibuni, uliochapishwa katika jarida Maendeleo ya Sayansi<\/a> na wakiongozwa na Dk. Michael Anderson na Dk. Zulkayda Mamat, walionyesha kwamba mafunzo ya ubongo ili kuzuia mawazo mabaya yanaweza kuboresha dalili za wasiwasi, huzuni, na ugonjwa wa mkazo wa baada ya kiwewe<\/a> (PTSD).<\/p>\n

Utafiti huo uligundua kuwa washiriki, ambao walikuwa na viwango vya juu vya wasiwasi na walikuwa wamekandamiza mawazo yao mabaya, waliona kupungua kwa 44% kwa wasiwasi wa kujitegemea. Wakati huo huo, washiriki walio na PTSD waliona dalili zao mbaya za afya ya akili zikipungua kwa 16%, wakati afya chanya ya akili iliongezeka kwa karibu 10%.<\/p>\n

Utafiti huo ulihusisha washiriki 120 kutoka nchi 16, kila moja ikiwa na jukumu la kuorodhesha hofu 20 kuhusu matukio yajayo yanayoweza kutokea, matumaini 20, na matukio 36 yasiyoegemea upande wowote. Hofu hizi hazikuwa za kawaida, lakini mawazo ya mara kwa mara, yenye kuhuzunisha.<\/p>\n

Washiriki pia walikamilisha dodoso ili kutathmini afya yao ya akili, kuruhusu watafiti kuchunguza athari za utafiti kwa washiriki mbalimbali wenye hali tofauti, ikiwa ni pamoja na wengi wenye unyogovu mkubwa, wasiwasi, na PTSD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washiriki waliombwa kuhusisha neno la ishara (kikumbusho dhahiri ambacho kinaweza kutumika kuibua tukio wakati wa mafunzo) na maelezo muhimu (neno moja linaloonyesha tukio kuu) na kila aina ya tukio. Kwa mfano, neno "hospitali" lilihusishwa na hofu ya wazazi kuugua sana kutokana na COVID-19 na maelezo yalikuwa "kupumua."<\/p>\n

Kila tukio lilipaswa kuwa la kipekee kwa mshiriki, na jambo ambalo walikuwa wamefikiria kwa uwazi kutokea. Washiriki waliulizwa kutathmini na kukadiria kila tukio kwa sababu kadhaa, ikijumuisha jinsi lilivyokuwa wazi, uwezekano wa kutokea kwake, lini linaweza kutokea, jinsi lilivyowafanya wajisikie (wasiwasi kwa matukio mabaya au furaha kwa mazuri), mara ngapi. walifikiria juu yake, kiwango cha wasiwasi wa sasa, athari yake ya muda mrefu, na jinsi ilivyokuwa kali ya kihisia kwao.<\/p>\n

Nusu ya washiriki waliagizwa kuzingatia moja ya maneno mabaya, bila kufikiri juu ya wengine. Nusu nyingine ilifanya vivyo hivyo, lakini kwa maneno ya upande wowote. Zoezi hilo lilirudiwa mara 12 kila siku kwa siku tatu.<\/p>\n

"Unaambiwa: Ikiwa kitu kitaingia akilini, hata kwa muda mfupi, sukuma nje," Dk. Anderson, a mwanasayansi wa neva wa utambuzi<\/a> katika Chuo Kikuu cha Cambridge, alisema. \u201cZaidi ya hayo, usijisumbue. Usifikirie kuhusu chakula cha mchana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mwishoni mwa utafiti, mara moja na baada ya miezi mitatu, washiriki waliripoti matukio yaliyokandamizwa yalikuwa chini ya wazi na chini ya hofu. Pia walijikuta wakiyafikiria matukio haya kidogo.<\/p>\n

Zaidi ya hayo, washiriki wa kikundi kilichozuia mawazo hasi hawakuripoti tu kuwa na hofu isiyo wazi, lakini pia kuboresha afya ya akili ikilinganishwa na kundi ambalo lilikandamiza mawazo ya upande wowote.<\/p>\n

"Ilikuwa wazi sana kwamba matukio hayo ambayo washiriki walifanya mazoezi ya kukandamiza yalikuwa chini ya wazi, chini ya kuchochea wasiwasi wa kihisia, kuliko matukio mengine na kwamba kwa ujumla, washiriki waliboresha katika suala la afya yao ya akili. Lakini tuliona athari kubwa zaidi miongoni mwa wale washiriki ambao walipewa mazoezi ya kukandamiza mawazo ya woga, badala ya kutoegemea upande wowote,\u201d alisema Dk. Mamat, ambaye alikuwa mwanafunzi wa PhD katika maabara ya Anderson na katika Chuo cha Trinity, Cambridge, wakati wa utafiti.<\/p>\n

"Watu waliokuwa na wasiwasi wa juu zaidi wa sifa na PTSD ya juu zaidi ndio waliofaidika zaidi," alisema Dk Anderson.<\/p>\n

Alibainisha zaidi kuwa hakuna matukio ya kuongezeka kwa dalili mbaya yalisababishwa na uingiliaji huu.<\/p>\n

Zaidi ya hayo, kukandamiza mawazo hasi kulionekana kuzuia afya ya akili ya washiriki kuwa mbaya zaidi baada ya muda, huku takriban 80% ya washiriki wakichagua kwa hiari kuendelea kutumia mbinu za ukandamizaji wa mawazo baada ya masomo katika maisha yao ya kila siku.<\/p>\n

Dk. Anderson anaamini kwamba kufundisha ubongo kuzuia mawazo hasi kunaweza kuwa chombo muhimu katika kutibu wasiwasi, huzuni, na PTSD, katika matibabu na nyumbani.<\/p>\n

"Ingawa kazi zaidi itahitajika ili kudhibitisha matokeo, inaonekana kama inawezekana na inaweza kuwa na manufaa kwa kukandamiza mawazo yetu ya kutisha," aliongeza.<\/p>\n

Imechapishwa na Medicaldaily.com<\/p>\n

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Kwa miaka mingi, wanasaikolojia wamedai kuwa mawazo ya kukandamiza mara nyingi yanaweza kurudi nyuma, wakati mwingine hata kuyafanya kuwa ya kudumu na ya kuvutia. Hata hivyo, utafiti wa hivi majuzi unapinga wazo hili, na unapendekeza kwamba kukandamiza mawazo hasi kunaweza kuwa na manufaa kwa afya ya akili.<\/p>\n

Utafiti wa hivi karibuni, uliochapishwa katika jarida Maendeleo ya Sayansi<\/a> na wakiongozwa na Dk. Michael Anderson na Dk. Zulkayda Mamat, walionyesha kwamba mafunzo ya ubongo ili kuzuia mawazo mabaya yanaweza kuboresha dalili za wasiwasi, huzuni, na ugonjwa wa mkazo wa baada ya kiwewe<\/a> (PTSD).<\/p>\n

Utafiti huo uligundua kuwa washiriki, ambao walikuwa na viwango vya juu vya wasiwasi na walikuwa wamekandamiza mawazo yao mabaya, waliona kupungua kwa 44% kwa wasiwasi wa kujitegemea. Wakati huo huo, washiriki walio na PTSD waliona dalili zao mbaya za afya ya akili zikipungua kwa 16%, wakati afya chanya ya akili iliongezeka kwa karibu 10%.<\/p>\n

Utafiti huo ulihusisha washiriki 120 kutoka nchi 16, kila moja ikiwa na jukumu la kuorodhesha hofu 20 kuhusu matukio yajayo yanayoweza kutokea, matumaini 20, na matukio 36 yasiyoegemea upande wowote. Hofu hizi hazikuwa za kawaida, lakini mawazo ya mara kwa mara, yenye kuhuzunisha.<\/p>\n

Washiriki pia walikamilisha dodoso ili kutathmini afya yao ya akili, kuruhusu watafiti kuchunguza athari za utafiti kwa washiriki mbalimbali wenye hali tofauti, ikiwa ni pamoja na wengi wenye unyogovu mkubwa, wasiwasi, na PTSD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Washiriki waliombwa kuhusisha neno la ishara (kikumbusho dhahiri ambacho kinaweza kutumika kuibua tukio wakati wa mafunzo) na maelezo muhimu (neno moja linaloonyesha tukio kuu) na kila aina ya tukio. Kwa mfano, neno "hospitali" lilihusishwa na hofu ya wazazi kuugua sana kutokana na COVID-19 na maelezo yalikuwa "kupumua."<\/p>\n

Kila tukio lilipaswa kuwa la kipekee kwa mshiriki, na jambo ambalo walikuwa wamefikiria kwa uwazi kutokea. Washiriki waliulizwa kutathmini na kukadiria kila tukio kwa sababu kadhaa, ikijumuisha jinsi lilivyokuwa wazi, uwezekano wa kutokea kwake, lini linaweza kutokea, jinsi lilivyowafanya wajisikie (wasiwasi kwa matukio mabaya au furaha kwa mazuri), mara ngapi. walifikiria juu yake, kiwango cha wasiwasi wa sasa, athari yake ya muda mrefu, na jinsi ilivyokuwa kali ya kihisia kwao.<\/p>\n

Nusu ya washiriki waliagizwa kuzingatia moja ya maneno mabaya, bila kufikiri juu ya wengine. Nusu nyingine ilifanya vivyo hivyo, lakini kwa maneno ya upande wowote. Zoezi hilo lilirudiwa mara 12 kila siku kwa siku tatu.<\/p>\n

"Unaambiwa: Ikiwa kitu kitaingia akilini, hata kwa muda mfupi, sukuma nje," Dk. Anderson, a mwanasayansi wa neva wa utambuzi<\/a> katika Chuo Kikuu cha Cambridge, alisema. \u201cZaidi ya hayo, usijisumbue. Usifikirie kuhusu chakula cha mchana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mwishoni mwa utafiti, mara moja na baada ya miezi mitatu, washiriki waliripoti matukio yaliyokandamizwa yalikuwa chini ya wazi na chini ya hofu. Pia walijikuta wakiyafikiria matukio haya kidogo.<\/p>\n

Zaidi ya hayo, washiriki wa kikundi kilichozuia mawazo hasi hawakuripoti tu kuwa na hofu isiyo wazi, lakini pia kuboresha afya ya akili ikilinganishwa na kundi ambalo lilikandamiza mawazo ya upande wowote.<\/p>\n

"Ilikuwa wazi sana kwamba matukio hayo ambayo washiriki walifanya mazoezi ya kukandamiza yalikuwa chini ya wazi, chini ya kuchochea wasiwasi wa kihisia, kuliko matukio mengine na kwamba kwa ujumla, washiriki waliboresha katika suala la afya yao ya akili. Lakini tuliona athari kubwa zaidi miongoni mwa wale washiriki ambao walipewa mazoezi ya kukandamiza mawazo ya woga, badala ya kutoegemea upande wowote,\u201d alisema Dk. Mamat, ambaye alikuwa mwanafunzi wa PhD katika maabara ya Anderson na katika Chuo cha Trinity, Cambridge, wakati wa utafiti.<\/p>\n

"Watu waliokuwa na wasiwasi wa juu zaidi wa sifa na PTSD ya juu zaidi ndio waliofaidika zaidi," alisema Dk Anderson.<\/p>\n

Alibainisha zaidi kuwa hakuna matukio ya kuongezeka kwa dalili mbaya yalisababishwa na uingiliaji huu.<\/p>\n

Zaidi ya hayo, kukandamiza mawazo hasi kulionekana kuzuia afya ya akili ya washiriki kuwa mbaya zaidi baada ya muda, huku takriban 80% ya washiriki wakichagua kwa hiari kuendelea kutumia mbinu za ukandamizaji wa mawazo baada ya masomo katika maisha yao ya kila siku.<\/p>\n

Dk. Anderson anaamini kwamba kufundisha ubongo kuzuia mawazo hasi kunaweza kuwa chombo muhimu katika kutibu wasiwasi, huzuni, na PTSD, katika matibabu na nyumbani.<\/p>\n

"Ingawa kazi zaidi itahitajika ili kudhibitisha matokeo, inaonekana kama inawezekana na inaweza kuwa na manufaa kwa kukandamiza mawazo yetu ya kutisha," aliongeza.<\/p>\n

Imechapishwa na Medicaldaily.com<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/have-distressing-thoughts-suppressing-them-might-help-says-study.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\nHave Distressing Thoughts? 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However, recent research challenges this notion, and suggests that suppressing negative thoughts might actually be beneficial for mental health.A recent study, published in the journal Science Advances and led by Dr. Michael Anderson and Dr. Zulkayda Mamat, indicated that training the brain to block out negative thoughts could improve symptoms of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The study found that participants, who had high anxiety levels and had suppressed their negative thoughts, saw a 44% decrease in self-reported worries. Meanwhile, participants with PTSD saw their overall negative mental health symptoms decrease by 16%, while positive mental health increased by nearly 10%.The study involved 120 participants from 16 countries, each tasked with listing 20 fears about potential future events, 20 hopes, and 36 neutral events. 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\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/kuwa-na-mawazo-ya-kufadhaisha-kuwakandamiza-kunaweza-kusaidia-kusema-kusoma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Urban Care Clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/urbancarezanzibar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-21T14:30:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/have-distressing-thoughts-suppressing-them-might-help-says-study.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Urban Care Clinic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/have-distressing-thoughts-suppressing-them-might-help-says-study.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Urban Care Clinic\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"dakika 3\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@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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However, recent research challenges this notion, and suggests that suppressing negative thoughts might actually be beneficial for mental health.A recent study, published in the journal Science Advances and led by Dr. Michael Anderson and Dr. Zulkayda Mamat, indicated that training the brain to block out negative thoughts could improve symptoms of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).The study found that participants, who had high anxiety levels and had suppressed their negative thoughts, saw a 44% decrease in self-reported worries. Meanwhile, participants with PTSD saw their overall negative mental health symptoms decrease by 16%, while positive mental health increased by nearly 10%.The study involved 120 participants from 16 countries, each tasked with listing 20 fears about potential future events, 20 hopes, and 36 neutral events. 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\/sw\/kuwa-na-mawazo-ya-kufadhaisha-kuwakandamiza-kunaweza-kusaidia-kusema-kusoma\/","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":{"Written by":"Urban Care Clinic","Est. reading time":"dakika 3"},"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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