Lauren Hitchings:
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Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his colleagues wanted to find out whether letting your mind wander is a pleasant experience.
In a series of experiments, people were told to sit still and do nothing but think. The participants not only found the experience unpleasant, they also opted to give themselves mild electric shocks, possibly to relieve the boredom.
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"With the number of times in our daily lives that we have downtime, having negative thinking experiences during those times can add up to a lot of stress," Wilson says.
Indeed, says Jay Segal of Temple University in Philadelphia, if a person's mind is constantly reacting to input, the body can get tired, and that's when stress becomes a problem. Introspection is a chance to let the mind relax and get the system back to a physical and emotional balance, he says.
People actually hate thinking because it implies questioning ourselves. Sounding scripted is never boring for the majority.
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