John_Maxwell_IV comments on A Less Mysterious Mindfulness Exercise - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 19 September 2012 04:57:58AM 2 points [-]

Trying to suppress thoughts or emotions backfires as everyone can see by failing to not think about a pink elephant for the next five minutes.

I've found "make it emotionally neutral, then find something else to think about" to be a fairly effective forgetting algorithm.