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When trying to escape thoughts amplifies them

I went to a silent meditation retreat to escape my problems and spent three days obsessing about everything I was trying not to think about.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The harder we push against our mental contents, the more solid and persistent they become.

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