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  • 1Thought suppression — Thought suppression, the process of deliberately trying to stop thinking about certain thoughts (Wegner, 1989), is associated with obsessive compulsive disorder, in which a sufferer will repeatedly (usually unsuccessfully) attempt to prevent or… …

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  • 2Anxiety — For other uses, see Anxiety (disambiguation). Anxiety A marble bust of the Roman Emperor Decius from the Capitoline Museum. This portrait conveys an impression of anxiety and weariness, as of a man shouldering heavy [state] responsibilities …

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  • 3Come to the Well — Studio album by Casting Crowns Released October 18, 2011 …

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  • 4at bay — adverb a) Unable to come closer; at a distance. In that case the enemy himself could have occupied the defences of Corinth and held at bay all the Union troops that arrived. b) Cornered; unable to flee. These two books of sacred, and secular,… …

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  • 5Ironic Process Theory — Ironic processing is the psychological process whereby an individual’s deliberate attempts to the purpose of avoiding certain thoughts (thought suppression) render those thoughts more accessible. The classic example is, Don t think of a white… …

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  • 6brood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hatch, progeny. See posterity. v. i. ponder, mope, meditate, ruminate; sit (on eggs). See thought. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flock, offspring, young; see family 1 , herd 1 , litter 2 , offspring . v. 1 …

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  • 7Utter — Ut ter, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See {Out}, and cf. {Outer}, {Utmost}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Outer. Thine utter eyen. Chaucer. [Obs.] By him a shirt and utter mantle laid. Chapman. [1913 Webster] As doth an hidden moth The… …

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  • 8Utter bar — Utter Ut ter, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See {Out}, and cf. {Outer}, {Utmost}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Outer. Thine utter eyen. Chaucer. [Obs.] By him a shirt and utter mantle laid. Chapman. [1913 Webster] As doth an hidden moth …

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  • 9Utter barrister — Utter Ut ter, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See {Out}, and cf. {Outer}, {Utmost}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Outer. Thine utter eyen. Chaucer. [Obs.] By him a shirt and utter mantle laid. Chapman. [1913 Webster] As doth an hidden moth …

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  • 10Counting sheep — Sheep on a paddock Counting Sheep redirects here. For the Collin Raye album, see Counting Sheep (album). Counting sheep is a mental exercise used in some cultures as a means of lulling oneself to sleep. In most depictions of the activity, the… …

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