If you have experienced the death of a loved one, the holidays become the white polar bear that you may desperately want to avoid or try to avoid. Holidays are painful after the death of someone you love.
If you have experienced the death of a loved one, the holidays become the white polar bear that you may desperately want to avoid or try to avoid. Holidays are painful after the death of someone you love.
By Danny Clark, LMSW
Thu, Oct 22, 2020
In 1987, Dr. Dan Wegner developed the Ironic Process Theory, better known as the white bear problem. It theorizes that if we purposely try to suppress thoughts, we actually intensify the thought. To see how this theory works, try the following:
Don’t think about a white polar bear.
If you have experienced the death of a loved one, the holidays become the white polar bear that you may desperately want to avoid or try to avoid. Holidays are painful after the death of someone you love.
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