Axiomempiricalv1
Attempting to suppress an unwanted thought increases its
Attempting to suppress an unwanted thought increases its subsequent frequency through ironic monitoring processes.
Why This Is an Axiom
This is Wegner's ironic process theory (1987), an empirical finding about thought suppression. The curriculum presents it as a discovered regularity, not a derived principle. It explains why suppression strategies paradoxically strengthen what they attempt to weaken.