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Conscious efforts to suppress unwanted thoughts are reported by normal individuals (Rachman & de Silva, 1978), as well as by those suffering from problems such as

Conscious efforts to suppress unwanted thoughts are reported by healthy individuals (Rachman & de Silva, 1978), as well as by those suffering from problems such as

First of all, your question title asks about suppression and your question in the main text asks

What you need to be careful about here is that repression is different to suppression.

Wegner, in the above referenced journal article points out a lot of evidence to back the though that any attempt to suppress thoughts or desires will be in vain as they will rebound. Whether or not they become stronger is open to interpretation, as it is concluded that

With Sigmund Freud, lot of people get hung up on the sexual elements of his theories when really, Freud’s theories centres on his motivation and drive theory and they centre on all sorts of pleasure. We are motivated towards whatever brings pleasure and are motivated away from pain, difficulty, destruction, confusion, etc.

You Can't Always Think What You Want: Problems in the Suppression of Unwanted Thoughts (Wegner, 1992) is an article covering articles etc. from Freud onwards.

What you need to be careful about here is that repression is different to suppression.

Now think about suppression in a quote provided by Wegner in the above article.

First of all, your question title asks about suppression, and your question in the main text asks

What you need to be careful about here is that repression is different from suppression.

Wegner, in the above referenced journal article, points out a lot of evidence to back the thought that any attempt to suppress thoughts or desires will be in vain as they will rebound. Whether or not they become stronger is open to interpretation, as it is concluded that

With Sigmund Freud, a lot of people get hung up on the sexual elements of his theories when really, Freud’s theories centre on his motivation and drive theory, and they centre on all sorts of pleasure. We are motivated towards whatever brings pleasure and are motivated away from pain, difficulty, destruction, confusion, etc.

You Can't Always Think What You Want: Problems in the Suppression of Unwanted Thoughts (Wegner, 1992) is an article covering articles, etc. from Freud onwards.

What you need to be careful about here is that repression is different from suppression.

Now, think about suppression in a quote provided by Wegner in the above article.

Interestingly, Knutson (1990) found, that people asked to shut their eyes and report their thinking during suppression indicate more frequent occurrences of the unwanted thought than those allowed to keep their eyes open.

Interestingly, according to Wegner (1992), Knutson (1990) found, that people asked to shut their eyes and report their thinking during suppression indicate more frequent occurrences of the unwanted thought than those allowed to keep their eyes open.