Here’s one for the Gadgie…

A researcher at Hatfield Poly (er … the University of Hertfordshire) has discovered that suppressing thoughts can lead people to do exactly what they are trying to avoid.

In study published as “Resistance can be futile investigating behavioural rebound”, psychologist James Erskine looked at the effect of thought suppression on individuals’ actions. He found that mental self-denial in the case of chocolate craving led both men and women to eat more chocolate.

And it’s not just the sweet gooey stuff. “…does trying not to think about having another drink make it more likely, or does trying not to think, or to think aggressively lead to aggressive behaviour?” asks Dr Erskine. “These questions are vitally important if we are to understand the ways in which thought control engenders the very behaviour one wanted to avoid.”

So the answer, boys and girls, is let to it all hang out, and don’t fret about it.

If you ever wondered what it would look like if human civilisation had a complete nervous breakdown, well there you go.

Just to add a bit of balance to the Hitchmania, everything you always wanted to know about ‘reality’ television in three easy chunks.