How guaranteed is the saying "if you stop thinking about it, it'll come quicker?"

Question

i wanted to know how guaranteed is the saying "if you stop thinking about it, it'll come quicker?"[ example=guy 1: "i want that pain to stop so much!",guy 2: well if you stop thinking about it, it'll go away quicker."]

Answer 1

it is quite right that if u stop thinking abt ur pain it will go away quicker.

that's bcz when u keep thinking of same thing it will increase its intensity so stop thinking about ur pain!

Answer 2

If you occupy your brain with something else, the time waiting for the other thing seems to speed up. Using your example... if you're sitting there thinking about how much something hurts, that's all your brain is focused on so that's all you notice. If you distract yourself by, say,  reading a book or playing a video game, you become immersed in that and no longer notice the pain.