Principlev1
When attempting to control internal experience intensifies
When attempting to control internal experience intensifies rather than reduces it, shift from control strategies to acceptance-based approaches — the internal world does not respond to the control strategies that work for external problems.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Intentional suppression of thoughts paradoxically increases (intentional suppression paradoxically increases thought accessibility) and Agents are systems defined by perceiving their environment (agents perceive environment and act to achieve goals). The principle prescribes recognizing when control strategies produce opposite-to-intended effects and switching approaches based on the fundamental difference between controlling external versus internal phenomena.