I know, the point of my post was to troll a little bit.
By telling someone not to think about breathing they usually go off of autopilot for breathing and have to manually inhale/exhale consciously until autopilot turns back on. Most of our lives are run on autopilot is the point I was making.
Also, here is another one.
The wheels on the bus go round and
In your head, did you continue on with the song and put the last word in it?
Don't finish the lyrics to this song.
The wheels on the
Did you continue until you said the whole phrase, even though I said not to? Were you able to stop yourself? It's fun to do these brain teasers sometimes.
RE: Can you tell someone not to think of something and it works? Or do you think of what people say not to think? Some fun!