We found participants did not enjoy spending 6-15 minutes with nothing to do but think. They enjoyed doing mundane activities; many preferred to administer electric shocks to themselves instead of being left alone with their thoughts

i always find it disturbing the lengths some people will go to to avoid being alone with themselves. if your so uncomfortable with yourself, maybe its time to make some changes. actually saying this to people does not yield positive results.

...why did they put a bunch of test subjects in a room where they had the ability to shock themselves? what kind of room was this?