Meditation: Does meditation help depression? |
- Does meditation help depression?
- Any meditation technique recommendations for people with severe anxiety?
- Is it normal to experience back pain when meditating?
- Meditation in a Sauna
- Stuck in this reality
- Will meditation eventually help me with this issue?
- How do you guys meditate?
- Deep knowledge inside us..
- Is this what meditation is supposed to be like?
- Deep thinking techniques
- Should I be using my inner monologue?
- Unlearning Negative Habits and Breaking Loops by Creating Your Minder
- Meditation centers in Europe
- Do you lose yourself? Or do you maintain control?
- Im really struggling with reconnecting to source and its causing me deep depression and I feel like im grieving over the loss of myself.
- Is taking a break off of meditation at the weekend a bad idea?
- When meditation techniques fail?
- My back hurts am I doing it wrong ??
- Meditating with negative emotions...
- Trouble with breathing during meditation
- What stays after recovering from chronic pain? Is my world shrinking or expanding?
| Does meditation help depression? Posted: 02 Jul 2021 12:32 PM PDT Hey. 22M here. I am suffering from major depressive disorder, anxiety and OCD due to a series of traumatic embarrassments I've caused upon myself. All my life's problems revolved around women. A couple of people suggested me mindfulness meditation, accompanied by my medication and psychotherapy (still looking for a therapist). I was meditating consistently for a month or two and then unfortunately dropped the habit, even though I was getting better at it. I will probably begin meditating again tomorrow and am wondering if meditation really has that effect on depression and other mental health issues or is it overhyped. And if it does, in which way? I DO tend to believe that nothing is permanent, so depression shouldn't be too and I have hope for tomorrow, but I am looking for the best tools and advice on battling it. Peace. [link] [comments] | ||
| Any meditation technique recommendations for people with severe anxiety? Posted: 03 Jul 2021 01:55 AM PDT I am formally diagnosed with OCD and curious if anyone in a similar boat has had luck with specific techniques. I've enjoyed everything I've tried so far but I find that the traditional sort of default mindfulness meditation isn't a great fit just because it's pretty boring compared to a lot of other things. Happy to hear any helpful techniques even if not directly related to easing anxiety. I will add a sort of metaphysical comment as well, that I find meditation at best gives me a sense of removing the weight off my spiritual body. My yoke is easy and my burden is light, as Jesus said. That kind of feel. I'd like to cultivate that "lightness" in my life and try to get out of my endless loops of pain in my head. [link] [comments] | ||
| Is it normal to experience back pain when meditating? Posted: 03 Jul 2021 01:35 AM PDT I've had problems with sitting in the lotus position, in which the major one I'm experiencing is back pain. Do you guys also experience this? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 02 Jul 2021 09:15 PM PDT Does anyone here have experience practicing meditation in a Sauna? Is there any literature or science behind being in a hot environment that makes meditation more impactful? I have a sauna at my house and I have meditation sessions in it with my Headspace app for about 5 years now. The temperature is typically 150-160 degrees Fahrenheit. I use eucalyptus oils in the water as well. I am curious if anyone else practices meditation this same way and has any thoughts on the topic. Thanks! [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 03 Jul 2021 03:14 AM PDT Have you ever been addicted to a thought pattern? And it stats to destroy your life. I have maladaptive daydreaming disorder. It's the worst thing I've ever been though. I've wasted to much time in my mind. I need to overcome this. Any tips? [link] [comments] | ||
| Will meditation eventually help me with this issue? Posted: 03 Jul 2021 03:02 AM PDT The issue is on days when I work, from the minute I wake up I go into a depression, instantly analysing how long I have and how I should spend it. I work 3-10 (retail) and it's a really handy job so this isn't an issue of hating the boss or that the job is too difficult, it's more the fact I lose the whole day, so I try to make sure the free time I spend before I go in is perfect and basically I end up preparing (overthinking) for 5-6 hours before work. I mean when I wake up I literally start thinking ahead in half hour segments saying things like "OK in a half an hour I will play an hour of ps4, in another half an hour I'll read a book, etc etc and my whole day is just dominated by thoughts, where 90% of the time its just unnecessary, potent negativity. Is this something you think meditation might help me with in the future? (Month and a bit in) I would love to be able wake up and not think about work or the lack of free time I have, until an hour before, not 5-6 hours before and every hour up until then. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 03 Jul 2021 01:33 AM PDT I don't know if I'm meditating wrong, but I'm just here to ask how you guys meditate because I want to learn from others [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 03 Jul 2021 01:24 AM PDT Is it true that we have a deep knowledge inside us that can be accessed through meditation, like those saints who wrote the Vedas? [link] [comments] | ||
| Is this what meditation is supposed to be like? Posted: 02 Jul 2021 09:29 AM PDT I've been interested in meditation for almost a decade but I never actually made a good effort in trying to learn or practice it. It's like I've always enjoyed the concept of meditation but because I have an extremely active mind (high anxiety, invasive/compulsive thoughts, ADHD symptoms, racing thoughts, etc.), I never thought I could actually do it. Part of it is also I'm afraid of sitting alone with my thoughts. Anyway, I recently started actually trying to meditate and I had a very interesting and unexpected experience last night. I was focusing on my breathe and noting when my thoughts wandered (this seemed like the most suggested technique online). After a few minutes I got this strange sensation that was almost like a vision or like dissolving into another world. The best way I can describe it is it was like seeing a field of grass swaying gently with the wind and at the center of the field was the outline of a flower and it gently pulsated along with the the rhythm of my breath. I felt this overwhelming sense of peace and tranquility. It was like nothing else mattered for that small moment in time. Unfortunately, it caught me so off guard that I almost immediately opened my eyes and it was gone. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this the point of meditation? If so, then this is far more powerful than I ever considered and would love to get better at it. [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 03 Jul 2021 01:08 AM PDT I have been meditating for several years, mostly with a focus on breath and/or a focus on sensations within my awareness. Sometimes, I think I would like the ability to systematically and constructively follow a train of thought to a deeper level eg. The nature of reality... is there techniques or methods to i suppose effectively ponder such things in order to derive a good subjective understanding of such? [link] [comments] | ||
| Should I be using my inner monologue? Posted: 03 Jul 2021 12:03 AM PDT I tried meditating for the first time recently. I thought about existing and not much else and it seems my inner monologue was active but I'm not sure if that defeats the purpose of meditation. From descriptions I've heard, meditation is often described as "thinking about nothing". I'd appreciate it if someone could give some advice or correct me. [link] [comments] | ||
| Unlearning Negative Habits and Breaking Loops by Creating Your Minder Posted: 02 Jul 2021 09:53 AM PDT
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2021 11:42 AM PDT Hi. Looking for meditation centers in Europe that will hold retreats this summer/autumn. Thank you :) [link] [comments] | ||
| Do you lose yourself? Or do you maintain control? Posted: 02 Jul 2021 12:56 PM PDT | ||
| Posted: 02 Jul 2021 12:51 PM PDT My life is full. So full. I am atlas with two world's and not only can I not shrug, I have to run full speed ahead too. I have been having to shove my true self down to press forward through some traumatic things going on in my life right now. I'm a practitioner and ritual is... My meaning. I am so sad, I cannot get past my worries and anxiety and that "go go go" enough to even close my eyes sometimes. There's too much life happening. Can anyone give me some sage advice? I'm scared that I'm losing connection to the all... I can't.. Be. [link] [comments] | ||
| Is taking a break off of meditation at the weekend a bad idea? Posted: 02 Jul 2021 04:48 PM PDT I am practicing meditation since about a year but I still don't feel like I can find the correct „schedule" for me. I have had a great time at the beginning where I managed to meditate daily for about 3 months. But it has gotten very stressful at some weekends so I changed to Mo-Fr only. It worked good for some time but I think that it hurt my discipline to keep doing it regularly. So neither of these ways seem to really work out great for me and I don't know how to fix that at all. Any help for this? Maybe someone had a similar issue someday? [link] [comments] | ||
| When meditation techniques fail? Posted: 02 Jul 2021 12:10 PM PDT I have issues with fixating on feelings of dread. Throughout my day if I start to feel a sense of dread I try and use my meditation techniques to calm myself down. Recently, I havent been having success and I will start to panic when my techniques fail. I believe this causes an emotional spiral making my feelings more intense/worse. Any advice on how to curtail this? [link] [comments] | ||
| My back hurts am I doing it wrong ?? Posted: 02 Jul 2021 03:50 PM PDT So, is my back just suppose to get stronger over time and that is part of the journey ? Or is my posture wrong ? Lol [link] [comments] | ||
| Meditating with negative emotions... Posted: 02 Jul 2021 11:44 AM PDT So I've been meditating for a couple years now but I am still very much a novice. I get extremely distracted and have a really hard time. Anyways, I understand that meditating isn't going to fix all my problems but I have heard that it's been great for a lot of people in relating to their thoughts and emotions. I have severe PMS and before my period I become so crabby, negative, angry, and I just want to be alone. Unfortunately meditation has not helped me to change my relationship to these mind states. Is that possible? Or is it too much of a hormonal imbalance? [link] [comments] | ||
| Trouble with breathing during meditation Posted: 02 Jul 2021 11:11 AM PDT I have been meditating everyday for about a month and I was making a lot of progress, then one day I couldn't breathe naturally anymore. Now, when I try to meditate I hyper focus on my breathing and I start to breathe weirdly and it gets uncomfortable. Does anyone have a suggestion for how to fix this? I really love meditating and I miss being able to slip into the zone without being distracted by my own focus on my breath. I know I am supposed to be mindful of the breath while not trying to change it, but I'm having difficulty putting this into practice. Any advice is greatly appreciated <3 [link] [comments] | ||
| What stays after recovering from chronic pain? Is my world shrinking or expanding? Posted: 02 Jul 2021 02:40 PM PDT I was in chronic pain for 20 years. I have experienced depression, mood fluctuations, anxiety, altered perceptions and cognition, and emotional instability for two thirds of my life. I had loose sense of self and everything about me was a coping mechanism to my pain. The way i talked, my tone my choice of words, thoughts, my thinking, my believes, my values and my perception are all changing every day as the root of pain goes away. My friends and relatives seem strange and unhappy. I sometimes wonder what stays after a chronic pain. I am more focused, I find words more easily and people are responding differently to me. Is my world shrinking and becoming more manageable or expanding? I would say I am more calm than present. What am I experiencing? [link] [comments] |
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