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Meditation
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Once in a while, it does help me to calm down, but I don’t do it often enough to get the long-term benefits it’s supposed to give you.
I used to. Mixed results. Wim Hoff had the best results tho
The last thing I need is to be left alone with just my thoughts.
Sounds like that is the first thing you should do. Also get help :)
No need for help. My thoughts just race 24/7 leaping from one subject to the next unless I have something to distract me from something.
That wont stop by ignoring them. But with practice, over time like building a muscle, meditation will quiet the mind.
Forget 90 minute sessions, you can meditate 1 minute, 2 minutes. No special setting or place required, anywhere comfortable and quiet. You can do this a few times a day, youll notice slight improvements in aa little as a week or so.
I think the point is to try and not be consumed by your thoughts. I get your point though.
Sounds like me when I was in a bad place. Do you need support?
Appreciate the offer, but I’m all good. It’s more that my thoughts just race and leap from one subject to the next, and it gets extremely tiring to deal with if I don’t have something to distract me.
It still sounds like its exhausting and debilitating.
It can be and my meds help with it but it will never fully stop and I’ve come to accept that.
Damn. I‘m sorry. Good luck to you buddy.
As other people are saying, that’s the point of meditation.
I just started a book, The Art of Living, by Thich Nhat Hahn and he claims that most people don’t choose to think their thoughts, thoughts just appear, just like the wind on a rainy day. You can’t stop the wind from blowing and you can’t stop thoughts from appearing.
The point of meditation is to learn not to ‘think’ the thoughts that appear.
By tue way I did try this for a year and while i do get the point of it I did not succeed yet.
I hope you’re well though!
My brain does not work the way it should. My thoughts are generally something I am capable of controlling.
Have tried it several times, but like most things it works for a few days then just becomes an “upkeep cost” which doesn’t benefit me anymore, and I drop it.
No, I prefer to draw or knit and just let my thoughts run free. Which might or might not be the same.
I’m afraid of my own thoughts.
Yeah, sometimes. In Germany, if you’re a college student, you can get access to the app 7Mind for free (see Campus College). I think for me it really depends on the day. Sometimes it works really well, sometimes it doesn’t help a lot. It usually doesn’t harm - I just sometimes am not really able to relax. Part of the practice though is to learn that that’s okay. I am still in the process of learning that not being able to relax and be with your thoughts is absolutely okay! Thus, meditation for me is more about checking in with me how I’m feeling. If it helps me relax - great! If not - perfectly fine, then I now know that I’m not relaxed.
Likely NT here, but meditation is awesome. Sometimes when I am particularly stressed or overwhelmed it’s kinda hard to get in the right state of mind, it’s as if I forget how easy it is to meditate, but when it does click it makes everything that much more simple.
Highly recommended to anyone going through rough times or even people who are fine but would like to have their brain shut up for a little while.
Thanks for chiming in! I agree fully and am happy to know we have allies here. :)
I know it’s not for everyone, but I usually find the Anglican Rosary helps
Oh god please don’t leave me alone with my thoughts. Meditation leaves me with panic attacks, and breathing exercises leave me dizzy and anxious.
Would dissociating for a while work? 🥺👉👈
Sounds like me when I was in a bad place mentally. Do you have support?
I do, thank you for asking :)
CPTSD + ADHD + Autism = a mess, I’m fine so long as my brain never stops. I’m hoping to buy a house in another province to get as far away from my family as possible.
Welcome to the club. Sad club but a club anyway.
Feel free to hit me up on matrix if you want to talk (disclaimer: no trauma dumping plz). Also, there is an autism community on world and a matrix chat you can join if you like with over 100 members. Very chill and nonviolent place imo.
I think people with a bad past understand each other silently. As long as we can stay nonviolent towards each other, we make good running mates (metaphor).
No pressure, I‘m just trying to be clear and complete.
How do I find the matrix group? I’m new to matrix
Either go to !autism@lemmy.world and put in search for „matrix“ or you use this: https://matrix.to/#/#lemmy-world-autism:matrix.org
very interesting and annoying. have you looked in the autism community on lemmy.world?
Exactly this. I do NOT want to be in there alone.
I’ll be in there around 3PM, please turn off the music next time.
That kind of means you need to be.
This might work for a lot of people, but if you’re past a certain threshold, or, once you’re alone with your thoughts, you only manage to self-flagellate, you’re only going to end up in a worse place than before. People in these situations do not need to be told to meditate, they need to be taught how, probably with direct guidance at the beginning.
I actually meditate basically all the time. At one point I thought, why not have the clear crystal ball all the time, instead of “just” when I make time to sit down and meditate?
Pretty much the same here. I meditate when I get stressed, I do yoga moves every day. It helped me tremendously getting my life back together so I keep at it.
For any onlookers: this is a process so start at any point, no minimum requirement to be valid. :)
With all the time I actually mean all the time, dunno if you mean the same thing. Like I don’t do any actual yoga exercises or meditation sessions, I simply meditate while making myself some food, for example.
But yes, it’s definitely a process that you can do ass little or as much of as you’d like :)
I used to do it while trying to sleep, while being alone, while doing anything that needed my attention but my head was too messed up to stay calm. So I meditated, counted breaths, observed thoughts and feelings, turned inward as much as I could. Since then stuff has gotten better and by now I only meditate if things get rough.
Only started recently. Not for calming down, but for honing focus.
Last two frames, watching comfort show (Chernobyl)
Tried it once and it doesn’t work for me.
Maybe it’s because some of my hobbies can be meditative in its own way…
That is correct.
Every time I’ve tried meditation it has triggered a panic attack. Oh well
That does happen sometimes, and is a contraindication. You could try walking meditation or simple mindfulness meditation, building models or some other silent hobbies. Just time to let the silence settle you. We have so much noise coming at us, external and internal. Mindfulness and walking aren’t always silent, but notice a bird singing, the colors, green space.
Interesting! Why do you think is that?
