09-17-2018, 07:22 AM
I don't know how many of you have tried this but I feel that mindfulness meditation has been one of the most useful cognitive tools I have learned in my life. CBT, DBT, Interpersonal therapy, I've tried them all, but this has really stuck with me.
To close your eyes and feel your breath and just realise where you are, who you are, and that you are still alive and here is such a wonderful feeling. I started doing it for maybe 10 seconds a day- about as long as I could go without a random thought popping into my head. It is a skill, and practice makes permanent. I practice for at least 10 minutes a day, whenever I can.
It is also great at grounding you when you feel a panic attack coming on. As they say, your thoughts are all in the past or the future, when you are thinking in the moment you aren't thinking at all.
I acknowledge that I have my fair share of substance issues to work through, but I can honestly say that mindfulness has had more of a positive impact on my anxiety than any benzo.
Have any of you guys (or girls) had experience trying this?
To close your eyes and feel your breath and just realise where you are, who you are, and that you are still alive and here is such a wonderful feeling. I started doing it for maybe 10 seconds a day- about as long as I could go without a random thought popping into my head. It is a skill, and practice makes permanent. I practice for at least 10 minutes a day, whenever I can.
It is also great at grounding you when you feel a panic attack coming on. As they say, your thoughts are all in the past or the future, when you are thinking in the moment you aren't thinking at all.
I acknowledge that I have my fair share of substance issues to work through, but I can honestly say that mindfulness has had more of a positive impact on my anxiety than any benzo.
Have any of you guys (or girls) had experience trying this?