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There is good reason to be cautious with meditation while depressed. Meditation helps people get some distance from their emotional reactions - but depressed pe
by jes5199 10y ago
There is good reason to be cautious with meditation while depressed. Meditation helps people get some distance from their emotional reactions - but depressed people are often already _unhealthily_ dissociated from their emotional state, and mediation may exacerbate that rather than repair it.
I'm with you on the LSD thing, though.
- benevol 10y agoTrue. Meditation becomes rather unrealistic once your depression is past the "moderate" level and has become "clinic" (strong), in which case either anti-depressants (mostly with side-effects) or a well researched and full-blown LSD experience can "jumpstart" your brain again (and therewith enable you to start practicing meditation which then helps you avoid falling back into strong depression).