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Not really surprised. How do you even do measurements in a brain to see if it has any effect? It's already quite tricky to make sure anti depressants work, so
by jokoon 9y ago
Not really surprised. How do you even do measurements in a brain to see if it has any effect?
It's already quite tricky to make sure anti depressants work, so I would not trust meditation.
At best you just make people believe doing it will make them better, so as long as they believe it, it might be reassuring enough.
I don't tell people to do meditation, I tell them to go to a quiet place outside, in a park or woods, to sit and do nothing and let their thoughts go around. No phone, no book, no toys. The mere act of doing nothing is already doing a lot to relax you, and people have lost the simple habit of relaxing. Stop being busy, that's what people need.
- maroonblazer 9y ago>It's already quite tricky to make sure anti depressants work, so I would not trust meditation. That's an odd comparison to make given these are two radically different therapies. One doesn't follow from the other. >Stop being busy, that's what people need. Relaxing and meditating aren't synonymous. Simply reducing one's workload doesn't necessarily address the issues that might indicate meditation as a course of treatment.
- DanBC 9y ago> to sit and do nothing and let their thoughts go around. Pretty dangerous if those thoughts are "I am worthless and no-one would miss me if I die" or "my family would be better off if I kill myself".
- mistermann 9y agoAnd this is where one needs wisdom that should be part of a healthy meditation practice.
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago>I don't tell people to do meditation, I tell them to go to a quiet place outside, in a park or woods, to sit and do nothing and let their thoughts go around. I consider that to be a form of meditation, even though many seem to think that meditation is strictly limited to sitting in an uncomfortable position in a dark room with your eyes closed.