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Seems you discovered mindfulness :). "eventually I learned to catch myself whenever I was seeking this form of comfort" is the hard part that a lot of people do
by cmrx64 9y ago
Seems you discovered mindfulness :). "eventually I learned to catch myself whenever I was seeking this form of comfort" is the hard part that a lot of people don't figure out on their own. go you!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness-based_cognitive_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness-based_cognitive_th...
- wpietri 9y agoYes. As a recovering sysadmin, I think of mindfulness as creating monitoring/observability for my own self. It was weird to realize that I had a better idea what was going on with servers half-way across the world than with my own emotions [1]. Meditation and other mindfulness practices have been hugely beneficial. [1] If that rings a bell, consider taking this self-test: http://www.alexithymia.us/test.html http://www.alexithymia.us/test.html