Collecting quotes from the article: "'Some people [mindfulness] helps, some it can make ’em feel worse. ... [T]hey don’t listen to us, they just tell us to do m

Collecting quotes from the article: "'Some people [mindfulness] helps, some it can make ’em feel worse. ... [T]hey don’t listen to us, they just tell us to do mindfulness.' ... "Sharp, eloquent, indignant, the students explain what does help them when they are stressed or upset: talking to people they trust, being listened to, having fun. ... They have many ideas about what their school can do to help them, but it seems like no one is listening." Generally speaking, if you're in a bad environment, getting more in tune with your feelings and how you react to your environment can make you feel more acute pain. Conversely, becoming numb and unaware of your feelings can help avoid the pain, and possibly help you remain more functional, at least in the short term. Of course, pain tends to signify a problem that has significance beyond the pain itself (pain for pain's sake would seem to have negative evolutionary value, but e.g. pain that encourages you to avoid sharp objects has positive value), so ignoring it seems like a bad thing in the medium and long term. However, if you have no practical options for fixing the underlying problem, then it may just be pain without gain.