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I've been doing mindfulness meditation for around 7 years now (I also have ADD). It helps my focus a bit, but comes with diminished returns over time. I meditat
by kar5pt 6y ago
I've been doing mindfulness meditation for around 7 years now (I also have ADD). It helps my focus a bit, but comes with diminished returns over time. I meditate for other reasons but I wouldn't recommend it just for focus. The amount of time and effort it takes isn't worth the marginal benefit to concentration. I still struggle with the same focus problem OP does.
- Pyramus 6y agoYMMV and there will be definitely be people like yourself, but from my own experience and the research I've read, this is exactly what mindfulness meditation is targeted at: 1. The ability to detect the mind wandering off. 2. The ability to re-direct attention. There are studies showing that neural circuits linked to 1 + 2 are strengthened when doing mindfulness meditation. This benefit is specific to mindfulness meditation, and hasn't been shown for other types of (secular) meditation like transcendental meditation or relaxation exercises.