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Meditating every day before bed is the best lifestyle change I've made in the last year. I think it's as important as brushing my teeth twice a day. A few year
by justsocrateasin 4y ago
Meditating every day before bed is the best lifestyle change I've made in the last year. I think it's as important as brushing my teeth twice a day.
A few years back, I was almost killed in a shootout between two rival gangs while in my house. A bystander walking by wasn't as lucky and he was shot to death in front of his wife. Major US city, not in a bad part of the city either, just bad luck, bad timing. It took a while for the PTSD to hit but eventually my therapist and I realized that a lot of my anxiety symptoms were stemming from a constant feeling of danger / feeling that I wasn't safe.
I started meditating every day about 3 months ago and the difference has been night and day. My friend started the journey with me and he's had similar results. I feel so much better every day, and I would estimate that my anxiety symptoms are down about 80%. Therapy is helpful too, and I would encourage anyone who feels like anxiety affects their life at all to do both CBT and meditation.
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- OriginalPenguin 4y agoCan you go into some detail about how you meditate to reduce anxiety?
- marmetio 4y agoNot who you asked, but Healthy Gamer GG has a lot of short meditations that only take a few minutes. There's a course on his site but a lot of the same information is scattered throughout his YouTube. https://youtu.be/86sYinrLuPA https://youtu.be/86sYinrLuPA
- edgyquant 4y agoHeadspace helped me tremendously.
- Sirenos 4y agoThere's a great book by Culadasa: The mind illuminated. It covers a lot of what ancient meditators thought about the practice, but the essentials can be found in the first chapter.
- scns 4y agoSecond this. He is a professor for neuroscience and meditation teacher for decades. Breaks it down into 10 steps, in plain english. A must, if you are into meditation, IMHO.
- sambapa 4y agoHe was, unfortunately.
- dorchadas 4y agoGoes to show the importance of Right View with these practices as well. They don't suddenly make you a great person on their own, etc.
- sambapa 4y agoI meant - his body dissolved and he got reborn or not (Idk whether he was an Arahant)
- dorchadas 4y agoAh - I forgot he had passed. I meant the sexual misconduct issues.
- scns 4y agoThat sounds like he molested someone, which he did not. He had a secret relationship with a prostitute, who he treated well, helped her with rent, even got her a flat IIRC. He was unfaithful to his wife, if you believe in monogamy. Many species of birds believed to be monogamous are not on close inspection. Both human sexes want to have sex with other people, besides their primary partner more often than we think. To suppress these desires leads to resentment and other problems i think.
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- colineartheta 4y agoWould you mind elaborating on the meditation method(s) you’re utilizing to minimize the effects you described?
- hammock 4y agoHow do you recommend finding a good CBT provider?
- ohdannyboy 4y agoIf you're in the US start from your insurance provider. Most insurance has directories of in network people. Psychology Today also has a very good index of therapists. If you're uninsured need based discounts are common. Most therapists give some kind of statement about their approach, past experience and list their areas of focus. Find one who matches what you want and schedule a first appointment. During this session explain your difficulties and see if you like their communication style. A good therapist will also tell you if they think it's not a fit. Not everyone clicks with everyone so don't be afraid to back out and don't read too much into it if they do the same.
- max937 4y agoHow long do you mediate for and do you fall asleep doing it?
- jjwiseman 4y agoWeird. I had a similar experience: I was suddenly caught very close to a shootout in which someone was killed, and the PTSD (not necessarily strictly PTSD because I don't know the diagnostic criteria, but definitely a lot of anxiety that came out later) was a big deal, and meditation has also helped me. I often use Insight Timer on my phone, and I like Christiane Wolf's meditations.
- graphe 4y agoI was held up at gunpoint and I refused to give up my item. I never got PTSD from it because I stood my ground. I was hit in the head, in a fight and because he lied to the police and said I attacked fiest I felt helpless and that gave me mental anguish. For me when these problems are unresolved or i felt helpless in the situation it caused me to replay the situation and upset myself more until I stopped it.
- 4ggr0 4y ago> I never got PTSD from it because I stood my ground. I'm glad that you didn't get PTSD, but that's not how that works. PTSD isn't "anxiousness because I didn't stand my ground", it's mental baggage which occurs after traumatic experiences. That can happen even if you stand your ground. Just wanted to mention this because it almost seems malicious to build the narrative of "if you defend yourself you also avoid PTSD".
- wyldfire 4y ago> That can happen even if you stand your ground. But I told the IEDs, "You shall not p<explosion!>" ...
- 4ggr0 4y agoHaha :') I give OP the benefit of the doubt that they only apply their logic to defendable, human vs. human interactions, but even then - You can get PTSD no matter what you do. Successfully preventing someone from taking your wallet can cause PTSD, surviving an IED blast without injuries can cause it, etc. You can get PTSD "just" from witnessing a stranger being robbed. And of course getting PTSD doesn't mean that someone is weak-minded or whatever.
- graphe 4y agoIf you talk to IEDs you have mental issues.
- graphe 4y agoI'm speaking about my experiences. Notice how you quoted me saying how it worked for me. Why are you are dismissing it or telling me what it is? Why is my experience sharing malicious?