Mindfulness

If people do not want to take medication, or follow "normal" treatments meditation and mindfulness can help them control thiers emotions.

Just like slow breathing it helps put "space" between you and your thought or emotion so you have time to react in a more healthy way, less destructive way.

This is the point we are try to get accross. Not to change anyone over to Buddhism.

We have also be talking lately about healthy and natural diets and the benefits it gives to help with depression.

I apologize if you feel that the suggestions have been heavily one sided. However,therapists and therapies, art, CBT DBT. walking, exercise and group therapy have also been included in discussions depending on what the member is asking. Plus as always, redirection back to the persons medical contact is always strongly suggested.

Thank you

Trina

I read the section on the science of mindfulness on mindful.org. That is where it says that this form of meditation has it's roots in buddhism. They simply use a secular approach.

I did not say there was anything bad about it at all. My point was, if one thing is being pushed above others someone could miss out on something that would help them.

Meditation and such new age stuff really doesn't help me much. Over the years I had tried many things, and it ended up being meds that helped me because I have a chemical imbalance. If that imbalance had not been corrected I would not be here now.

Actually I don't believe it is Buddhism I simply stated that it is derived from Buddhism according to their website. Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness_%28psychology%29

Apparently I've not explained what I meant well enough and I'm at a loss as to how I can get my point across so I'm just going to drop this here.

Being mindful is simply being aware of the environment and people that one is surrounded by, and ones actions; it’s a state of enlightenment. However, it is not as simple as it sounds because being heedful requires a person to adapt an observational state of mind and pay attention to everything that happens, and everything that he does, not to pass judgment or to analyze the situation but simply to able to accept the realities of life.
http://peacequarters.com/mindfulness-the-known-yet-misunderstood/

Emily welcome to the forum and thanks for the new site on mindfulness.

You are correct mindfulness takes work. Practice and acceptance allowing it to become part of the persons life.

Peace
Trina

I use it daily. It is the same as the exercises I have learned for actor training and being in the moment. Even before I took a few seminars on the practice, I often would close my eyes, breathe, and check-in with my muscles, spine, breathing. A check-in grounds you.

For instance, I have a tendency to tighten my shoulders, and push them forward, resulting in pressure on my neck and shoulder blades. These are "trigger points" with fibro, so it can get out of hand really fast. It also looks really bad. So, breathe in, drop the shoulders, open the chest.

There are many forms of meditation. It's pretty benign. And, it's free and a quick thing that can help people be more aware of themselves.