Posted by Meltingpot on July 9, 2009, at 15:16:13
In reply to Re: Is it common for therapists to be anti-med? » Meltingpot, posted by Larry Hoover on July 3, 2009, at 19:51:11
Hi Larry,
It's good that you find mindfulness helpful. I really wanted to find it helpful too but to be honest it didn't seem to change anything but then it's not meant to is it? The whole idea of mindfulness is to be accepting and that in itself is supposed to be part of the cure.
I came off all my medication for a while and I thought right I'm going to just lie here and accept the way I feel and just be conscious of my thoughts as they ran though my head without actually reacting to them. After an hour of doing that I just felt more and more frustrated, bored and edgy.
The thing is I could never accept being like I am and feeling as I do today. Part of me loses hope year by year that I'm ever going to get better but I could just never sit back and accept my fate. I want to try anything and everything to get better even if it means taking risks.
To be honest, when I'm at my worst the idea that something like mindfulness could be helpful feels like an insult, just like if somebody suggested aromotherapy or homeopathy. I mean you wouldn't tell somebody having a heart attack to take some herbs would you???
How do you find mindfulness helpful and how long did you have to practice it before you felt it had made a difference?
Denise
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