Do people here find meditation to be harmful? I have been flooded by emotions.
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I find it calming
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I don’t think I could find a medical journal that has something negative to say about meditation.
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It helps me calm my mind when my thoughts are racing or I feel like I’m not part of myself.
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I think it’s possibly harmful for some people with schizophrenia.
In fact, unguided meditation practices can be harmful for people with a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder and have indeed been documented as worsening the psychotic symptoms of some individuals.
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Wow! I never would have guessed!
When I was 17 I was into meditation and I went downhill. It could have been a coincidence though.
Is it somehow near yoga? Dont know much about it
Meditation is harmful to some people.
It is for me.
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I absolutely hate meditation. It just grinds me the wrong way. It did indeed make my psychosis worse, at least it felt like it did.
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I have been meditating every day for the past three years. I find it to be very good for my mood. It is calming and relaxing for my mood and anxiety. It keeps me even Steven.
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I struggle with it. My mind goes here and there.
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There are a lot of ways to meditate.
Zen, and many other other similar meditation techniques, recommend focus and/upon silence. I don’t do that.
But chanting, something, anything (?) is another way of in a sense quietening the mind, by drowning out all thought.
I chant lots!
There is research that claims that humming – a kind of chanting?-- reduces schizophrenic voices.
[I am not schizophrenic (no voices). I am x-psychotic, and still very paranoid]
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Me too. I used to do it but now I find my mind just can’t do with that
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I’ve found some meditations to be awful, but guided meditation with a clear focal point is helpful to me.
I dont find it harmful, but it is not really beneficial for me either.
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