Are anxious and depressed people suitable for meditation?

Meditation is indeed a good way to cultivate one's self-cultivation. However, patients who have been diagnosed with anxiety or depression are not suitable for meditation, because meditation is similar to a form of "daydreaming". Although it is a kind of "potential" to stimulate oneself, it is too far from reality to be realized, especially in the morbid psychological state, the patient's thinking and reality are not integrated, and it is difficult to prevent him from becoming the biggest thinking mode of demand or expectation.

There are many ways to meditate, whether it is Jing 'an's thinking or Buddhist meditation. Turning realistic thinking into an empty meditation will make the mind calm to some extent, in other words, it will give people a kind of comfort and expectation. This form of meditation can really make people achieve spiritual purification and spiritual comfort.

No matter what kind of meditation method, it should be carried out under the guidance of a professional instructor, not in a specific area, which is very easy to go astray. This is also because people's thinking is jumping to a certain extent, rather than a self-stable mode, especially in certain circumstances, under the premise of appropriate music, it can lead to the embodiment of people's pure self-thinking mode.

When people meditate, they enter a virtual mode emotionally, which is completely equivalent to being divorced from reality and entering a state of thinking. In fact, as people say, "the soul is separated from the physical experience", the conscious thinking dominated by its inner neurons is a terrible model.

In this case, if there is correct language guidance, it will gradually lead to meditation, and then go through the process of meditation one by one, from shallow to deep, then from deep to deep, and finally from meditation to normal. This is a very complicated experience process, and people who experience meditation personally don't seem to feel such a complicated process.

It seems that people who can really lead into normal meditation feel a very simple or relaxed process, but they don't know all the concepts of thinking consciousness emitted by brain cognition, which is also a mystery in the meditation process, just like Zen in Buddhism. When you reach a certain state of peace of mind, everything can be completely forgotten and unknown, but all you know is to enter a virtual meditation state.

This is also the case. If the thinking mode of a patient with depression or anxiety disorder is itself a morbid thinking, which has divorced from the cognition of reality and entered a virtual state of self-infatuation, then when he returns to reality, it is difficult to distinguish between virtual and reality, and classify the existence of the distorted reality as virtual or morbid cognitive thinking.

Self-meditation of patients with depression or anxiety is the most terrible, because from the moment they enter the meditation state, a morbid thinking has occupied all the predictable or expected scenes in meditation. Once they come out of the conflict between meditation and reality, there will be a violent collision, which will make the patient feel that there are variations and misinterpretations in reality, because this is extremely inconsistent with his expectations in meditation.

In particular, it will aggravate some misconceptions of patients with depression, aggravate the degree of misinterpretation or misunderstanding of reality, cause certain difficulties in the relief and cure of diseases, and even aggravate the degree of symptoms of patients, so that more concepts of avoiding reality and misinterpreting reality appear.

Meditation is only a temporary liberation of the mind. When you move from reality to illusion, and from illusion to reality, you can't understand and deepen your detachment consciousness well. Even a normal person can hardly maintain his normal psychological reaction.

That's it, as long as we Amitabha, like Buddha, can help us solve all our sufferings, and reality is reality. All the solutions to the problem just make you face the reality, not escape from it. If you expect all your expectations in an illusory and impossible meditation, then your thinking concept can't be changed to some extent, let alone change your symptoms of depression and anxiety.

In short, if you want to play the "game" of meditation well, you must have a professional instructor to give you the correct guidance, that is, guidance, not a "game" that you can play well by yourself. But you have to remember a truth after all, the real is always true, and the virtual is always virtual. What you expect in meditation can only be a distant call, not a reality.

Of course, we should specifically talk about the "benefits" of meditation! It depends on what kind of mentality the meditator is holding to "meditate"!

Put the conclusion first.

Let's look at the effects of anxiety and depression:

1. Worry is alarmist. Think about things that are far away from now or things that may not happen. For example, if you think you have an accident and no one cares, what should you do if your children are not filial, what should you do if you set a travel date and the weather is bad? What's more, you think that the earth will be destroyed in 5 billion years, and human beings will perish if they don't emigrate to outer space. . . .

Enlarge the fear. The most common situation is to amplify your fear of death. When you think you will die, close your eyes and say goodbye to this world completely. No more spring, summer, autumn and winter, no more rolling dice and drinking draft beer. . . . .

3. Inferiority and loss. I feel useless and can't do anything well. I infinitely magnify my shortcomings and weaknesses and turn a blind eye to my bright spots.

4. Negative pessimism. The physiological reaction caused by psychological changes, the decrease of dopamine secretion, leads to no spirit for anything. Although nothing bad happened, I felt depressed and gloomy.

First, let's look at the concept of meditation.

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Simply put, it can help you get rid of negative emotions and control your emotions. If you can control your emotions, then anxiety and depression will naturally disappear.

So how do you meditate?

1. Consciously perceive

Pay attention to the present

3. Don't judge subjectively

The process of meditation is the process of awareness.

Sit down in a relaxed position and focus on your breathing (conscious awareness and concentration), but don't become short of breath or hold your breath (not subjective judgment). After a while, you may start to think about other things. Anxiety, fear, sadness and other messy emotions come to you. Don't move at this time. This is not the end of meditation, it is just a stage in the process of meditation. When this stage is over, you will find that these emotions have their origins-because there is no manuscript for tomorrow's report, or because there are still some chores at home. You will find yourself out of your body and see the causal relationship between thoughts and emotions. Find the source and your heart will become calm.

Indian philosopher Krishnamurti said, "Meditation can make our rough hearts sensitive. Observe the way you talk to servants, the degree of respect for high-ranking officials, and the degree of contempt for people who can't give a penny, and you will find how stupid you are. In our daily life, enjoy observing our greed, rudeness, arrogance and self-righteousness when eating. "

Therefore, if you want to get rid of anxiety and depression, you might as well try meditation and stick to it for a long time. I believe that you will eventually control your emotions and gain inner freedom.

Please criticize the shortcomings.

Suitable for meditation, but there must be a correct method. In this way, anxiety and depression can be greatly improved. Let me share the specific practices below:

The first step: running. Run to exhaustion and break through your limits.

Jogging and running are ok. If you feel energetic, run quickly. If you are tired, jog. If you think you can't run, stick to it. The advantage of doing this is to increase the burden on the body, let emotions be vented, let fatigue fill the body and spirit, anxiety and depression are not in the heart, and the heart tends to be calm.

Step 2: Relax and rest. Take a walk, listen to songs, watch movies, etc.

This stage is a relaxation stage. After strenuous physical exercise, it will slowly pass on to the spirit. Take a walk and watch a movie. Without thinking, fatigue will come slowly. This process takes about 30 minutes, depending on individual circumstances.

Step 3: Meditate. For example, the method of laying a corpse.

There are different methods of meditation, and any method can clear the mind and even fall asleep. Recommended corpse laying method: lie on the bed and stick a big font on your body to keep warm and comfortable. Fully relax your body, concentrate, feel your toes, then slowly move your perception up to your head, cycle several times, and slowly fall asleep. Specific training methods can be searched online.

When you wake up, you will find yourself full of energy, all anxiety will disappear, and your depression will be improved. You can do it every few days according to the situation.

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There are many kinds of meditation, including meditation and action, such as meditation. Anyone with mild anxiety and depression can try it. Meditation can help us settle down and reduce anxiety. Thich nhat hanh said: Meditation is like a glass of juice settling down and becoming clear. If you are deeply anxious and depressed, I suggest you adopt the idea of dynamic meditation. The traditional piling in China is also one of the good methods. Let the heavy and silted energy flow and release with the movement of the body, especially in nature, between green mountains and green waters, which naturally has powerful healing power. (The first picture below shows the meditation practice in Zhong Nanshan, and the second picture shows the meditation in rural Bordeaux. )

Recommend several self-regulation methods to eliminate anxiety and depression:

1, natural adjustment method

Life is full of all kinds of joys and sorrows. When you are in a bad mood, you can take a walk in the park near your home after dinner. If the park is too far away, you can also take a walk in the community, or relax, which will help your bad mood.

2. Language adjustment methods

Whether people are happy, sad or depressed, they can be suppressed by language. Even the silent inner language can make people adjust their emotions.

3. Attention transfer method

Attention transfer method is to transfer your attention from one emotional state to another that can cause other emotional States, so it is to divert your attention from pessimistic emotions.

4, thinking transfer method

Transferring thinking activities from negative and unpleasant emotions to another emotional state, thus getting rid of the entanglement of negative and bad emotions, is called thinking transfer method.

5. Action transfer method

Action transfer method is a way to turn some emotions into actions.

6, consciousness adjustment method

Consciousness adjustment method is what we usually call restraining feelings with reason and defeating feelings with reason.

7, psychological release method

If you have bad emotions, you must not suppress them, but release them through appropriate channels. This psychological method is very effective in regulating and overcoming people's bad emotions.

Finally, please remember that depression is a state of mind in your life, a manifestation of compromise with emotions, but it is not terrible. It is only a part of human nature and can be completely overcome. As long as the correct understanding, understanding and positive response.

People who are anxious and depressed are not suitable for meditation.

Meditation is to seek inner peace, which is a difficult state to enter. Perhaps it is still very difficult for us ordinary people to meditate by ourselves, and we must have professional people to help us guide us. Otherwise, we think we are meditating, but in fact we may be imagining. Nowadays, the society is too complicated, and we normal people have too many thoughts and great inner fluctuations, so it is still difficult to calm the whole heart.

What about people who are anxious and depressed? Obviously, it will be more difficult, or even impossible to get in. The reason is that anxiety is a psychological trauma, or a psychological disease, while depression is a physiological disease. Even if we can get rid of anxiety symptoms by consulting psychologists, we may still need drugs to treat depression. Then the reason for this anxiety and depression may be that the external life pressure is too great, or what kind of things are particularly difficult to overcome, and so on.

So logically, if an anxious and depressed person can enter a state of meditation, it may have a great effect on his whole mind, but it is obviously unrealistic in practice, so I suggest that anxious and depressed people need to seek psychological counseling and drug treatment.

It must be appropriate. And it fits perfectly.

The question is: Can you sit still? Meditate? How long do you meditate? Being able to meditate can naturally relieve stress and anxiety.

But many times, sitting down feels like meditation, which is actually another version of the anxiety of entering.

Personal experience: I recommend the combination of static and dynamic.

For example, yoga, exercise with music or guidance.

For example, Buddhism or Christianity, chanting Buddha or freely chanting Buddha, or bowing your head, is also a combination of dynamic and static meditation.

The easiest way is to go out and run in the playground or community or square.