Someone said something about recovery that struck me. Recovery for most of us with mental health conditions involves us learning or relearning certain habits or ideas, much as a child would. It’s really baby steps for us and that’s difficult, discouraging,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Keeping grounded and present is really really difficult but it’s really helpful to learn this skill. Yes, it’s a skill that can be learnt, and needs practice.
Staying present isn’t easy for me, even at the best of times. I don’t know if it’s purely a depression thing or not, but that’s exactly why staying present helps me now, because it keeps me from being overwhelmed in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These first steps are kind of the foundational steps. Even a year into therapy after learning these steps, they’re still steps I use to ground myself.
Theory is nothing without practice. And mindfulness sometimes seems a bit counter-intuitive at first. Like any new skill though, whether it’s trying to play badminton, climb a hill or mindfulness, practice makes perfect. Hopefully I can explain simply how it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And the use of mindfulness in therapy. At the very least, if you’re not going into the spiritual / meditation aspect. Regular postings are still a struggle. Please bear with me.
The idea of accepting and allowing negative thoughts instead of fighting them, actually results in us being able to make choices that factor in these thoughts and emotions, potentially even defusing them in entirety. Instead of denying them, swallowing them,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mindfulness allows instead of suppresses. It gives space without enmeshing. It gives a choice, instead of forcing anything. It’s an alternative that helps. It won’t solve anything, but it can help to solve some things.
The easiest solution is always to think we’re right and no one else is. Assuming you don’t think that way though, that you’re more humble than that, when we fight instead of validating our feelings, many a time we get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When mindfulness was first explained to me, I took to it easily because the pain was so immense. But even then, practising it was a different story. Even a year after I was first introduced to it, now, I still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…