Does Meditation Really Help With Depression And Anxiety?
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The Question: I experience depression and anxiety. Will meditation really help me? ... Read the full story
Mindfulness meditation is based on the idea of paying attention one's own inner experience, whether that's thoughts or sensations or emotions," she told HuffPost. "Anything that passes through the mind is the internal stimuli that you're paying attention to."
Ideally, with enough practice, you'll learn to create space between negative thoughts and your reactions.
"See them as distinct objects from yourself," Hoge said. "As in, 'My thoughts are not myself.' That allows a layer of separation so that the person has a little bit more freedom in how to respond to the thoughts or how to cope with them."
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