It's always funny to me to hear people talk about meditating as a way of trying to calm the constant chatter in their minds, because due to my long history of depersonalization I'm often so completely out of touch with my inner monologue that I'm unaware of it and I HATE it.
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In my experience that quieting doesn’t happen for a looooooong time, only after the chatter is clearly heard and accepted. Even after meditating for the better part of a decade, “quiet mind” is a rare experience for me (& not particularly desirable much of the time).
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I'm trying to get to the point where quiet mind (sometimes called blank mind) is rare for me! Usually if you ask me what I'm thinking about I'd struggle to answer. Not that I'm not thinking, just that trauma/depersonalization have made it so I don't really hear my inner monologue
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Some tools aren't meant to solve every problem, and only you know what problem you have. So people should ease off, is what I'm saying.
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Hey Carolyn! I'm not huge on esoteric medicine and treatment doing a unique thing only. What I mean is if Meditation for you means hearing what your brain and your heart is trying to tell you then I say welcome. Take care of yourself. :)
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I appreciate that! To be clear, I haven't had a problem with people telling me "Meditation IS for calming the chatter in your mind." Rather, I just find it interesting that for so many people, that's an issue, whereas I have practically the opposite issue, I want MORE chatter!
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