For a long time I used meditation (mostly vipassana/anapana) to cope with strong negative emotions Somewhat recently I’ve grown suspicious that it’s actually been an avoidance thing
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Aren't there some kinds of meditation where you do magnify or go into the feelings?
@QiaochuYuan@meditationstuff@Malcolm_Ocean Actually yeah, how is the bio-emotive stuff compatible with the observer-of-thoughts/feels thing? -
I feel like this+OP is revealing multiple misconceptions I have (/ that are common?) about meditation, but I'm not sure what they are.
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This resonates with me so much. I also very recently realized that I had been using meditation to always feel good/ neutral. So whenever negative feelings came up, I tried to use vipassana etc. to just focus on something else and feel okay.
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After I learned the techniques, my friends and family began to perceive my practice as emotional mastery & control I think this caused me to overlook some of the ways my practice was maladaptive—in some ways I was moving in the wrong direction!https://twitter.com/meditationstuff/status/1204439983299465217 …
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Think of mindfulness as a tool that lets you see your negative emotions for what they really are, uncontrolled thoughts. By noticing the nature of these thoughts you allow yourself to think of ways to solve them without the emotional pain. Make it a creative and enjoyable task.
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