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Re:Depression as hard on the heart as obesity and cholesterol by _8fb6 on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @09:54AM (#13426663)
> Since I've picked up mindfulness and become a more balanced, calm person

Where did you learn mindfulness from? A book, therapy, or something else?

Is there anything you wish you knew when you had just started getting into mindfulness? I'm curious as to what you'd suggest.

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Re:Depression as hard on the heart as obesity and cholesterol by vanderZwan on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @10:22AM (#13426912)
A book suggested to me by my therapist. It's a Dutch one so probably useless to you.

> Is there anything you wish you knew when you had just started getting into mindfulness?

I wish it was made more clear to me that this is an evidence-based method with plenty of scientific support for its effectiveness, so I would have been less sceptical and picked it up sooner! My therapist was kind of... let's just say that his master thesis was on astrology.

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