Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety

Re:Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety by hutzlibu on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:31PM (#24214173)

You mean basically a repeative videogame?

Well, I kind of do that from time to time. Play old videogames my mind can do it in autopilot mode. But I do not consider that too helpfull for myself. Sometimes it is. But on average I would say not.

You still have the flickering screen, which I think is not god for my head for too long. And I have the screen already for work, so I rather go outside, when I can.

One very simple technic to calm the mind while walking (or running or sitting) is use peripheric vision. Meaning the gaze is not focused, but wide. Seeing all at once. My theory is, that this uses more brain processing power, which leads to useless thoughts going silent. And breathing. And feeling. And smelling. And listening.

(so a nice area is recommended)

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Re:Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety by Shorel on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:40PM (#24215235)

> You mean basically a repeative videogame?

I mean more about the experience of driving. Clicking buttons is quite different to feeling the road through the steering wheel. In a normal video game you can just memorize the timing sequence.

I am trying to highlight the "focus on perception" part of the experience.

I would love to go and drive in an open road somewhere remote. And see and smell all these real things.

But I can't use my car right now (without paying a fine for breaking quarantine) so I use simracing.

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