Re:Tell HN: Burnout is bad to your brain, take care
by primitivesuave on Thursday September 05, 2024 @08:30PM
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I burned out around 3 years ago and couldn't fix it with a year of traveling the world and working on side projects - thankfully I discovered Vipassana meditation which helped me bounce back stronger than ever. Hopefully someone else in a similar situation might find this potential solution useful.
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Re:Tell HN: Burnout is bad to your brain, take care
by andrei_says_ on Thursday September 05, 2024 @08:59PM
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What in Vipassana helped the most? Refocusing on the body? Focusing on equinimity? Recalibrating the mind once or twice a day? Something else?
Re:Tell HN: Burnout is bad to your brain, take care
by whoknw on Thursday September 05, 2024 @09:15PM
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Second that question - did you do one of the ten day retreats?
Re:Tell HN: Burnout is bad to your brain, take care
by andhuman on Saturday September 07, 2024 @03:41AM
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Not OP, but for me what helped the most is the samadi / shamatha meditation where you go into this calm abiding mode. You are calm but alert with the whole body energized. This is a enjoyable state to be in, sometimes _very_ enjoyable. I listened to the guided meditations from the Alan Wallace retreat as well as a guided meditation retreat from Rob Burbea.