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Meditation

Kate Kestrel
1 month ago

Hi,

For a long time now I’ve been trying meditation to try to lower my anxiety and deal with the effects of ptsd, and also to improve my well being overall. However I have got to the point where I’m beginning to wonder if it can actually help me. I struggle so much to focus and to get my mind to calm and settle. I’m wondering if meditation is particularly difficult for autistic people.

Has anyone on here had much success with meditation? And if so - what kind of meditation practice did you use? I’d really appreciate some advice on this. Part of me feels that I might as well give up with it because all that’s happening now is that I feel like a failure for not benefiting from something that so many other people say is so wonderful. 
Thanks :) 

Parents
  • 1 month ago

    If you are unfit in the gym, you probably need to work harder to get fit, and then it is about maintaining. Then you can start lifting heavier weights and climb the stails without getting out of puff. If you have an overactive brain, the same probably applies in order to get a "fitter" brain. My experience is baseline levels need to be on the side of reasonable to begin with. ie you can't go to the gym if you have a broken leg. I found meditation difficult when in stages of high anxiety or whatever the hell it was.  I am not explaining myself well as its the middle of the night. I have sent you a PM. 

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  • 1 month ago

    If you are unfit in the gym, you probably need to work harder to get fit, and then it is about maintaining. Then you can start lifting heavier weights and climb the stails without getting out of puff. If you have an overactive brain, the same probably applies in order to get a "fitter" brain. My experience is baseline levels need to be on the side of reasonable to begin with. ie you can't go to the gym if you have a broken leg. I found meditation difficult when in stages of high anxiety or whatever the hell it was.  I am not explaining myself well as its the middle of the night. I have sent you a PM. 

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  • 1 month ago in reply to out_of_step

    You are ‘explaining yourself well’  - you make a very good point! Yes - I’m dealing with very high anxiety levels, traumatic memories and resulting dips of depression - and that’s probably not the best foundations to learn how to meditate (or at least makes it harder to get going). Your comparison of trying to exercise with a broken leg is a very good one! 
    I've had anxiety for decades, then heightened by a traumatic experience (severe illness) and mentally I probably have two broken legs to be honest! 
    At its worst it’s definitely a threat to my life - because sometimes I feel I can’t go on living like this. But I really DO want to live - and to live well - and I think that it’s possible (I dearly hope it is). And I do think that meditation and Buddhism has so much to offer in terms of finding peace and acceptance of the challenges we all face in life (and I think autistic people deal with so much). 
    thank you for your help :) 

  • 1 month ago in reply to out_of_step

    I realise this might come across as "well just try harder!" but this is not my intention. It isnt about success or failure snd different things work for different people.