The mindful way through depression: Zindel Segal at TEDxUTSC
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 เม.ย. 2014
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From my experience as a mindfulness therapist, the most important changes begin when you make friends with your depression rather than trying to suppress it. The best way to do this is through mindfulness training.
Online Mindfulness Therapy via Skype Look, why would anyone want to "make friends" with a vicious maniac that's been trying to kill them since childhood? Friends want to help you, not destroy you.
@@zxyatiywariii8 I think the comment above yours was worded poorly. I understand what you're saying, but I also understand that acceptance is half the battle. If you can get to the point of accepting your negative emotions, then it is easier to handle them. We don't want to rid ourselves of negative emotions, rather we want to know how to live with them in a healthy way.
Sadly it's an accommodation we must pay for for now
I think I know what you mean. Acceptance and self-compassion...
Mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy is what treated my depression most successfully
I read CBT in 'feeling good' by Dr. Burns and it helped me. MCBT is new to me. Do you have any resources (books/blogs/video etc) to share?
It has helped me a lot too. Still struggling but I am able to manage my symptoms way better than before.
Meditation and Mindfulness training are what finally gave me the tools to help overcome the episodic depression/mania that I suffered from. I still have mild depression, but thanks to the coping skills I have learned, I am no longer suicidal.
You can’t be mindful about mania. It’s a complete dysregulated state.
Excellent talk. Buddhism has been sharing this for over 2,500 years!
We are sri lankan,we are practicing biddhism since 2500 years in sri lanka..
I just wanted to say, that I am very grateful for your work and this video. I've had many episodes of high functioning depression and I am currently expierencing one. I went for a walk with a stroller, had to really make myself to go, because it's good for me... I remembered mindfulness, which I am familiar with and searched on youtube for "mindfulness depression" thinking maybe I'll meditate while walking.
And as I was listening to this video and tried the test with different views of your legs - thinking about them or just percieving them mindfully... I was suddenly able to see my self-negative talk from a mindful point of view. And I've tried mindfulness many times before, but this time was special. As I said - I saw my negative thoughts. I saw how I feel ashamed of myself. How I look down on myself. How I'm scared of loneliness and how I feel like useless abomination.
And suddendly...big wave of compassion and ...empathy towards myself washed over me. I saw how I suffer from distance. And I felt sorry for me. And comforted me. And accepted, that this way of thinking is just a part of me and saw it in a different light.
It went even further...I always try to suppress and eliminate this "negative me", so that only the "positive me" will stay. I can be very lovable, see the world as a happy place full of opportunities and myself as a wonderful human being. Sometimes. And sometimes the "negative me" takes over. And I resent it. After this walk... I've realized, that I cannot get rid of it. That I need to befriend it and appreciate it the same way as the positive me. And something inside myself felt very relieved and glad and I felt I dare to say...peaceful inside.
Furthermore...that it's exactly this sensitive, critical and emotional "negative me" is the reason, that the "positive me" even exists. Without the dark, there won't be light. I can sometimes enjoy the little things so much, because I've had many days of little sufferings. I can comfort people around me and be kind, because I know how it feels, when you need it. Etc...
This mindful point of view freed me from today's negative self-talk LOOP, which I was inside. And I guess it is the point. And accepting yourself with compassion.
Thank you, hopefully someone with depression would find some comfort and inspiration in my story as I do often reading other peoples' expierences. I wish the author of the TED talk best luck in his life and work life.
I hope that anyone who needs it will find comfort TODAY. Try mindfulness.
Wow! This was fantastic to read. I hope you will continue embarrassing all sides of yourself and loving every part of it.
Thank you for sharing ypur feelings, it really helped me ❤
I really relate with trying to suppress that negative side image.
Yesterday I lied about having gone to jiujitsu class although I havent been. I was too tired.
And my friend didnt even ask. I just told a lie before she could even ask me about how my jiujitsu class is going.
Had I just told her that I have a depressive phase maybe she would have understood.
Instead I had a drink too much and she good pissed off with me by the end of the evening.🎉
Man. Sometimes you are your own worst enemy
I like this talk. Scientific, unbiased, grounded in evidence. No wishy washy information. Well done.
Exactly
Mindfulness cured me of my depression
I have depression since I was in junior high school, and when I was in senior high school, I came across a book about this kind of mindfulness and how to deal with life.
It really helped me back then, except, as soon I plunged into college, I kind of forgot how to deal with life, and I fell into deep depression again.
I'm glad I finally come across this video, it reminds me again the mindfulness that I used to have back then. I'm going to practice it again. For my own good.
Good for you!!! Wishing you success and fantastic mental HEALTH!!
Thank you! Wish you have good life too! :)
Which book?
It's Indonesian books by Ajahn Brahm called "Si Cacing dan Kotoran Kesayangannya" episode 1 through 3.
I believe the English version is called "Opening the Door of Your Heart" by Ajahn Brahm.
*edit:
just fyi, "Si Cacing dan Kotoran Kesayangannya" literal translation is "The Worm and Its Favorite Poop"
@@kovanovsky2233 how are you now?
A quarter of a century living with clinical depression, going to therapy for years and taking medication, all with bland results, hearing this talk makes me hopeful.
You should try mushrooms if you are resistant to normal treatments
@@multicrogamer åä
This is really tough to do when the hallmarks of depression are rumination, regret, shame, and anxiety.
jude999 I suffered all those symptoms.’the rumination was so bad I couldn’t even remember walking to the store because I was so stuck in my head.
After 9’weeks of deep training in mindfulness everything has stopped.
It works but it takes a lot of practice
I’m living proof that it works
It IS tough to do. I see that as all the more you need to do it. it does get easier. It is a practice, don't worry if you struggle with it. It is the struggle that is the work.
Mindfulness involves giving up the need to change or strive for anything emotionally , physically or psychologically. Out of this non-striving we can allow ourselves to be fully present in our moment thus allowing it to be exactly as it is. It is natural for our minds to wonder so to simply call our thoughts back to just being, not striving allows us to accept not changing anything, but just experience what is occurring. Mindfulness will NOT feel natural at first, but through practice will allow a more peaceful existence to occur.
I've never understood that. Therapist tried laying that stuff on me and sent me into a two year tailspin. It all seems like gobbledygook.
Obese? Stop striving to lose weight.
Bad at your job? Stop striving to improve.
Failing algebra? Stop studying.
I get you, i hate therapists tbh. But let me give you a thought, see what troubles you, take a decision and stop worrying. Learn to accept what you cant change.
exactly! this is a perfect explanation of mindfulness...and its not easy to grasp. When you experience your first mindfulness experience its one of the most eye awakening experience of pure bliss! best way to fight depression
MBCT is such a powerful therapeutic tool. So well grounded in science. As a therapist for over 30 years, I find it more effective than anything else I have utilized with clients. Zindel Segal has such a wonderful way of sharing the information that he cultivated with Mark Williams and John Teasdale.
one of the most life halting and debilitating condtions. My deepest compassion and prayers for IMMEDIATE MIRACLES, for our fellows who are beset.
My kid is benefiting from a mindfulness program currently. They are dealing with the same depression that I fought with as a teen and I wish that I had these tools back then. Going through a mindfulness program with my teen has been also teaching my wife and I some very valuable tools that help not just our teen but our family as a whole. So grateful.
This talk is really steep to a person who has never heard it before, also, it's difficult to a person dealing with depression since the brain sometimes slows way down in it's ability to absorb and interpret. Nevertheless, this is good information that can introduce a sufferer to a meaningful way of managing depression. Having experienced 25+ years of psychotherapy, I can attest to the quality of this video. This person is on the right track.
Sometimes, hopelessness is born out of not having a path to follow. In-depth study of this video, viewing it numerous times until it is grasped is recommended.
what is wrong with the volume on this vid?
Mindful meditation helped me a lot(a lot) to change my negative states of mind......I wish,more and more people would practice mindful meditation.........
Anybody suffering from depression, really wanting to find the strength to apply all of this amazing knowledge, but feels it's just easier to be depressed?😩 Cause same😅
depression lets me feel sorry for myself so sometimes I would rather be depressed than think clearly. Depression is a bully and can make us want to choose to stay depressed. It's like a shitty manipulative girlfriend or boyfriend.
Baby steps. You could start with your feet. You can find guided meditations on youtube.
agree with you absolutely. Depression, anxiety are BULLIES and they don't deserve so much of your attention and resources. There are so many meaningful things you can do with those wasted energy.
Depression absolutely feels easier, because that was, it has you where it wants you to be, in pain. It tells you that you need the depression when in fact it needs you just as much. It keeps you in that game and traps you. Meditation and mindfulness teaches you that you don't need to play that game, that you don't need to follow the dark paths it leads you on and that there are spaces inside of you where the depression cannot haunt you. Its amazing.
Jason McMahan sorry sir but you are very much incorrect. if people with chronic pain such as suffering through aggressive painful types of cancer can use mindfulness to get peace, energy and even joy out of their days then you are just objectively, scientifically wrong. please do not spread such misinformation as you could be depriving someone of a tool that could be their only hope of recovery. I'm sry that was your experience but you were clearly misinformed on what mindfulness meditation is and how it works.
I try so hard NOT to go down that depression highway, 'cause I really NEED to be strong right now. /ciao from italy
Thank you so much for the amazing, informative talk! I have learnt a lot, realising depression could be episodic for me. I have been practicing mindfulness to deal with anxiety but didn't realise that it could also help with depression. Your examples and statistic has certainly shed some light onto how our thoughts could manifest itself and with practice we can have more control and rewards. :)
Mindfulness changes lives. Amazing!
For me, being 41 and having depression and anxiety issues since I was about 15, I found an odd comfort in my depression. Sounds ridiculous, but I'm a routine guy and my depression became normal and familiar. I was miserable, but at the same time, I had to be drug out of my depressive episodes. The alternative to feeling depressed (and suicidal at times), while much better for me in every way, was new and a bit scary to me. It's tough to make much sense out of, I know.
So sorry for you having gone through depression for all those years. I have it but can't imagine lining with it for as long as you have. You, Sir are very strong. I am glad you found a way to heal better. Wishing you total healing soon. 😊
I appreciate that, thank you!
Zindel! Such a great researcher, teacher, and human being.
Thank you Zindel Segal :)
Seguiremos trabajando desde nuestro espacio para que la realidad sea lo que siempre debió ser. Gracias por vídeos tan instructivos.
F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C video. I love this guy!! I knew that awarenes is a way to healing and preventing relapses but after watching the video I can understand why.
A brilliant guy who contributed significantly to early mindfulness research as it relates to mood... one of my heroes.
One of mine too!!
Thank You. Truly eye-opening.
...Thank you so much for posting this...
this might be hard for people to follow but listen to it a few times if you have too. seriously, this speech, this is amazing. thank you
Excellent talk...really informative and inspiring. It gives me hope! I have suffered since my 20s with "episodic" depression, but it has slowly but surely become a chronic state. This talk finally gives good reasons why and how a mindfulness practice can eventually improve one's life drastically. I'm just starting a DBT program and feel your talk couldn't have come at a better time. Thank you so much for the work you do and sharing!!
Eileen Gavin Larsen can we have a conversation about that?
The book he co-authored (with the same title as this talk) is worth reading if this talk is interesting to you. I've struggled with depression most of my life, starting when I was very young and consuming almost the entirety of my life (something I somehow inherited from my father-- my guess is through a combination of both nature & nurture)...
While I'd already taken meditation courses and spent a lot of time reading about the benefits of mindfulness, I was pleased to discover that the book was still helpful, and contributed a very slight shift in my perspective, or else slightly added to my overall understanding. It can be difficult to get out of the "thinking" brain and into the "feeling" brain... But the book does a great job of presenting how to do that, why to do that, what it feels like.
So is this talk just a way to persuade us to buy his book?
How would I know if that's why he did this talk? BUYING the book isn't what matters (except that it may be a good idea to support the things that you find genuinely helpful to humanity).
If anything, READ the book for FREE. And then, if you found it helpful, consider whether you want to support it with your money.
Book name plzz
@@CodBruceLee360 they said:same as video title
@@CodBruceLee360 The Mindful Way Workbook by Williams, Teasdale and Segal and The Mindful Way Through Depression.
Fantastic information well presented and so so important to so many. Thank you
That was great!!thank you for the wonderful insight!
great information wonderful talk loved the talk and appreciate you taking the time to share it. Please keep it up.
I recover and then relapse hard and binge with sadness. Metaphorically speaking with depression.
Yeah, good stuff here. This is the first time i've heard mindfulness practice described with clarity showing both evaluative and *in the moment* modes. This method has potential for self-care beyond mere clinical practice. Hope i can make use of it to treat my own mental health struggle.
Jon kabat zinn is the person that actually linked mindfulness and CBT. He and his team did the first empirical studies and fully developed two models
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction AKA Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy.
He did it decades before this guys studies. I find it odd that he's not mentioning that or acknowledging that mindfulness had come into practice in the 70s and was combined with Albert Ellis's and Beck's cognitive therapy models.
When your mind is absorbed by depression..all you experience is the the effects of that mindset & you don't have the self awareness to introduce new thought patterns to change the negative image that you have of yourself.
its called consciousness....the stillness which is awareness....which exists at the base of every human being.Its called Atma in India.The bhagwat geeta is all about this.
i ave been suffering since 1991 so today in 2016 (at age 45), it makes it 25 years or more that I am suffering. The repeated low performance at various jobs, the rebukes, the harsh words, the ridicule both behind my back & in my presence has been telling me to end my life for years now. The only reason I am still hanging in here is because no one would be there to bring up my 2 children who I love dearly. This disease is the very worst any living thing can bear. The very worst.
Im so sorry for you feeling this way,, I wish no one to feel inner pain. Prayers for you that you find a kinder way in life. Love your self so much that what other idiot people say and do doesn't hurt so much. We all have value
Hang in there didy you are a real hero
didy711 I understand. For me, I self-medicated for years with drugs and alcohol. The 12 Steps are helping me. I know that that may not be your problem, but strengthening my faith in a HP and feeling all my emotions, rather than numb myself, helps me so much. I still get depressed a bit, but nothing major. I wish you well and that you find strength and healing in mindful meditation. I do practice mindfulness, but not as much as I should.
didy711 oh and a healthy diet and supple vets helps me SO much. B-12 is key, and a good source of fish oil. It must be high quality fish oil. Love yourself and be gentle with yourself!
didy711 I have been suicidal, and was sent to a lockdown facility, which was like being in hell. It was the absolute worst place to send someone in my condition. I was actually going through PTSD after 12 hour brain surgery! Long story, but I am a strong survivor, and I love my life. Take care! 💕
Exercise is far more effective than meditation. It has a success rate far greater than 43%. If you're going to opt for meditation then combine it with vigorous, regular exercise. (As vigorous as possible, but even walking will do wonders.) And if you can, do that meditation and exercise outdoors and get some sunlight and Vitamin D at the same time.
I can't believe how many articles and videos I've seen on depression and mental illness which completely fail to mention exercise and sunlight and the incredibly positive research which has used it to treat these conditions. Doctors shouldn't even be able to prescribe anti-depressants without first providing patients with extensive info on these highly effective interventions.
+KongLuvs Nobody is arguing that the two are mutually exclusive. I mean, except possibly for you.
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You completely missed my point. The presenter didn't need to argue against them to be flawed. Simply by omitting there mention, it made the video misleading, and far less helpful. Not even a single sentence lead-in to mention, or give a tip of the hat to, the most effective treatments for depression that science has found. Ridiculous. Even though his research centers around meditation, it still downright deceitful to advocate any treatment for depression without also mentioning exercise and sunlight, even if only very briefly.
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I don't believe a blanket statement like this is valid. It depends on the individual.
+Larinda Nomikos What exactly depends on the individual? ...their response to a particular treatment? The things I'm talking about are basic physiological needs, not treatments. (Pharmaceuticals, psychotherapy, and meditation are treatments, and none of them are physiologically required for our bodies to function well.) All humans actually require exercise, sunlight, and good nutrition for healthy biological functioning.
There probably isn't any harm in doing meditation, unless the person finds that it reinforces the negative thought patterns which have been found prevalent in people suffering from depression. It's certainly is worth trying to see if it offers some benefit, but would anyone seriously argue that depression is caused by a lack of meditation?
Thanks. I liked it a lot.
A simple and convincing presentation of a fairly complex brain mechanism. It should be a mandatory part for teenage education who so often feel down and alone. Great listen.
I agree!
I would describe mindfulness as an ability to examine the programs we have in our minds as opposed to experiencing them.
Sorry, but TED is known for quality... Was there no one who could just pop the audio into a program (audacity if you don't want to spend money even though you clearly have decent editing software already) and just click on the normalise button so that people who need to hear this can actually hear it?
I mean, we're talking content production 101 here.
This really good. Meditation helps me sooo much. Everyone should at least try it. It will help you.
Ugh...thank you I got some relief.
I want to be trained in mindfulness. It sounds like something that could change society.
Insightful, exciting, and I can say from my own experience, very true! Been practicing meditation on and off since 2008 and what I have learned/realized through it has been a great tool to help me keep going even through relapses (when I wasn't on medications yet). Meditation/Mindfulness isn't a panacea as what I, and others struggling with mental health issues may mistakenly believe, but it definitely is a tremendous help especially if coupled with therapy and prescribed medications.
Why it could not be alternative to therapy or medication?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I find it very useful. I am goingo to read your book.
+PATY ENTREPRENEUR This is really interesting, but if anyone else tried to find out cure of depression like my friend did, well, just try Elumpa depression cure alchemist (do a search on google ). I've heard extraordinary things about it, and my friend got great results with it.
Being mindful has been a great help to me, but it has not cured my depressions.
Real long time studies (as in a decade or longer) strongly suggest that neither pharmaceutical drugs nor talk therapy are effective in the long run. Depressions almost always find their way back
I'd like to see a similar longitudinal study on mindfulness cognitive therapy. Eighteen months is bare enough for one of my depressive cycles.
+Vincent Tayelrand Hi Vincent, any tips to help me through a very hard and depressed stage? I am trying to not take drugs because I've tryed different ones and I end feeling worse. The doctor told me to take mindfulness support. Thanks...
This is similar to the studies on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT. Which helps people through mindfulness, identification of values and how to live a life they enjoy.
This is similar to what Eckhart Tolle talks about in "The Power of Now"
Very Interesting. Love it.
I wanted to see the complete video but had to move on. The volume is TOO LOW!
huh...thats weird...I just turned my computer speakers up....that was a simple solution!
I don't have speakers
oh sorry for the sarcastic response, yeah it was really loud. I turned it up for my speakers then an advertisement shook my computer haha
MisterPringle ha ha , indeed! Go eat some potato chips!
mgbsecteacher eating myself? Why do you implore me to cannibalism?
This technique should be applied in every activity of life.
Excellent Ted X
This guy just didn't move my soul. I think he should watch some of the other Ted videos on depression.
Count each breath till 10 than start over, this keeps you in the NOW!
PAIN also keeps you in the now, OUCH!!
Great work!
excellent..thank you so much for sharing this information
Love this video.
Can there be drawbacks to being present in the which is described here? I seem less able to mirror the experiences and emotions of others in tv shows and movies if I am treating the whole thing as an exercise in being aware. So while it reduces negative emotions it seems to me that it reduces involvement with emotion in general.
this was AMAZING!!!!!
By just watching this made me feel a bit better already : )
thanks
thanks for such a nice talk sir :)
Thank you very much, this helped me.
9:30 So important.
Nobel Prize for Dr Burns -- that is not a joke.
I'll try to do this with some patients! :D
To much thinking starting to feel again yay. I was spiraling
Riveting stuff. Proof that the analytical brain or "executive control network" (the part of the brain trying--in vain!--to figure out the sadness, which it can't do) is de-energized, and the more mindful brain, that part of the brain that accepts/observes the sensations of sadness (i.e., with less "analytical thinking") is stronger/energized. He refers to it as a "widening" or more "spacious" view, which can be confusing, but it's essentially a way to relate to the sadness different. There's an almost engaged *curiosity" about the sadness, one where the individual is not controlled by it, but has more of an interest in it, rather than fear of it. The thing that he doesn't mention is that the ancient part of the brain (e.g., the amygdala) can be triggered into a fear/fight/flight/freeze mode when the analytical brain can't figure out what's wrong. Mindfulness builds resilience against this by strengthening the left PreFrontal Cortex, which filters signals going to the amygdala.
Greg you appear to have a pretty good understanding of what is happening here and how to apply what's needed. Is it possible to speak with you via email?
In my experience medication and drugs only numbs the pain. Working out and meditation only distracts it. Im convinced the only way to cure it is to reboot the brain much like a computer. I don’t know how, but there must be a way
Wooster001 mindfulness does reboot the brain by retraining the brain to not go to depression when one feels low. Over time if we don’t react the same way when we feel bad the brain changes the response to a better one as we work it out. The. It becomes mora automatic and we’ve overcome the deep negative feeling.
The monastic spiritual practice and their practice of mindfulness ( mahasi method) and modern psychology with mindfulness, I hope the two can meet . I would like to see a modern teacher understand both.
Terrific!
This entire concept is based on vipassana meditation designed by the Buddha, in India, more than 2500 years ago.
I like the idea about not judging the moment. Not attaching any feelings good or bad, just noticing it.
can you turn up the volume at all?
why upload a video with such crazy low volume? too bad, i wantd to hear this guy
Angeles Angelia You havent given me any 60-second tip, dont use me to get ppl to click on your link.
karenKristal The closed captioning is really very useful here!
karenKristal do it yourself, use your volume key :)
phoenix rising thanks for the advice but if a clip is quiet the volume can only increase the sound relative to the initial volume. Max volume on a quiet clip is still quieter than usual. Just explaining.
I am dignosed with MDD so I def need this :3
I am an amputee all the talk of feet dose not help ..explain mindfulness for disabled folk ..I do suffer from phantom limb pain this would be very helpful.
Try to feel the sensation of your pain. If you can keep it up for some seconds, your experience of your pain will become "sweeter" (It still will hurt at the beginning but it will gradually change- the balance of the two states- you will feel a lot less pain). You need to practice the duration of course as a beginner.
Wow that was loving
I think I already do this
Really too bad there seems to be no volume. It's depressing that I can't hear.
I recognise the symptoms and then wait in a comfortable environment for depression like bad weather to pass.
can u please turn up the volume ... very low
'a very pragmatic health practice for regulating emotions'... or experiencing emotions more fully? unconditionally?
wow, what a great intro to mindfulness and all its benefits. you see, i didn't know one could 'relapse' into depression. fascinated to hear more and more research on this and how we live our lives.
I was reading their work lately and it seems like there is not much hard science behind it(handful of journals most from the same publisher?). The list of the limitations in the studies conducted is enormous although I love the idea more relevant data is needed.
Id guess what youre doing is not working
Mindfulness is overrated as a cure for persistent Depression. It is just one tool to use during the day.
What happened to the volume of sound on this video? Did you purposely make it hard to hear?
Did you upload it properly? Even at maximum loudness it is barely a whisper?
Can't anyone do a better job?
I have to agree with other commenters ... why upload a video with such low volume?? Too bad I really wanted to hear this talk.
+Hope Campbell Why not just turn up the volume on your computer..??
I had my volume turned up to max which is usually more than sufficient. I don't have external speakers set up for additional volume so I still really couldn't hear this.
Hope Campbell I mean there's another volume control on the bottom right hand corner of the screen.. Separate from the volume on TH-cam and on speakers..
Just turn on the close captions. I have significant hearing loss, and have to do this all the time with most video. It's not that big a deal.
There are several suggestions to try
Work out why you suffer from depression - the first step to solving an issue is understanding why you have it.
Be comfortable about yourself - this makes it less difficult
Just do it - you will feel better by doing things - especially by doing activities that stretch your boundaries.
(I learned these and more ideas from Martos magic method website )
Has anyone done research on this found any negative effects of MBCT or other MBT type treatments in those suffering from PTSD or other anxiety disorders? I'm doing a blog on this subject.
smoking a bowl works well to
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+Gary Yost No! exept you're trying to turn a depression into a psychosis. that can indeed work well
This seems like it could work on anxiety too.
SERIOUS QUESTION: Add a physical chronic pain to the subject.... so in their present moment sensation of the body... there is chronic pain... the cause of the depression.... does presence work then?
DJMD32 I wish he'd answered this question! Chronic pain is why mindfulness has always been a massive failure for me. Supposedly it can help chronic pain if one learns to "observe" one's pain with "non-judgmental curiosity", but how can one do that unless the pain is already relatively mild?
Hoping something here will be helpful because I often feel I wish I wasn't born. I've tried EMDR therapy, IBOGA, Ayahuasca. Nothing. I guess it's my genetics.
My volume was fine, but I imagine how depressing it must be not to have ear buds or headphones!
IS there a transcript of this talk ? Thanks
Amazing talk, To truly learn to stay present and know the tools read “the power of now” by Eckhart tolle..this book helped save my life
This is a fantastic book, also recommend thich Nhat hanhs books on mindfulness/Buddhism