Let’s face it: Some of us have at least some trouble controlling our anger, depression, or other forms of emotional distress during frustrating or saddening times. Emotions themselves are unavoidable, so instead of doing everything we can to avoid them, we should be facing them head on. After all, how we cope with and manage […]
Tag Archives: depression
Meditation?
Categories: Healthcare and Meditation
It’s no secret that meditation has been gaining steam in the west for a very long time now. As its popularity continues to increase, more and more scientists are becoming interested in testing its effectiveness, and the studies keep producing positive results time and time again. Researchers are mostly interested in seeing how well meditation […]
Meditation for Depression: Is Meditation Enough?
Categories: Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
Is meditation really enough to treat depression? The short answer is: It all depends on how severe your depression is, and how long it’s been going on. If you are severely depressed, or even mildly depressed, meditation alone might not be enough to get you back on track. Also, if you are clinically depressed, meditating […]
Meditation for Depression: Changing the Way You Think
Categories: Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
Meditation is all about controlling your mind. In my last post, I talked about the differences between thoughts and emotions, but also how they are related to each other, and how thoughts can cause you to feel certain emotions. I said that in order to change the way you feel, you must first change the […]
Meditation for Depression: The Difference Between Thoughts and Emotions
Categories: Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
Thoughts are often what cause us to feel specific emotions, but thoughts are not emotions. Thoughts exist purely in your mind; they do exist throughout you. Emotions do not exist in your mind; they exist throughout you. When you are afraid, you feel fear throughout your entire body. You are not thinking, “FEAR, FEAR FEAR…” […]
Meditation for Depression: Learning How to Describe Your Feelings and Emotions
Categories: Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
I want you to be honest with yourself for a moment, and think about how you normally answer someone when they ask you to describe how you are feeling. Do you say things, like, “pretty good,” “not bad,” “not so bad,” okay,”? Now, really think about this for moment… Do you notice how vague these […]
Meditation for Depression: What is Depression, Really?
Categories: Blog, Health and Wellness, Meditation and Emotions
To ask, “what is depression?” might sound like a silly question, but let’s really think about this for a moment. “Depression” is an overused term these days, to say the least. We hear it so often, it has become so vague it’s nearly lost its meaning. What does depression feel like? How do I know […]
Veterans Suffering from Post Traumatic Headaches after TBI
Categories: Meditation and Military, Pain Management
Many of our brave men and women are secretly suffering from chronic headaches that occur after receiving a devastating injury to the head. They are called post traumatic headaches and they are a side effect of traumatic brain injury (TBI). More than 30% of TBI victims report ongoing headaches that continue to worsen after their […]
National Health Services Acknowledges Mindfulness Meditation as a Treatment for Depression
Categories: Healthcare and Meditation, Meditation and Emotions
One of the topics we’ve discussed many times on this blog is how mindfulness meditation can help with depression. It’s not uncommon for people to be skeptical of this claim. Drugs, along with cognitive therapy, have been the standard methods for treating depression going back as far as the 1960’s, and when a person seeks […]
Veterans Dealing with PTSD: Meditation Can Help
Categories: Benefits of Meditation, Blog, Healthcare and Meditation, Meditation and Emotions, Meditation and Military, Positive Thoughts
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a very serious mental illness, and depression is one of the major symptoms, along with stress and anxiety. PTSD typically affects people who have gone through a physically and/or emotionally traumatic experience, especially soldiers. As surprising as it may seem, more soldiers die from suicide than combat these days. Depression […]