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Everything ties back to mood regulation
Addiction Support / by navigator14
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 March 1st, 2019
...See more I'm not sure how it is for other people, here, but all of my driving factors that bring me back to my addiction are tied back to my high negative emotion and general ineffectiveness at regulating my mood. However, I've found something that works for me, and it might sound silly to some, but the best evidence is experience with these things, right? So, I've found that mindfulness meditation REALLY helps me. I downloaded Headspace about a year ago, haven't tried other apps, but I suspect anything that gets you started with the right techniques is good. I have noticed an enormous difference even only practicing for 10 minutes a day. It's almost magic, for me, I can even feel my mood and hormones shift once I get into meditation and let my addictive thoughts and my anxieties fall away. Has anyone else experienced this? When I talk to other people, I often hear them say either "yeah, it really works for me" or "I can't meditate at all", so it has me wondering if meditation is easier for certain personalities? I know I meditated naturally as a kid without realizing what I was doing, so maybe I have an easier time with it than others? I'm curious what other people's experiences with this are here on 7-Cups.
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