Everyday Mindfulness

If foundely found what's making the anxeity worse, see if you fully focus on your anxiety what you really wanna do here < The mind raather the sneaky rat> is to make the anxiety better for you. What dis will do is make it worse, the trick is to surrender to the feeling, still working on it but goes ...

Thanks for the responses. JonW yes that's what i tend to.. fixating. I do read about mindfulness and followed the course but what I guess what stuck was that you should allow yourself to feel whatever it is you're feeling. Thus I turn my attention to it. Because how else would you feel something rig...

Exactly like michael described it in exactly the same situations. Allowing myself to feel that particular emotion just makes it worse and worse to the point where i can't keep my attention off it and thus can't really listen anymore.. creating awkward situations in a discussion. Works much better to...

Hi JonW, Thanks. I followed a 8-week course and bought a couple of books. One from jon kabat-zinn and one about ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy). I don't really practice anymore because i get confused about it, for the reasons I mentioned. I find that really intense negative emotions get wors...

I'v been practicing mindfulness for quit some time now and I still often get the feeling that I'm not doing it right or that I simple just don't get it. For instance i find that if a really disturbing negative emotion pops up (like anxiety when you're with people) and i put my full attention on that...