Need to get back on track

Post here if you are just starting out with your mindfulness practice. Mindfulness is a really difficult concept to get your head around at first, and it might be that you would benefit from some help from others.
Kukurijek
Posts: 26
Practice Mindfulness Since: 01 Feb 2016
Location: Massachusetts

Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:31 pm  

Hi everyone,

Since starting a daily mindfulness practice and joining this forum at the beginning of this year, a lot has changed. My father passed away suddenly in April and I had to fly back home and deal with both the emotional and logistical aspects of it. While I believe I was helped by having practiced mindfulness three months prior to it, being away kept me away from practicing and when I returned I stopped completely.

Fast-forward few months after - my wife was diagnosed with Meniere's disease, which gives you sudden vertigo and in most cases erodes your hearing over time. Being that I am a strong "O" in OCD, I immediately reverted back to my old vices - researching the disease and its progress online, worrying about it constantly, feeling anxious because of it, and in general, dooming and glooming about the future. At times, in my mind I can only conjure why we wouldn't be able to do something b/c of her condition rather than what we still could be doing - I realize this is foolish but its hard to shake off.

I am hoping to get back to practicing mindfulness - along with yoga, acupuncture, and prayer, I am hoping it will help me cope and be a source of strength, rather than anxiety, for my family. I know some of the folks here having chronic diseases and have found peace and solace in mindfulness. I am hoping to do the same.

Thanks - I started this off by hoping to ask a question but I think where we've end up is that this is now in public domain and I have no excuse to avoid or postpone doing this, :P

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Peter
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Posts: 696
Practice Mindfulness Since: 19 Aug 2013
Location: The Netherlands

Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:39 pm  

Hi Kukurijek,

Great to see you back again. Great decision!
If you've any questions, we'd be glad to help you out. Good luck.

Peter

JonW
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Practice Mindfulness Since: 08 Dec 2012
Location: In a field, somewhere

Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:41 pm  

Hi Kukurijek,
Welcome back!
Good to hear from you. Do let us know how you get along with mindfulness.
All good things,
Jon
Jon leads the Everyday Mindfulness group meditation on Zoom every Monday/Friday, 6pm London-time. FREE.
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Gareth
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Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:20 am  

I think that you have answered your own question.

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