practicing mindfulness for depression

[andree]

hello. i have been struggling with my depression for 20 years. this year my mom was diagnosed with early stage alzheimer's / mild dementia.

mindfulness brought back hope!!!

please stop by and say hello

[monkey]

hello. i have been struggling with my depression for 20 years. this year my mom was diagnosed with early stage alzheimer's / mild dementia.

mindfulness brought back hope!!!

please stop by and say hello

Hi andree, nice to meet you. I’m glad you’ve found that mindfulness is helpful. I also have periods when my mental health isn’t great, the doctor says depression too. I find mindfulness and meditation and yoga enormously helpful.

[monkey]

hello. i have been struggling with my depression for 20 years. this year my mom was diagnosed with early stage alzheimer's / mild dementia.

mindfulness brought back hope!!!

please stop by and say hello

Sorry, I also meant to say that I’m sorry to hear about your mum’s diagnosis. That must be hard.

[JonW]

Hi andree.
How is your practice going?

[CraigJ123]

Hello. My partner suffers depression but whenever I suggest it to her she gets annoyed.

[JonW]

'My partner suffers depression but whenever I suggest it to her she gets annoyed.'

Gareth has very eloquently addressed this issue before.
If someone is resistant to taking up mindfulness practice, there is little point in trying to persuade them of its worth. Just carry on with your own practice. The best advertisement for mindfulness is being mindful. Eventually, the other person might sit up and take notice. And they might not.
If we come to it, we come to it in our own time.
Cheers,
Jon

[Gareth]

Although I am trying to teach my boys. Get 'em young and they don't know they are being taught - at least that is the idea.

I'm trying to show them the 'mindfulness as a way of life' attitude, with lots of meditations thrown in too. They both seem to enjoy it, which is the main thing for me. No doubt they will get into their teens and reject it completely, but when life gets tough, they will know all the skills and the attitudes that are needed.

[BronteFan]

hello. i have been struggling with my depression for 20 years. this year my mom was diagnosed with early stage alzheimer's / mild dementia.

mindfulness brought back hope!!!

please stop by and say hello

Hello!

I hope you overcome your depression. I've also suffered from depression which I got over around 6 months ago thanks to exploring mindfulness.

[BronteFan]

Although I am trying to teach my boys. Get 'em young and they don't know they are being taught - at least that is the idea.

I'm trying to show them the 'mindfulness as a way of life' attitude, with lots of meditations thrown in too. They both seem to enjoy it, which is the main thing for me. No doubt they will get into their teens and reject it completely, but when life gets tough, they will know all the skills and the attitudes that are needed.

Good luck! That's a great idea. Children normally love arts & crafts so you could possibly get them into that side of mindfulness too.

They might have to reject it as teenagers through the simple fact they're too busy. I gave up meditating as a teenager before rediscovering it sheerly because of all the homework I had to do.

[BronteFan]

Hello. My partner suffers depression but whenever I suggest it to her she gets annoyed.

My sister suffers from depression but she'll only do mindful wordsearches & colouring.