More aware of pain/emotion
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 2:04 am
We often hear about beginners feeling more sensitive to physical symptoms whether it's physical pain or strong emotions and over time I'm assuming this changes?
I've just watched a great lecture with Mark Williams and it was really annoying because early on he stated how
"'mindfulness makes us more aware, people may have come to mindfulness as we are already acutely aware of our brooding, depression, anxiety or physical pain. So how is making yourself more aware going to help? We try hard to get rid of these things so why open the door to something you may have already closed the door on? So that's what I want to address tonight."
But he never explained it or come back to this topic. Is there anyone that can point me in the direction of anything online articles? Videos? Your own experiences?
As I do think this is something that comes up a lot and I've practiced on and off now for a couple of years. I think I've noticed more than ever that mindfulness makes us more aware of difficult symptoms/emotions etc and would like some input on this.
I've just watched a great lecture with Mark Williams and it was really annoying because early on he stated how
"'mindfulness makes us more aware, people may have come to mindfulness as we are already acutely aware of our brooding, depression, anxiety or physical pain. So how is making yourself more aware going to help? We try hard to get rid of these things so why open the door to something you may have already closed the door on? So that's what I want to address tonight."
But he never explained it or come back to this topic. Is there anyone that can point me in the direction of anything online articles? Videos? Your own experiences?
As I do think this is something that comes up a lot and I've practiced on and off now for a couple of years. I think I've noticed more than ever that mindfulness makes us more aware of difficult symptoms/emotions etc and would like some input on this.