With mindfulness, staying in the present is like a game. Play the game with curiosity and fascination3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
If the past causes depression and the future causes anxiety, the logical place to be is in the present where you are in control.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
Don’t let your emotions control you, your logical brain is stronger than you think.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
Want to make mindfulness easier? Learn Emotional Reaction Control. Focus and clarity are amazing assets to help us live mindfully. You can change how you react to emotions so they don’t fog your concentration. Monk attitude in a practical way.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
How do I practice mindfulness? Doing dishes is in my top ten practices. If monks do it, anybody with dirty dishes can do it. The key word here is physical sensations and senses.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
When you accept an intrusive thought, you are not validating it. Instead, you are acknowledging it and letting it pass on it’s own.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/OCD
Why does meditation have to be so damn boring? I was bored so I got a board. Balance split focus, which with practice strengthens it. Focus improves concentration to inhabit the present which is mindfulness active meditation.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
3 weeks after I employed a “reality anchor” to remind me to focus and maintain awareness of my breath it became habitual for 90% of my day. Once I started seeing it in my dreams, I knew it was working.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
I have ADHD. Even after over 10 years of sitting meditation, it’s hard to sit still for longer than 5 minutes. It’s so easy to get distracted. With mindfulness you can practice physical movement while meditating. You don’t need a distraction, you are in the present.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
I’ve posted this before and I am doing it again. Emotional Reaction Control (ERC), a process I created from what I learned from two different therapies, is a process to accept and tolerate the discomfort of thoughts and emotions. ERC promotes mindfulness and mindfulness promotes ERC♻️3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
OCD steals your productivity. Remind yourself that the OCD is trying to lie to you but you are okay anyway. OCD is weaker than you think. If you try hard enough, you will win.4yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/OCD
Benefits of Mindfulness. They don’t mention some big ones: clarity, contentment and happiness.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
Here are some notes I put together that help my OCD, ADHD and depression. I am hoping to share a little bit of what I learned in CBT and ERP and how I am seeing dramatic success after 18 years of severe OCD and 12 years of medications. Things are finally feeling better.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/OCD
Mindfulness is a form of meditation but it’s different from sitting meditation. Like sitting meditation, mindfulness places focus on the breath and body awareness but also focuses on other sensations, sounds, smells and more.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
1. Accept 2. TOLERATE the discomfort 3. Understand pain makes you stronger 4. Accept impermanence of emotion 5. Thrive under conditions 6. Employ mindfulness3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
Mindfulness, Active Meditation. Because sometimes sitting still is hard. Especially with ADHD. Meditate during exercise.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
Emotional Reaction Control (not emotional control) and mindfulness can help you work though intrusive thoughts, anxiety, doubt and fear. Here are some ideas I developed from CBT and ERP.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/OCD
After I began wearing a bracelet as a reminder, my mindfulness became habitual. My practice then stagnated and I lost it almost completely. I have been struggling to remember to practice mindfulness for weeks. Two days ago, I clipped a pin to a mala bead bracelet. It’s already coming back!3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
My Zippo is very high on my outdoor EDC list and I just made an amazing upgrade to it.10yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/EDC
My trick for mindfulness... Play games. And the best part is creating your own games for practice.3yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Mindfulness
This used to happen to me working at the Home Depot all the time.14yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu
My first (good) flashlight arrived today! How many hours until it gets dark?11yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/flashlight
[Image] Picture of a man being told he was innocent, after 40 years spent in prison.9yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/Frisson
I'm trying to improve my putting. Tired of my Innova Birdie so I picked up a couple new putters.11yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/discgolf
I'll take your hipster writing a movie script in a coffee shop and raise you this guy writing poems at a farmer's market.11yr ⋅ sdraz ⋅ r/funny
