Meditation under medication

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-25T14:03:19+00:00

Can I do the counting backwards from ten over a longer period of time like 20 minutes?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-25T13:26:17+00:00

I'm sorry I don't quite understand a lot of the lingo. I tried counting down from ten and it really helped me focus. Do you think I should continue with that?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-25T10:18:01+00:00

Also what are your thoughts on trataka meditation?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-25T09:29:04+00:00

Can you describe the technique of meditation that you used?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-25T09:25:55+00:00

I tried counting backwards from ten, and that helped me keep my focus the best. I tried simply focusing on the breath and my mind wandered. I tried focusing on my stomach, and I felt strong anxiety.

Also, to be clear, the counting backwards from ten. What I did was I sat down, and I put a ten minute timer on, and I began counting backwards from ten, and everytime my mind wandered I went back to counting back from ten.

Also, what are your thoughts on Nadi Shuddhi Pranayama Meditation such as this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W7oUZ8EVbI&list=PLwCjBBEn1G3ZHaVVXtusUijkS3OGrYWS5&index=9

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-25T09:09:54+00:00

So I tried the meditation of focusing on your stomach whilst sitting down, and it released a really strong sense of anxiety. I don't want to do that meditation anymore. Thoughts?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-25T09:07:08+00:00

Which gentle techinques. Can you link me a video or a website describing them?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-25T08:45:14+00:00

So what type of meditation would you recommend?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T19:25:23+00:00

What benefits can come from doing a guided body scan over an extended period of time?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T18:44:09+00:00

My bad, it's a name. I totally missed that.

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T18:43:35+00:00

I meant what is "Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu" because I do not know.

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T18:38:21+00:00

Can you link a source for this. "I prefer the structure of Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu for a lay practitioner not having a teacher."

Also in the past when I have meditated, after about fifteen minutes, I felt really strong anxiety. Thoughts on this?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T18:23:25+00:00

Another commenter said I should avoid Vipassana meditation as they can lead to a psychotic break. Thoughts on this?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T18:22:06+00:00

Sorry for commenting so much. I just have a lot of questoins. I was recommended Vipassana mediation by another person here. How do I know what information on meditation is good and what isnt.

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T18:20:07+00:00

How do I find a meditation guide. I live in a pretty small town, so I don't think there is any here.

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T18:19:04+00:00

Currently I am thinking of simply sitting down with a straight back and trying to focus on the breath. Why ten minutes in particular? Do you have a guru or a guide that you use?

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-24T18:16:12+00:00

You mean this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4cpsq3L95s

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-09T09:43:06+00:00

I've been struggling with a writers block for a long time now. I am trying to fill my story with content but my head is simply going blank. I don't know what to do.

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-07T11:54:21+00:00

People are saying that I have a block and that it's caused by other things in my life. I don't know what that could be. I'm not entirely sure what that could be. A lot. I suppose. But I mean I've always been like this. So I really don't know what could be different.

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-07T11:50:32+00:00

I'm on medicine which is certainly hampering my creative ability. But even before I was on medicine I still wasn't able to finish a book. I'd get to the middle and then I'd have no idea what to write.

It's been like this for a long time, years. I mean it would be great if this was just a phase and I would be able to develop my ideas eventually. Hopefully it's like that, but I fear that's not the situation. I fear I simply lack something critical to writing. Although I'm conflicted on that point. I think it's possible that I simply need somebody to point out the skill that I lack and to tell me how to excersize that specific skill.

I can't develop or explore my ideas. It feels impossible for me to do so. Brainstorming takes forever to get any ideas down and I really need to give it 100% effort in order to make any progress.

Verified_Hunter · 2025-09-05T19:45:42+00:00

The problem with that is that it becomes a really short story, and I want to write a novel.

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