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  • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMindless rule
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    28 days ago

    I was just reading about how vigilance can make mindfulness more difficult. I have a lot of childhood trauma which causes me to experience emotional flashbacks almost constantly. My baseline anxiety level is kept higher than it should be because my brain believes that I am in constant physical danger.

    Sometimes the things preventing us from being mindful are also the reasons why being mindful would be so beneficial in the first place. I’m working on treating my trauma and practicing mindfulness simultaneously, and it actually seems to be working.