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Found 12 comments on 8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life.:

u/ninjaface · 7 pointsr/leaves

I've done this many times. I don't have the problem that you have with your son (temptation), as it's really hard to get in my area and I'm the only one in my house who does it.

Here's what you do to get by:

First absolutely resolve to not do it. No matter what you're feeling. This is obviously harder than it sounds. All kinds of things will happen to you. I usually develop some weird physical symptom that I think is cancer. Strange pains that I focus on, etc. You will not sleep for a while, so buy advil PM and take it sparingly. You're not looking to transition to a new addiction. Buy lots of tea. I go with Yogi Lavendar Stress relief, Calming, and Bedtime. These are 3 different teas. Use one of each in a single cup of tea. That's 3 bags per cup. Add a teaspoon of honey if you're into that. Next, buy a jump rope or just do lots of jumping jacks when you're freaking out. Jump rope for 100 jumps and then move up to 200. If you chose jumping jacks, you need to do no less than 50 at a time. Move up to 100 when you can. Next, start meditating. There is a great book called 8 minute meditation. This book helped me enormously. People think weed is easy to get away from. It's fucking really hard. Especially if you've been doing it for a while (years). Your brain needs to rewire itself to find its own chemicals for pleasure. This takes a month or so just to start happening, then still longer.

After the first week of no weed you're in much better shape. It becomes infinitely easier, but you're not out of the woods yet. After about a month, you'll be feeling great. However, having someone in the house that smokes will make it very hard, because you'll go from being proud that you're over it, to missing it. You must have your son move his use to where you are not able to smell it at all. It needs to be out of the house completely. I would also insist that you have him keep himself free of the smell from when he uses it. Even a faint smell of it is going to make you think about going back. You're looking for complete separation so that the only time you're reminded of it is if you hear a snoop dogg song or something.

If you start freaking out and getting overly panicy, which is entirely possible, do not hesitate to go to your doctor and ask for a prescription for something to calm you down. Again, whatever it is, maybe xanax or something... Do not take it regularly. Never two days in a row. You're not looking for a new habit. Take it only when it's an extreme emergency. Use it as a rescue. Not a crutch. Do get it if you don't think you can adhere to extreme discipline. This stuff is way worse than weed if you get addicted. Maybe once every three days or once a week. It will definitely help you if you decide to go that route.

This process will work. You just have to not allow yourself to give in to your feelings. You'll get your own comfort back. It takes time and you have to believe.

Tea + excercise + meditation + will power + time = You and your body's ability to generate it's own happiness/comfort.

Good luck.

u/israellimon · 7 pointsr/Psychonaut

You're a thinker, that is all! Not that other people don't think but your brain is wired a little different, thinking gets you excited, it stimulates you to no end, you don't think because you have to you do it because you like it, like a lot of people in this subreddit, I suppose. I can tell you that because I am the same, I can get into thinking streaks that go for hours, subjects I mull over for days. This is great, this is your strength but it can be a bit of a hindrance once in a while. So here's my suggestion:

  • Like Valenmere suggests learn to meditate, so you can give your precious mind a rest once in a while, similar to "down" time after working out. We don't assume the mind gets tired, but it does and you'll keep having trouble falling asleep if you don't know how to clear it out.

    Two books I can tell you to read, if you only wanna read two books about meditation (they're both very brief):

  • David Lynch: Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity so you know why you should meditate.

  • 8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life. the most straight forward no-nonsense book on how to meditate, also visit /r/meditation, if you need more than this.

  • Another thing I would suggest is writing, if you're like me you'll make an awesome connection in your mind and think "this is awesome, I bet no one has ever thought of this before, and then you review it in your mind to find faults in it, over and over again, before long it's 5 a.m. and whooosh goodbye sleeping. Write it down, so your mind can go off into dreamland (believe me, you need the data from dreams your too and you're gonna be resting like you should).

    On LSD: yeah I think most people are more insightful on LSD, except maybe people that just do it for the visceral experience (for example, people who wouldn't dream of doing it anywhere else but in a party setting) but if you're already a deep thinker you're gonna go to another freakin' dimension, you're gonna take a deep dive inside. Two things about this: while you're gonna get great insights, make sure to apply those insights in the real world or share them (here, for example or in a blog) as soon as possible, so they're making an impact on the world and help further your goals, people that think constantly, like us, can get into the trap of enjoying the thinking part too much and not taking action when needed, I'm not saying this is your case, just heads up 'cause I've seen it happen.
u/aagee · 5 pointsr/AskReddit

I'll make a few points.

  • You may be right. She probably transfers from your dad to you. Basically, she subconsciously confuses you for him, and responds with anger (and hatred).
  • Of course, there could be hundred other reasons why she behaves this way. Maybe she wants to remain in control by keeping your self esteem low. Maybe its not a question of control; maybe she is insecure and this is how she asserts herself. Maybe she is just not a very smart parent. Maybe she is sadistic.
  • It is going to be very hard to deal with this in a healthy way while you are living with her. You need to put some distance between the two of you for your brain to get a different perspective, and learn different patterns. Go find yourself. See things differently.
  • Try meditation. It helps you see things. 8 Minute Meditation and Mindfulness in Plain English are both great. Vipassana is a kind of meditation that actually means "seeing" or "being aware".
u/Sabu113 · 3 pointsr/getdisciplined

http://www.amazon.com/Minute-Meditation-Quiet-Mind-Change/dp/0399529950

I found this book pretty helpful. It took a very chill unprentious approach.

u/ifoundxaway · 3 pointsr/Meditation

I tried all sorts of different meditations, and had a really hard time sticking to them. A therapist recommended one that lasted a freaking hour, a guided meditation, I got overwhelmed. I couldn't even sit through it. I tried other stuff, whatever.

And then I found this book: http://www.amazon.com/Minute-Meditation-Quiet-Mind-Change/dp/0399529950 at my library.

You can spare 8 minutes a day to sit quietly. Each week is an expansion on the past week (they add another step).
I'm still working on the 1st week because really, I forget to do it every day and whatever. But I'm still sitting for 8 minutes at least every other day. And when I decide to move to the next step, I'll move to the next step.

Also, as Ceath said, there are a lot of different ways to meditate. Maybe look into mindfulness meditations.

u/belhamster · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

I bought this little book to start, thought it was good, I'm sure there's other good ones as well. 'cept I did 12 minutes instead of 8. It walks you through a meditation practice and strategies.

At the same time I was listening to the book miracle of mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hanh. It is about using meditative type practices in day to day life activities, like washing the dishes.

Started me along the path and i just kept practicing and reading. my overactive mind led me to strong anxiety, there was a direct relation. by no means perfect now, but i definitely can say anxiety is much less of a problem. good luck if you look into it.

u/Caleb666 · 2 pointsr/ADHD

If you don't know how to start, this book did wonders for me: http://www.amazon.com/Minute-Meditation-Quiet-Mind-Change/dp/0399529950

u/hansonatemyballs · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

8 Minute Meditation. It really brought some much needed balance to my life. It's an eight week program and I read the book one chapter per week. By the end you will have enough meditation techniques to find what suits your needs. 8 minutes wasn't too time consuming and ended up really making a difference. Davich did a great job of putting this book together.

u/krulik · 2 pointsr/relationship_advice

I say this seriously: give meditation a shot. I've always tried to get into it in the past and failed, but I'm steadily meditating now for 2 solid months with no sign of stopping and I definitely think it helps with just your sort of problems.

This is the book that helped me along. I seriously recommend you give it a chance.

u/shts21 · 1 pointr/seduction

Someone recommended this to me:
http://www.amazon.com/Minute-Meditation-Quiet-Mind-Change/dp/0399529950

I could never get to 21 days and make it a habit, always faltered around there.

I read your post. For me it's really hard to think like that without some type of external validation at this point. I've always had those doubts in my mind, but at one point when I started I got myself to a place where I was happy without people and positive I would succeed. I started off laughing rejections and didn't care, after a point it just got more frustrating It's one thing to get rejected 9/10 times. It's another to be 1/1,xxx, and that one person wanting nothing to do with you after 3 weeks. I've been told I'm good looking, interesting, etc. But then at the same time no one has really wanted me, and actions speak louder than words. At this point it's hard to believe that all these things are just in my head with these results.

u/shdowhawk · 1 pointr/explainlikeimfive

There are many forms of meditation... Another large one which is often called mindful or enlightenment meditation involves learning to "watch" your mind wander. Basically, it's self psychology.

A GREAT book for this is: 8 minute meditation. Google it. Cheap, quick read, no religious stuff, and works fantastically. Highly recommended if you want an easy intro into meditation.

u/okko7 · 1 pointr/lonely

I'm not a phsychologist myself, but I think it's good that you already have someone professional who helps you. Maybe you should tell that person that you have the impression that it's not working, and maybe he or she can suggest you something else to try.

I think that continuing this professional treatment is the would be the first thing to do.

Second: I'm myself a bit skeptical about alternative medicine, but it seems that acupuncture can have a stabilising effect on mental health too. Others get good results with homeopathy or applied kinesiology (although this may simple be a placebo effect, but if this placebo effect helps, why not try it out).

Third: Not sure if it's a thing for you: I've myself started with meditation recently. There are meanwhile several studies that show that this can help. It's not easy and the effects are usually very subtle (and may never be very strong), but it might be one component among several. This book helped me to get into this. Apparently there are also specific meditation techniques (and courses on them) to help with anxiety.