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Since i learned how to properly mediate (google "gateway tapes" for those interested), every time i do so i feel like "wow this is amazing i should do this more often" then 2 months pass where i don't
Just went and tried the Orientation tape. It's quite nice for relaxing I suppose, but I struggled a lot with both the visualisation and the "hypnosis", also the long silences were tedious. I have aphantasia and I've found hypnotism doesn't work at all for me before in the past, so perhaps I'm simply unsuited for this.
I know that we hate reddit but there's a meditation guide from r/meditation: https://www.reddit.com/r/Meditation/wiki/faq/#wiki_how_do_i_begin.3F
Edit: it's not that you're unsuited for this but rather your expectations about meditation don't sound correct to me.
Oh I've meditated many times, including guided meditation with a professional a few times. So while I'm far from an expert, I'd consider myself familiar enough to have reasonable expectations and be able to make comparisons to other meditation tracks. To clarify, I wasn't saying I'm unsuited to meditation, simply unsuited to that specific tape and presumably the tapes that follow. Although I suppose I've never found meditation to be particularly useful anyway apart from for relaxation.
If that's the case then it's a shame. I also have huge problems with consistency because of ADHD and never managed to get into it even though I know what to expect and how to do it. All I can do is spend time on meditation communities and read experiences of other people.
And I misread what you wrote earlier, that's why I assumed that you have wrong expectations with meditation lol
I don't know do you meant by "is there a term for this" but meditation has different stages and you can even experience ecstasy/happines or some rides like on psychodelics. Never experienced that stuff myself though.
It does! And i have actually experienced these in no small part thanks to the monroe gateway tapes.
The terminology i am looking for is for #4 in this chain of events:
1: I never regret a meditation session, how short or long or deep or shallow it might be. They are always a satisfying way to spend time
2: i find meditation does me a lot of good, higher focus, more energy. Its like a powernap except if i try a real powernap i wake up more tired and angry for sm reason.
3: I state that meditation might be one of the most impactful skills i have ever learned in my life.
4: I stop meditating for literal months????
Maybe i should post this as a gru meme on the adhd/autism communities idk.
It's because meditating doesn't give you an immediate dopamine hit
- fellow ADHDer