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Perhaps not a small question, but I'm curious if folks here have dealt with depression/anxiety and if so, how have they turned it around or alleviated symptoms?
Looking mostly for success stories.
My recipe:
Reduce shit life syndrome. Gaining more money and thus security helped.
Lots of trauma treatment, mostly done on my own with guided meditations. This helped with the above point. Not relevant for most people, but really relevant for some.
Meditate for significant durations every day. Attained supramundane insights.
Good diet, good supplementation (omega-3 etc, which really helps, strong support from research)
Regular exercise, even if it isn't much.
Cut bad people out, subtly controlling narcissists etc. Quality > quantity, definitely.
Solve whatever sleep issue you may have. Important point. Sleep is crucial for repairing and rejuvenating body and mind.
You still seem to have a lot of reactivity & emotional difficulties based on our other interactions here bud. I'd recommend you look into emotional work for that. Joe Hudson & his Art of Accomplishment stuff is great, especially for folks who have meditated too much without any focus on the heart.
While I agree with both you and Scott that people who have supposedly been guided by meditation to transcend the self do not seem to show the godlike serenity one might expect, I don't think that this is a very kind or helpful way of putting it.
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