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- Thu Apr 16, 2020 6:44 am
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Obsessing/being hyperaware of body sensations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 507
Obsessing/being hyperaware of body sensations
Hey guys. I tend to obsess about all the discomforts, pain, and tingling in my body. Now if I try not to obsess it just makes me obsess more. (Since that is resistance) So I've basically just been letting my mind do whatever it wants. If it obsesses about something for a while, I just let it and it ...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:50 am
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Questioning if I'm being present "correctly"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2358
Re: Questioning if I'm being present "correctly"
Ya I'm on many medications actually, including zoloft, diazepam, gabapentin and propanolol. No therapists have been able to help me so far. Many of my current obsessions have to do with wanting to be present. Which traditional therapists don't have a clear understanding of. I have been diagnosed wit...
- Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:56 am
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Questioning if I'm being present "correctly"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2358
Re: Questioning if I'm being present "correctly"
Sounds good. I will practice this. I would say half the the I am totally allowing and the other half I am deep down trying to get rid of very strong and distressing obsessions. It feels like I'm trying to accept the unacceptable sometimes. What do you do when something is so massively painful that y...
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:46 pm
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Questioning if I'm being present "correctly"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2358
Re: Questioning if I'm being present "correctly"
Thanks for the response. I see what you're saying. For the last 12 hours I think that I've been more where I'm supposed to be. im spotting resistance that comes in the form of tension, strain and I've been able to let go of it. I think sometimes when my mind gains a huge momentum again is where pres...
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:01 am
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Questioning if I'm being present "correctly"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2358
Questioning if I'm being present "correctly"
So I know that awareness isin't supposed to be strained attention but when I completely let go of everything to relax then I end up getting stuck in the pain body (trying to fight it) without even realizing it. A good example would be that I get a strong emotion, so I go into my body to watch and fe...
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 3:43 am
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Still having a lot of trouble with obsessive thoughts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1798
Still having a lot of trouble with obsessive thoughts
Hey guys. So I've been practicing awareness for a couple of years. I've always been very obsessive in general and have been diagnosed with ocd. I also got into a habit as a kid to push away all painful thoughts and emotions as hard as I could due to previous trauma. I still get stuck pushing away th...
- Sun Feb 23, 2020 4:51 am
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Question about feeling your emotions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2340
Re: Question about feeling your emotions
Thanks for the great advice WW. I tend to sometimes get overwhelming emotions like fear or anger towards small things and I'm definitely going to keep practicing looking inward. I think there is a lot I don't understand about myself. I had been trying to force every negative emotion or sensation awa...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Question about feeling your emotions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2340
Re: Question about feeling your emotions
If you are thinking about them, or even worrying about prolonging them at the moment of observation, or perhaps even now, there looks to be a good chance you might be prolonging them, simply because you think or worry about it. Are you identifying with them? Observing emotions, even if unbearable, ...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:56 pm
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Question about feeling your emotions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2340
Re: Question about feeling your emotions
emotions themselves don't last that long really only a few seconds. Feel them and let them pass through you, don't focus on them or label them, just let them go Awesome thanks. This makes total sense. I see what I'm doing wrong. I am allowing them and not trying to push them away but I also focus o...
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:13 am
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Question about feeling your emotions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2340
Question about feeling your emotions
Hey everyone, Hope all is well. I have a quick question about something I tend to get confused about. So..we know that we are supposed allow and fully feel our emotions (good and bad) Now sometimes I wonder if I'm simply letting my emotions be and feeling them, or if I'm giving them too much attenti...
- Tue May 28, 2019 10:16 pm
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Intrusive Thoughts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1768
Re: Intrusive Thoughts
Thanks WW. I'm trying to ignore without force more and more. They're still there but progress is being made. If course they won't disappear overnight since I have so much attention to them.
- Fri May 24, 2019 7:11 pm
- Forum: Questions
- Topic: Intrusive Thoughts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1768
Intrusive Thoughts
Hey everyone! Hope all is well. My question involves constant intrusive thoughts. They consist of images that gross me out to a high degree such as gore. A huge feeling of contraction and tension follows. I realize that it is me who is reacting to the thoughts. But it feels like an automatic, knee j...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:40 am
- Forum: Personal Experiences
- Topic: Stillness cured me of 17 years of constant poly substance abuse
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2879
Re: Stillness cured me of 17 years of constant poly substance abuse
Thank you. It really is a miracle and I never saw a way out due to being so identified with my pain body and ego as a whole.
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:24 am
- Forum: Personal Experiences
- Topic: Stillness cured me of 17 years of constant poly substance abuse
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2879
Stillness cured me of 17 years of constant poly substance abuse
Hey guys I just wanted to briefly share my miraculous (in my eyes) experience with my spiritual journey freeing me from the shackles of drug and alcohol addiction. I had a deeply painful childhood and was strongly identified with my extremely negative story. At age 15, I dove straight in and had use...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:05 am
- Forum: Personal Experiences
- Topic: Marijuana and Presence
- Replies: 33
- Views: 23628
Re: Marijuana and Presence
I have many years of experience smoking weed. I do think it is possible to have a very conscious and even eye opening experience (iv'e had them) BUT only when used in moderation. Smoking everyday starts to produce a dullness in most people. If I smoke it heavily, even for only a few days, I feel tha...