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This Topic Tuesday will investigate what mindfulness is, the obstacles we can face when trying to utilise it as a coping strategy and how we can possibly reframe our thinking of it!
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Rest well @outlander
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@outlander and @NameUnknown - no pressure tonight, take in and join in for however long you can or want to! This will be here to read on any other day when you want! 
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I find mindfulness; being fully present in the moment by focusing my whole attention on the present task before me, extremely beneficial in helping to control anxiety and depression. As by keeping my mind and body fully engaged and busy in the now helps to stopme from overthinking my problems, unpleasant circumstances, worries or past which feeds my anxiety/depression; - and also prevents my mind from straying into worrying about the future. With practising mindfulness - I gain more control over my sometimes overwhelming emotions.
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TeejSenior Contributor
I hadn’t ever put this part of it together like this 'Being in the moment helps you acknowledge, accept and cope with painful or intrusive thoughts, feelings and sensations." I think I still see mindfulness as more about distracting and having space from the thoughts, feelings and sensations. I’ve seen it about being present but not present to the hard difficult stuff. I know mindfulness isn’t supposed to make you feel better but I thought that it was about connecting with something else. Have I missed the point? Feeling like a bit of a goose now 😳
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AdgeSenior Contributor
I did an 8 week Mindfulness course, several years ago.
There is "Mindful walking", there is mindful all sorts of things...
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
@BlueBaywrote:
@Former-Memberhow do you keep your mind empty when it's full of other stuff. You can't be mindful when it's full.
@BlueBay Being mindful doesn't mean emptying your mind. It means focusing on one thing. If you are focusing on listening to the birds then you are focusing on listening to the birds. It's ok if thoughts of other things come into your mind. You just notice them and then turn your attention back to the birds. It's ok if your mind wanders a bazillion times. Each time it does, you just notice and then turn your attention back to the birds again.
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