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Mindfulness Or Practicality
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I posted a bit ago about the 'Buzz Word' that was mindfulness. Mental health services are full of it, along with acupuncture and other such sh it....
WHY is all this rubbish been promoted and paid for?
People that are are ill...mentally or physically...need PRACTICAL support , not some woo.
I spent ages been taught about mindfulness(6 months in fact), having acupuncture, and other such nonsense, only to have my problems solved by practical solutions.
WHY is all this rubbish been promoted and paid for?
People that are are ill...mentally or physically...need PRACTICAL support , not some woo.
I spent ages been taught about mindfulness(6 months in fact), having acupuncture, and other such nonsense, only to have my problems solved by practical solutions.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Nailit...I wish you weren't so rude about acupuncture. I had a long standing and pretty debilitating problem that was sorted with just one session of acupuncture. I had been told I may need a few sessions but when I phoned the acupuncturist who was also a surgeon at Addenbrookes she cancelled all future appointments unless I ever felt I needed to see her again.
During many years of doing very firm Swedish massage I kept my hands pain free and supple by having acupuncture two or three times a year.
I now use it for any pain that age brings....I never ever have to use a pain killer.
I have only once had a problem that acupuncture didn't completely work for.
During many years of doing very firm Swedish massage I kept my hands pain free and supple by having acupuncture two or three times a year.
I now use it for any pain that age brings....I never ever have to use a pain killer.
I have only once had a problem that acupuncture didn't completely work for.
To be honest Nailit, both are important and useful but practicality works fabulously for most things I agree. Mindfullness however has stopped me going right off my trolly over the last week or so, so got a lot of time for that also tbh. Whatever suits and works for the individual works for the individual there is no one size fits all surely and agree with Gness about acupuncture too x
The concept of 'mindfulness' is recognised as a potentially useful one within the NHS:
https:/ /www.nh s.uk/co ndition s/stres s-anxie ty-depr ession/ mindful ness/
I suspect though that you came up against health professionals who believe that a 'one size fits all' approach to mental health problems will always be effective, rather than people who're prepared to recognise that their patients are all individuals, where certain techniques will work wonders for some but which will be utterly useless for others.
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I suspect though that you came up against health professionals who believe that a 'one size fits all' approach to mental health problems will always be effective, rather than people who're prepared to recognise that their patients are all individuals, where certain techniques will work wonders for some but which will be utterly useless for others.
Being taught about mindfulness is not the same as practicing it and it's not meant to be a replacement for actually doing practical things but hopefully it can guide the things one does.
It helps me a lot in my job and my life, I can't imagine not being able to watch and notice my mind anymore and to a certain degree choose how I feel.
However I agree it shouldn't be equated to a painkilling drug that works for everyone, some people seem more suited to it than others.
It helps me a lot in my job and my life, I can't imagine not being able to watch and notice my mind anymore and to a certain degree choose how I feel.
However I agree it shouldn't be equated to a painkilling drug that works for everyone, some people seem more suited to it than others.
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