r/Mindfulness • u/Wesssiiiddddeee • 1d ago

Insight Experiences of People with GAD

i (21M) was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, and i have been meditating consistently (missing a day or two on rare occasions). i wanted to ask people with GAD who have been meditating and practising mindfulness about their experiences, insights, and advice.

kindly share!

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u/AlternativeYak1919 1d ago

My own personal experience: meditation is a tool just like medication, exercise, therapy, etc. Each one will only get you so far. Will any one tool be enough? Sure, it’s possible but it’s far more likely that you’ll need more tools for true healing. I’ve done every one of the tools I’ve mentioned and am still on my healing journey.

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u/Wesssiiiddddeee 1d ago

hey, good to hear and good luck! i do 3 of the above mentioned things apart from medication. do you say that the combination has worked well for you? and how did meditation specifically help you?

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u/AlternativeYak1919 1d ago

Healing from past traumas was central to everything else working. Without doing that my mind would have never settled enough to do meditation. Meditation has helped me slow my mind down and not have 5,000 words flying through my brain every second of the day. Meditation has also helped me explore the deeper parts of my mind and thoughts and why they are the way they are.