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People with OCD [0] should consider doing less meditation, IMO.

I find that meditation can lead me into rumination traps where I make no progress.

I sometimes have to set myself deadlines or checkpoints to make sure that I do not ruminate my way out of available time.

What I tend to need instead is breathing techniques to stay and cope within the moment, which I accept is like task-focussed micro-meditation in a way. But deliberate, long quiet meditation rarely helps me and it can make things worse.

[0] by which I mean the debilitating condition, not the pop-culture joke about pointing out pictures aren't straight or kerning on some signage is wrong



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