Whisperinggirl's Meditation Workbook

[whisperinggirl]

I'm not sure exactly how this works, how fast I'm supposed to go through the lessons, if it's a bit late to join now, but here goes. My mind is constantly full. Sometimes it's to the point of near bursting. I have racing thoughts, intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, panic attacks, etc. It has always taken me a while to fall asleep because my mind pretty much won't shut up/slow down. It's kind of annoying and makes me sleep deprived sometimes. Everyone keeps saying I should try meditations, so here I am. I guess meditation would be slowing stuff down in my head and/or getting my self to focus better. My concentration and focus aren't very good. I really need to work on that because my mind keeps wandering on me. I've left this page twice already while writing this. So, yeah, that's about it.

[fOrceez]

Yay, you joined!

[whisperinggirl]

I'm not doing very good with the void meditation. I can't keep my head empty. It just gets more jumbled with everything going on when I try and empty it. I've tried for twenty minutes a bunch of times already, and I haven't been able to get it yet.

[fOrceez]

Focal meditation is generally easier to start with. Try and sit there and focus on your breathing. Once you feel that you get the hang yof that, you can try and move from focal to void meditation