Depersonalization and Meditation
The outcome of one study on meditation and depersonalization concluded the following
- Meditation can sometimes lead to the experience of depersonalization
- The meditator's understanding and meaning regarding the experience of depersonalization will greatly determine whether anxiety is present as part of the experience
- A meditator who interprets depersonalization with catastrophic interpretations will likely experience significate panic/anxiety
- The meditator's social or occupational functioning as a result of depersonalization need not have significant anxiety or impairment
- The meditator's depersonalized state can become a permanent mode of functioning
- People who wish to reduce Depersonalization Disorder may be treated by changing the meanings associated with depersonalization in the mind of the patient, thereby reducing anxiety and functional impairment
Read more about this topic: Depersonalization Disorder
Famous quotes containing the word meditation:
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalm XIX (l. XIX, 14)