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Why mindfulness can become overwhelming

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Patrick Jeitz
Jun 23, 2023
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By Kenny Aliasen - Unsplash - Thinker

If you have been practicing mindfulness for a while, you might end up like giving up at some point. All these thoughts seem to overrun you and it feels like they haven't been there before. That, suddenly, things seem to get worse than they have been.

Nothing has changed compared to before you started practicing mindfulness. You're still living the same l…

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