Meditation But Not For You

Meditation is said to have a good effect on one’s health and wellness thus some try it to get its benefits but what if the good benefits become a bad one? Would you still try it?

Some studies said that meditation may not be good to anyone thus if you are experiencing the opposite you should stop doing it before your health and wellness will be at risk.

·        “There are some potential downsides to meditation. A 2017 study by researchers from Brown University and the University of California examined the experienced of 60 meditation practitioners. It revealed that meditation can cause surprising negative side effects, affecting participants' emotions, sensory perception, social interaction, sense of self, and more. Some of the study subjects reported hallucinations, panic, a total loss of motivation, and the re-living of traumatic memories.” (Insider)

“In the Insider website, it says mediation can (1) can prompt a negative thinking in you rather than being optimistic but one become irrational, delusional and paranormal on one’s thoughts; (2) one’s sensory perception might change or could change or one’s sense of smell, taste, hear and see can be altered wherein according to reports some participants experience hallucinations, visions, illusions, seeing lights, sensitivity to light and noise and it is said a distortion in space and time; (3) your motivation or one’s motivation may go out of the window or one’s motivation to do something will be replace by not doing anything at all or have no motivation to do anything; (4) re-living or having flashback of negative memories and emotions then which can deluge one’s state resulting into fear, anxiety ,panic, grief, etc.; (5) experiencing physical side effects like headaches, dizziness, fatigues, gastrointestinal problems, etc.; (6) it could damage one’s self or sense of self like you are lost from yourself and lost from your existence; (7) one will become antisocial or one will experience antisocial feelings and have difficulty connecting to the world or to people or to society back.” (Izulat)