HAPPINESS/MEDITATION/MINDFULNESS

Calming My Mind and Thoughts So I Can Successfully Learn to Meditate

I’m looking for help and ideas

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I READ ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

Meditation is life-changing.
Meditation breeds contentment.
Meditation will help you unclutter your mind.
Meditation will make you a more well-adjusted person.

I need help to pull it off.

When I try to meditate, the thoughts in my head keep running on and on.

My mind fills with rapid-fire snippets that are all negative!

Past hurts, issues, disappointments……

The more I try to blank out, the more I contemplate all the crap that makes me unhappy.

AND THERE YOU HAVE IT

I have convinced myself that my unhappiness is why I need to meditate. Yet, that's the very thing that holds me back.

But why do I feel so unhappy all the time?

According to a Medium article by Nick Wignall:

Often unhappiness is the result of subtle psychological factors that are hard to spot. But if you can identify them…