Mental rigidity is one way of trying to escape unpleasant thoughts. It is usually a futile effort and is a core characteristic of many mental health diagnoses.
Mindfulness breaks up mental rigidity, allowing emotions to be experienced.Mindfulness-based interventions should not be discarded but used as part of a comprehensive approach.
One reason is that humans don't/can’t tolerate mental/emotional pain. Rigidity is one way of limiting exposure. to pain. As rigidity is broken up with mindfulness, what happens? You’ll feel even more emotional pain, which is often intolerable.It isn’t surprising that mindfulness increases symptoms in students with prior mental health diagnoses. People must also learn to feel safe in order to move forward. You would never cross a street unless you first felt it was safe to do so.
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