Seems like "mindfulness" is a focus in therapy in recent years. In my own search for therapeutic reading materials, I've come across it quite a bit. I'm seeing a new therapist as well, and his main approaches are CBT and mindfulness.
The rollercoaster ride of what we go through on antidepressants (when they cause bad effects) and when we go off them -- could there be any better situation for practicing mindfulness?!
At first when I would read about mindfulness, I could understand the descriptions, but still did not know how it felt. I think I have been "getting it" a bit more lately, how it feels and what it means to be in the moment.
For me, I think I'm getting better at accepting the moment, with all it includes. It's facing whatever my current circumstances are, and allowing them. (Even if I'm planning and hoping for better days ahead.) It's taking one day at a time, and not trying to run away from anything. It's training myself to not rush through things so I can get back to obsessively worrying. It's learning to go more slowly and tend to things through my day, giving things their proper attention, and not giving worrying the center stage. It's knowing that things are temporary, and I can deal with whatever today presents.
Anyone else work with this while going through the withdrawal process?