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Originally Posted by stopdog
I have found meditation to help me more than therapy - meditation is both calming and energizing for me. Meditation has never mocked me, blamed me for its mistakes, or intentionally messed with me like therapists do. It is in my control, does not involve another human, and I don't have to pay for it. Those would all put it ahead of therapy for me. As I would never subjugate myself to pharmaceutical companies and mds - drugs don't even make my list.
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Amen to ALL of that. I read a book by a prominent psychiatrist and buddhist author (Mark Epstein) wherein he compares meditation to therapy in terms of potential for healing trauma. Use of one's "witnessing presence" during meditation can function to a degree like your own built in caretaker and healer.
I also do not consider drugs to be on the list, unless I found myself in an emergency situation.