I found mindfulness to be helpful for me in terms of defining me feelings & understanding what in my environment was causing me to feel them & looking at the environment & seeing what I COULD DO to change it. My MI issues were ALL situstional so mindfulness makes a lot of sense in my situation.

Before DBT all I could say when my T asked how I was doing was just "ugh". I had no understanding or words to communicate what was actually going in & how I was really reacting to it.

I could flowchart a computer design but I couldn't see my own life or understand all that was really effecting me or how do deal with it. Using mindfulness in that way really helped me. No I don't meditate or do all those crazy things. I just use the concept in the way it helps me.