DIY Mental Health

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A support group and structured set of resources for people who are struggling to afford or otherwise access professional mental health therapies.

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Week 1: Introduction to Mindfulness (wiki.dbzer0.com)

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this week’s focus is mindfulness. it’s the foundation for a lot of other skills and helps you slow down and notice what’s happening before you react. This first time around I'm going to go through the whole module before moving on to distress tolerance, but after that I'll only repeat it for a week between each of the other modules.

Just to introduce the concept; if sitting still or being in your head is hard, try one of these short videos:

optional check-in:

something you tried this week
a pattern or connection you noticed
any resource that helped

no pressure to share. take what’s useful.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mindfulness meditation has been a positive and calming experience for me. Sometimes with a discernible difference in thinking, after finishing.

I prefer using headphones.

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I use these freely shareable mindfulness resources, that are under a Creative Commons licence.

freemindfulness.org

Generally coming back to two meditations from the list:

If needing some grounding, a body scan can help.

Fifteen minute body scan - Vidyamala Burch, Breathworks

If stable and grounded, the Mountain meditation is a nice exploration of impermanence.

Mountain meditation - Padraig O'Morain

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

added to the wiki!