Stress Management Support Group
Stress management defines stress as a person's physiological response to an external stimulus that triggers the "fight-or-flight" reaction.Stress can be overwhelming. This community is for best practices in stress management.
Hi all,
I'm new here. I'm 33 with a recent diagnosis of Bipolar disorder. I also have anxiety and PTSD. I'm interested in using meditation to try and reduce my stress and anxiety but I can't seem to sync up with the script. I'm a pretty tall guy and my breathing cycle is much slower than most. I can easily and comfortably slow my breathing to 6 breaths a minute. On those meditation scripts, they're usually starting the next breath before I've finished the first. This takes me out of the moment and makes the meditation impossible to continue. Has anyone else encountered this? Any tips?
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What I would suggest is to try a different kind. Are you using apps, YouTube? Try a different kind of mediation, and see if that works better for you. Hope it does. Good luck.