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danekez:
I DONT CARE IF YOU LIKE STEVEN UNIVERSE OR NOT
If you suffer from Anxiety, Depression, Disassociation, Intrusive thoughts, or any number of things that take you away from a healthy head-space then
this song is for you.
This song is a template for a coping mechanism. This will walk you through a legitimate method of addressing intrusive thoughts and working through them in order to ground yourself. I cannot express how important this is- for people like me who suffer from these moments all the time this song is so important.
Garnet is teaching Stevonnie Mindfulness meditation. Its a practice to help ground a person to the present moment. This is a lifesaver for people with heavy, constantly running, and wandering minds.
With Mindfulness Meditation you are allowing yourself to pull away from your thoughts and to focus on whats going on right then and there. The rhythm of your breathing. The weight of your limbs and the pull of gravity. The tension you may have been holding in spots you didnt know you were. And your thoughts.
Being mindful is not meant to quiet your thoughts.
Sometimes they’re as automatic as your beating heart. Its not meant to get rid of your pain, either. But you’re able to pull away from thoughts and emotions. You can observe them without being a part of them. You can watch them and not relive it.
After all, you cant relive the past and you cant predict the future…all you ever have is the now.
I live with Anxiety and Depression and this is the most effective and most powerful coping skill I have. It doesnt require anything extra [ you just need yourself and a quiet spot ] , you can do it just about anywhere , and, if practiced enough, you can learn to do it on the go. Its great for emergencies.
Garnet was an amazing teacher for this, but the person I learned Mindfulness from is Eckhart Tolle. If you want some more help, I would suggest reading his book,
The Power of Now.
Here are some resources :
How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation
Just sharing this for any in the hopes it can benefit. Watching this episode made me sob uncontrollably but this part was very sweet in its own way.
Just as a note though, if Mindfullness isn’t for you for some reason that’s okay too.
In my case, It does not work well for me because it hasn’t gelled well with my ADHD, specifically in terms of being able to focus on a specific thing or set of things within personal space and time. Doing so feels like putting on mental blinkers and I end up having a massive surge of anxiety about “what I am not seeing”.
The part where Sapphire is overwhelmed by her butterflies? that’s how it is all the time for me, sometimes stronger, sometimes manageable. Negative thoughts can be intrusive but also fly out of the blue, and whilst an individual thought may be fleeting, many can just feel so draining.
Every mental health practitioner I ever met with recommended Mindfulness to me, yet every time I end up trying and panicking. And I began to feel worse… like I had “failed” mindfulness, that the problem was me in some way.
But its not and that’s okay
My mind just doesn’t behave in the manner needed and whilst that can be a problem, it can also be a strong and wonderful thing when you find enough personal calm to be able to channel your focus into something you love.
Regardless, I would recommend everyone give it a try and see how it affects their perspective of things within that frame. Hopefully it will alleviate some of the difficulty in coping with things for you.