Use Mindfulness to Recover From Depression | Being Well Podcast, Dr. Zindel Segal

[@MaddiefromManila]

I am very thankful for people who chose this field and chose to excel in it. Thank you very much for putting this out there.

[@juliedavenport3611]

I have something useful/practical to follow up on to help myself become a little more resilient, a little less vulnerable. Thank you Forrest.

[@texieredith]

Extremely interesting and useful. Thanks!

[@herson9732]

Great interview!

[@whitesteele]

Once again, an excellent interview. Special thanks for the summary you give and time stamps.

[@jackiepetrosky4611]

I love the mindfulness communities! I am taking an online MBCT course here in China.

[@sharonfisher3179]

The sand through the hour glass imagery he used really resonates with me. What an excellent episode Forrest.

[@madeleine8389]

Thank you for these wonderful podcasts! I experienced the same thing as Forrest during the small meditation, which often happens to me on an impromptu meditation. I think for me it is a reflex to beware of what is going to happen to me, as if being guarded. I also liked the information about the group effect on the method. I am increasingly interested in understanding more the importance of a social support group where people can relate to one another, and encourage each other implicitly to continue to work on their negative feelings.

[@scotchvelo]

I wish people would stop describing depression as sadness. For a lot of us, depression is hopelessness, which is extremely frightening, which then causes terrible anxiety.

[@lisaorlando1224]

I agree, it’s definitely hopelessness for me. But the point he is making is the only really useful thing I took away from their book. They wrote that people are vulnerable to recurrent depression because, when we feel whatever we felt during an episode, we don’t consider that it could just be a passing mood. Instead of recognizing this possibility, we think, oh no! It’s coming back! It really blew the top of my head off to realize how right they were. I used to feel a wave of hopelessness and start to panic, because I was sure I knew the horror was about to take me over. But now I think, a part of me feels hopeless, and I put my hand on my heart and say, I’m so sorry you’re feeling this, can you tell me what set you off? It doesn’t mean I don’t “get depressed,” but I now assume that, if I don’t catastrophize, and I’m kind to myself, it won’t last very long.