When meditation goes wrong: part one

All In The Mind

Aug 28

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Shownote

Meditation has a lot of benefits, but could it also have risks? Over the past decade, meditation and mindfulness have been promoted to reduce stress and increase relaxation. But there is another story of meditation that rarely gets told... one that invol...

Highlights

Meditation is often presented as a simple path to calm and emotional balance, but this episode examines what can happen when the practice becomes intense or destabilising. It brings together personal accounts, clinical observations and historical context to question whether meditation is always harmless.

06:53

Meditation can help—and still cause harm.

17:21

Meditation’s effects can persist for years

24:55

Meditation can harm even experienced practitioners.

Chapters

When a Practice for Calm Starts Causing Psychological Distress

00:00

How Meditation Can Disrupt Sleep, Mood and Sense of Reality

13:49

Why Experience Does Not Guarantee Safety—and What This Means for Mindfulness Programs

24:55

Transcript

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