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Why meditation increases anxiety for some people

I meditate to calm my anxiety but sitting still makes me more anxious so I end up more wound up than when I started.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Stillness can activate hypervigilant nervous systems that equate rest with vulnerability or danger.

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