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When mental health symptoms interfere with the practices meant to help them

I practice mindfulness to manage my depression but some days I am too depressed to practice and then I feel guilty about that too.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The expectation to maintain consistent practice becomes another source of self-judgment during periods of decreased capacity.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mindfulness as psychological intervention?”

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