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Why breathing meditation can feel suffocating

My therapist told me to try mindfulness but every time I focus on my breath I feel like I am drowning and have to open my eyes immediately.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Interoceptive awareness is activating unprocessed survival responses.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The neuroscience of meditation?”

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