Yes, it sounds boring, Meditation. Who will waste their time sitting still and doing nothing?

However, you will never know its true essence until and unless you have experienced it. Meditation experience is not always the same. It gives you the results based on what your inner foundation requires. 

There are common and specific outcomes, depending upon person to person. Now,

How does it help with depression?

For that, we need to know what the term means. 

You may time and again encounter a person with whom you are very confused, pessimistic, always on low frequency, etc. It amazes you if you can dive into that person’s inner state. 

You will know that he or she is not willing to try to be so, but also that the person cannot help with it. That person has that constant feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and worthlessness. There is that struggle to come out of it, but the person is drowned in that vicious cycle. 

Now, these things feel very uncomfortable, and sharing them may lead one to place oneself in a seat where people judge. And we all know that’s true. 

For such a person, any guide and any means to deal with depression is like a gift to them. It’s valuable to them. 

Meditation does not work like antibiotics and gives the results immediately. It will take time because it will help you to heal your inner child, traumas, and any triggers that have acted as a catalyst for your situation. 

If you believe that you can overcome the depression and do not want to give up, then mediation certainly will prove to be the one that will give you power. 

Like brushing their teeth, everyday people include meditation in their daily routine. It becomes part of their discipline. 

All the above things are vague, so to tell particularly how mediation helps depression, let’s dig deeper one by one. 

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the state of being in the present. With meditation, the brain is trained to practice mindfulness and be present. During meditation, we are told to concentrate on breathing, in and out. This simply helps the mind to observe the current state rather than opening the never-ending doors of bad feelings. 

And daily spending time in this practice will simply help you too be more and more in your present. 

Meditation decreases anxiety and stress

To know how meditation decreases anxiety and stress, we must know what causes anxiety and stress in the first place. 

No exactly; one thing causes anxiety and stress. Many smaller events, accidents, and traumas trigger this. And the circumstances are also different. 

Family, schools, workplace, sometimes because of that one unfortunate event that you went through, etc. All these are the probable reasons causing stress. 

The world outside has become very unpredictable, so the way we react to all these situations may not help us every time, and this thing is itself so bothersome. 

So, with meditation, you will be able to train your brain regarding how you can react dynamically. 

Fighting Negative thoughts

One thing that is very profound among people with depression is negative thoughts. 

It has been scientifically proven that negative thoughts have a huge impact on your health, both physical and mental. So, being able to deal with these negative thoughts automatically helps you improve your depression. 

You might have experienced that once you started having a single negative thought, you started to attract more and more of it. And this process drains our energy. 

Yes, it’s very surprising that doing nothing but overthinking that one negative thought has so much power. 

Meditation keeps your mental health in check and prevents you from overthinking. And another important thing is that there is no such prescription regarding when you should meditate.  You can do it anytime.