Dr. David Burns

Oh, really? That was the question? A complete waste of time?

Oh, really? That was the question? A complete waste of time?

It's interesting because the familiarity with meditation was in the 60s. You said the finishers, it was 69%, and it was still in the 60s but lower, right, for the non-finishers?

It's interesting because the familiarity with meditation was in the 60s. You said the finishers, it was 69%, and it was still in the 60s but lower, right, for the non-finishers?

What do you make of that, Jason? So this group of people are fairly familiar with meditation, and yet they have this idea, this thought, that 25% of the non-finishers and 11% of the finishers thought that meditation would be painful or difficult. 13% of the non-finishers thought that it would make them feel worse. And that 26%, which seems pretty high, that it would be a complete waste of time.

What do you make of that, Jason? So this group of people are fairly familiar with meditation, and yet they have this idea, this thought, that 25% of the non-finishers and 11% of the finishers thought that meditation would be painful or difficult. 13% of the non-finishers thought that it would make them feel worse. And that 26%, which seems pretty high, that it would be a complete waste of time.

And my guess is that people who are familiar with meditation would not fall into those belief systems.

And my guess is that people who are familiar with meditation would not fall into those belief systems.

Right. I find that surprising.

Right. I find that surprising.

Yep.

Yep.

So Jason, are you looking at the non-finishers as your control group, kind of?

So Jason, are you looking at the non-finishers as your control group, kind of?

It's a good start.

It's a good start.

After each one?

After each one?

And they're doing one meditation at a time consecutively?

And they're doing one meditation at a time consecutively?