Dr. David Burns

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think that's a really good way to describe it. Yeah.

I think that's a really good way to describe it. Yeah.

And then they just and then they fade away.

And then they just and then they fade away.

That's you generally as a whole, Jason, from your years of meditating, right?

That's you generally as a whole, Jason, from your years of meditating, right?

And this is completely anecdotal. I wish I could have been a part of your study. But to me, it's really hard. I can't see... in my own personal experience that meditation has any effect on my negative thoughts, but it does have an effect on helping me feel calmer. And I would tend to be in the group of people that are at risk to ruminate on negative thoughts.

And this is completely anecdotal. I wish I could have been a part of your study. But to me, it's really hard. I can't see... in my own personal experience that meditation has any effect on my negative thoughts, but it does have an effect on helping me feel calmer. And I would tend to be in the group of people that are at risk to ruminate on negative thoughts.

So I have to really fight against that. And so that like the, the do nothing meditation would probably be more damaging to me than guided meditation. Yeah.

So I have to really fight against that. And so that like the, the do nothing meditation would probably be more damaging to me than guided meditation. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh, and Max wanted me to ask you a question.

Oh, and Max wanted me to ask you a question.

Could it simply be the choice to engage in a practice for betterment that caused the improvement?

Could it simply be the choice to engage in a practice for betterment that caused the improvement?

And that's kind of the pleasure predicting.

And that's kind of the pleasure predicting.