Jason Meno

But there was one thing that someone said that stuck with me that could be also an explainer, which is they said that the moment they saw their negative thought again and their negative feelings again, and the moment they saw that there was a little bit of a reduction in it, their belief that it could change because of meditation now improved more.

But there was one thing that someone said that stuck with me that could be also an explainer, which is they said that the moment they saw their negative thought again and their negative feelings again, and the moment they saw that there was a little bit of a reduction in it, their belief that it could change because of meditation now improved more.

So their expectations of meditation helping them might actually be going up as they meditate. The moment they saw that very first shift in their thinking, that seemed to have a bit of a snowball effect because it boosted their belief. Like, oh, it changed it a little bit. Oh, interesting. Oh, maybe this is going to work. And then that acts as a kind of catapult into more change.

So their expectations of meditation helping them might actually be going up as they meditate. The moment they saw that very first shift in their thinking, that seemed to have a bit of a snowball effect because it boosted their belief. Like, oh, it changed it a little bit. Oh, interesting. Oh, maybe this is going to work. And then that acts as a kind of catapult into more change.

Someone mentioned that that was their experience, which to me makes sense.

Someone mentioned that that was their experience, which to me makes sense.

Yeah.

Yeah.

My my first reaction is like, well, what's your do you like pistachio ice cream? Because some people really like pistachio ice cream and some people really don't like pistachio ice cream. So to me, it's a little bit about like what you like, what do you believe is going to be helpful and useful? You know, there's a lot of there's a great number of people out there who really.

My my first reaction is like, well, what's your do you like pistachio ice cream? Because some people really like pistachio ice cream and some people really don't like pistachio ice cream. So to me, it's a little bit about like what you like, what do you believe is going to be helpful and useful? You know, there's a lot of there's a great number of people out there who really.

truly believe you know meditation is a complete waste of time we saw that in the data too like the people who like almost half of the group dropped out and did not do this exercise and that group certainly had the belief that this was it was going to be difficult it was going to be a waste of time It was going to be, uh, that it wasn't going to be that helpful.

truly believe you know meditation is a complete waste of time we saw that in the data too like the people who like almost half of the group dropped out and did not do this exercise and that group certainly had the belief that this was it was going to be difficult it was going to be a waste of time It was going to be, uh, that it wasn't going to be that helpful.

So those beliefs I think are important. And that's really my big takeaway from this experiment as well, is that the beliefs you have about what you're going to do to feel better matters a lot. Cause that's going to change your motivation. That's going to change whether you're going to follow through with the exercises you're doing. Um, so to me, I think that's a critical component to this and

So those beliefs I think are important. And that's really my big takeaway from this experiment as well, is that the beliefs you have about what you're going to do to feel better matters a lot. Cause that's going to change your motivation. That's going to change whether you're going to follow through with the exercises you're doing. Um, so to me, I think that's a critical component to this and

Yeah. Yeah, that's that's recently after doing this meditation experiment, I was only meditating like maybe once every few days or so. I wasn't doing it that often and really not that intensely and that that seriously. But after this meditation experiment, I kind of wanted to dive into it more myself.

Yeah. Yeah, that's that's recently after doing this meditation experiment, I was only meditating like maybe once every few days or so. I wasn't doing it that often and really not that intensely and that that seriously. But after this meditation experiment, I kind of wanted to dive into it more myself.

And I was like, OK, well, let me like start capturing my own negative thoughts and seeing how they work. And for me personally, meditation doesn't budge my negative thoughts like hardly at all. Like for me personally, it just doesn't really affect them. But there are lots of other side effects that I got from meditation. Like I've definitely felt way more chilled out. Yeah, I've seen that too.

And I was like, OK, well, let me like start capturing my own negative thoughts and seeing how they work. And for me personally, meditation doesn't budge my negative thoughts like hardly at all. Like for me personally, it just doesn't really affect them. But there are lots of other side effects that I got from meditation. Like I've definitely felt way more chilled out. Yeah, I've seen that too.

Yeah. Well, thanks for that. Oh, you see that in me? Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Well, thanks for that. Oh, you see that in me? Oh, yeah.