Jason Meno

Finishers were 8% that meditation would make them feel worse. and non-finishers were 13%. So both groups are low, but clearly the people who did not finish the meditations, they thought that it would make them feel worse. Or it was higher.

Finishers were 8% that meditation would make them feel worse. and non-finishers were 13%. So both groups are low, but clearly the people who did not finish the meditations, they thought that it would make them feel worse. Or it was higher.

Yeah, some of them dropped out. They did like one meditation or two meditations and dropped out. So we've got all that data. Yeah.

Yeah, some of them dropped out. They did like one meditation or two meditations and dropped out. So we've got all that data. Yeah.

The last expectation question was, how much do you believe that meditation will be painful or difficult? And the people who finished, they believed it 11% that it would be painful or difficult. Really? And the non-finishers... 11% did you say? Uh-huh, 11% for the people who finished. And the people who didn't finish, they believed 25% that it would be painful or difficult. So almost over double.

The last expectation question was, how much do you believe that meditation will be painful or difficult? And the people who finished, they believed it 11% that it would be painful or difficult. Really? And the non-finishers... 11% did you say? Uh-huh, 11% for the people who finished. And the people who didn't finish, they believed 25% that it would be painful or difficult. So almost over double.

So that's a pretty big jump there.

So that's a pretty big jump there.

Yeah, it's a very clear signal that the people who didn't finish believed from the get-go that they were going to have a bad time, essentially.

Yeah, it's a very clear signal that the people who didn't finish believed from the get-go that they were going to have a bad time, essentially.

Yeah, non-finishers' familiarity with meditation was 68%. So that's pretty high. Almost the same, yeah.

Yeah, non-finishers' familiarity with meditation was 68%. So that's pretty high. Almost the same, yeah.

For familiarity with meditation?

For familiarity with meditation?

Well, the numbers here are, it's a scale of belief from 0 to 100. Mm-hmm. So the 11% is... These are means. Yeah, these are means. So it's the average belief of the groups are 11% and 25% that it would be painful or difficult.

Well, the numbers here are, it's a scale of belief from 0 to 100. Mm-hmm. So the 11% is... These are means. Yeah, these are means. So it's the average belief of the groups are 11% and 25% that it would be painful or difficult.

It is, yeah. So my only guess at the moment, we'd have to actually reach out and talk to these people to see what they think, but... My thought is that both are pretty much the same familiarity with meditation. And I'm guessing that the people who are finishers that did not drop out, they probably like meditation. They probably think it's helpful and that it's not too hard for them.

It is, yeah. So my only guess at the moment, we'd have to actually reach out and talk to these people to see what they think, but... My thought is that both are pretty much the same familiarity with meditation. And I'm guessing that the people who are finishers that did not drop out, they probably like meditation. They probably think it's helpful and that it's not too hard for them.

And the non-finishers, although they have the same familiarity and experience of trying meditation, they might have had some worse experiences in the past. Like every time they meditate, they don't find it very rewarding or they find it difficult and painful. So to me, that's how I am making sense of it at the moment. Yeah.

And the non-finishers, although they have the same familiarity and experience of trying meditation, they might have had some worse experiences in the past. Like every time they meditate, they don't find it very rewarding or they find it difficult and painful. So to me, that's how I am making sense of it at the moment. Yeah.