I finally stopped calling meditation a scam after my panic attacks got worse
I used to see those meditation apps and think it was just rich people paying to sit still and feel superior. Told my buddy Dave last spring that it was basically a subscription for doing nothing, and he just laughed at me. Then around October I had three panic attacks in two weeks, one so bad at the grocery store on Broadway that a manager asked if I needed an ambulance. My doctor straight up said 'try breathing exercises or we talk about medication' which felt like a threat but whatever. I downloaded a free 10 minute guided thing one night when I couldn't sleep, and I fell asleep before it even finished. Now I do it most mornings before work and I haven't had a single panic attack since December. Has anyone else had that moment where you realize your skepticism was just stubbornness getting in the way?