juliawise comments on A Less Mysterious Mindfulness Exercise - Less Wrong

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Comment author: juliawise 19 September 2012 07:38:02PM 6 points [-]

I tried this for about 5 minutes. I ended up kind of naming a bunch of things I had been thinking and/or worrying about lately. I didn't notice strong emotions of any sort - a little unpleasantness when naming the unpleasant things. Afterwards, I feel pretty much like I did before starting.

Sometimes I wonder if psychological techniques are like vitamins - if you're deficient in something, you notice a strong positive effect when starting it. But if you've pretty much been getting what you need all along, starting something new doesn't produce much effect.