Just went and tried the Orientation tape. It’s quite nice for relaxing I suppose, but I struggled a lot with both the visualisation and the “hypnosis”, also the long silences were tedious. I have aphantasia and I’ve found hypnotism doesn’t work at all for me before in the past, so perhaps I’m simply unsuited for this.
Oh I’ve meditated many times, including guided meditation with a professional a few times. So while I’m far from an expert, I’d consider myself familiar enough to have reasonable expectations and be able to make comparisons to other meditation tracks. To clarify, I wasn’t saying I’m unsuited to meditation, simply unsuited to that specific tape and presumably the tapes that follow. Although I suppose I’ve never found meditation to be particularly useful anyway apart from for relaxation.
If that’s the case then it’s a shame. I also have huge problems with consistency because of ADHD and never managed to get into it even though I know what to expect and how to do it. All I can do is spend time on meditation communities and read experiences of other people.
And I misread what you wrote earlier, that’s why I assumed that you have wrong expectations with meditation lol
Just went and tried the Orientation tape. It’s quite nice for relaxing I suppose, but I struggled a lot with both the visualisation and the “hypnosis”, also the long silences were tedious. I have aphantasia and I’ve found hypnotism doesn’t work at all for me before in the past, so perhaps I’m simply unsuited for this.
I know that we hate reddit but there’s a meditation guide from r/meditation: https://www.reddit.com/r/Meditation/wiki/faq/#wiki_how_do_i_begin.3F
Edit: it’s not that you’re unsuited for this but rather your expectations about meditation don’t sound correct to me.
Oh I’ve meditated many times, including guided meditation with a professional a few times. So while I’m far from an expert, I’d consider myself familiar enough to have reasonable expectations and be able to make comparisons to other meditation tracks. To clarify, I wasn’t saying I’m unsuited to meditation, simply unsuited to that specific tape and presumably the tapes that follow. Although I suppose I’ve never found meditation to be particularly useful anyway apart from for relaxation.
If that’s the case then it’s a shame. I also have huge problems with consistency because of ADHD and never managed to get into it even though I know what to expect and how to do it. All I can do is spend time on meditation communities and read experiences of other people.
And I misread what you wrote earlier, that’s why I assumed that you have wrong expectations with meditation lol