Meditation helped me get rid of bad thoughts, anxiety and paranoia
I’ve been having this problem for a year now I think, since reading Neville Goddard’s book about how we create our own reality. Before that I’ve kinda went on a new age reading spree, so I was kinda overwhelmed with LoO, The secret, Neville and Seth. After reading about it I started visualising good for myself and I was joyful about how I’m responsible for my own good. I wasn’t worried about bad happening to me, because I was sure I can handle anything, therefore I wasn’t visualising bad for myself because I wasn’t even thinking about it.
But then I’ve started thinking that I can visualise things happening to my relatives also (it also states that we actually can do that in the sources about visualisation), friends and loved ones which started giving me a lot of anxiety. I wasn’t in control anymore.
I was paranoid to the point when I wasn’t able to sleep, trying to “undo” my bad momentary thoughts about death, rape or illness of my loved ones, because I was so scared of that.
This thing was kinda in waves, so 2 months I was paranoid, 2 months I wasn’t, and that went on a year and a half or so I think.
I did a lot of “mental techniques”, when paranoia started, to kinda get rid of it - listened to the tapes, did affirmations, did prayers and everything. A lot of that kinda stuff.
So a month ago this period of me being paranoid started again, but now I actually started doing something helpful about it and I finally know the simplest answer to which I didn’t listen: meditation! Not a specific one, like gateway tapes or affirmations or chants. As Ra says: just meditation. Getting control of your thoughts.
I remember writing to u/greenraylove when I was truly desperate about it too because I thought she could help, and she said exactly that. Sorry I didn’t listen, because if I started back then with just meditation without any specifics, it definitely would’ve made a difference.
But now, as those “thoughts” are gone from my head for good, I just want to share the word that with this kinda problem meditation is a very good instrument that helped me, at least. But I also suggest to seek medical attention and help in that kinda situation and not take my words for granted. Thanks!