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being told to 'try mindfulness' for a physical problem is the medical equivalent of turning it off and on again
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but what if mindfulness just means acknowledging the physical sensations in your body, rather than dismissing or ignoring them, and that's actually a really useful step towards understanding what's really going on?
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mindfulness is useful for many things. it does not, however, fix a herniated disc.
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the recommendation to 'keep a symptoms diary' followed by no one ever reading the diary
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sometimes it's genuinely appropriate. the problem is it's deployed as a dismissal.
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I have been mindful of my pain for months. it is still there. mindfully.