[weird-eye-issue]

Well, in my experience meditation alone was not effective at all for my anxiety.

Actual doctors (in the US and in SE Asia) put me on medication for it and that was effective.

I don't think many "regular doctors" are telling people to just meditate for their anxiety...

[s1artibartfast]

Surely you can respect that not all solutions are based in pharma or surgical intervention.

Take depression for example. Some people might have a chemical imbalance. Some might be in terrible marriage or struggling with other trauma.

The idea here is pretty simple and not particularly crazy: Some people have problems that can be solved best with treatment other than drugs or surgery.

[weird-eye-issue]

It's usually a combination of things. For me, my anxiety was causing me to not do things that could have ultimately helped me have less anxiety. Meditating didn't cure that. I had to go on meds to get over that initial anxiety and now I don't need the meds as much

Sure meditation can help some people but I don't think it's as effective as a lot of people seem to think