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by Etheryte 1061 days ago
This is such a silly notion, what does countering have to do with any of this? Life is not an internet argument.
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>Life is not an internet argument.

except when you tell someone they should try mindfulness and they look at you as if it was voodoo crap

I mean, it's not your responsibility to change anyone's mind. If you want to put info out there, back it up, etc, there's a good way to do that without going on the attack.

I say to each their own, so long as "their own" does not harm others. If Buddhism works for someone, cool. If going to a psychologist works, also cool. When it comes to mental health, I think we can all agree that a one-size-fits-all solution doesn't exist.

I simply said that breathing exercises have objective benefits which cannot be handwaved away. This whole spiel about argumentation was made up by a biased interpretation