A guided meditation that helped me a lot
Last week I had another one of those nights when I try to fall asleep but recall traumatic memories that put me in distress. I tried listening to this guided meditation on the Insight Timer app (it's free).
It was so helpful! 😵 During this meditation I thought of those painful memories and practiced compassion for everyone involved. That included forgiving people who hurt me and more importantly forgiving myself.
I was able to fall asleep thanks to it, and since then whenever the memories come back before bed I can practice compassion and forgiveness again.
This meditation appeared in my life in a near timeframe to a video I watched about anger management. In the video the lecturer has explained that we often feel angry as a way to make ourselves feel better about our own guilt and justify ourselves- "if I'm angry with this person it's because it's their fault and if it's their fault it's not my fault".
This really clicked when I listened to the meditation. I've been struggling to let go of anger toward someone who hurt me in a toxic relationships years ago, I realized I've been blaming them because underneath that I've been feeling guilty and blaming myself for my own part in that relationship.
After showing myself compassion and forgiving myself it's easier to forgive them too. I'm no longer angry with them.






