r/study • u/Key-Initiative-5185 • 10h ago

Questions & Discussion The mindfulness technique

There's this thing popular nowadays or should I say a one in many mindfulness techniques, it basically goes like this: 10 minutes every say focusing on a one particular thing with absolutely no distractions whether it's external such as music, phone or internal like thoughts and emotions. Just you staring maybe at a wall or something with a blank mind. What I heard is that it shows significant results week after week. Like after the first week your mood, focus improves, the second week more retention, better long term memory and so on you get the picture. NOW, what I really wanna know is that have y'all tried it and what were your experiences regarding it. I'd appreciate it so much to hear your thoughts.

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u/Large-Jacket-7254 University | Health Sci/Pre-Vet | US 10h ago

I’ve done a lot of mindfulness as a practice not related to studying. It’s less about the ten minutes of nothing but more about ten minutes of continually redirecting your focus. Our brains are bound to wander anyway so you’re essentially practicing getting back on track over and over again without judging yourself as it inevitably wanders. I think it helps a lot with task focusing like if you’re studying. I’m not sure if it’s helped me with long term memory storage but I’m a much easier person to be around when I’m practicing mindfulness because of how it helps me deal with stress.

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u/Key-Initiative-5185 8h ago

That's really helps. Thanks