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Zen meditation helps ADHD, depression and OCD

September 03, 2008

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major depression, adhd, depression, ocd, study, add, mind, hyperactivity, zen, meditation, anxiety, today, attention, brain, thinking, science

That's what a new study, published in Live Science, said today:

The seemingly nonsensical Zen practice of "thinking about not thinking" could help free the mind of distractions, new brain scans reveal.

This suggests Zen meditation could help treat attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (so-called ADD or ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder, major depression and other disorders marked by distracting thoughts.

Have you tried it? What do you think?

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