Mindfulness Training Essay

Mindfulness training aims to broaden awareness by paying attention on purpose to the present moment, promote non-judgmental thoughts, and reduce automatic responses – also known as blurting. The idea of mindfulness is based on the Eastern meditation techniques and was developed to prevent relapse for patients suffering from recurring depression – depression is prevalent in ADHD patients no matter what the patient’s age is – and for patients in chronic pain to help them cope with their disease or illness. Based upon meditating ADHD patients are encouraged to focus their attention on various things such as: internal experiences such as thoughts, emotions, and action tendencies and environmental stimuli such as smells, and sounds; During every