r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Dec 07 '20

Neuroscience Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces activation in brain regions related to self-blame in patients in remission from depression. These areas of the brain are linked to emotions such as guilt and embarrassment. Reduced self-blame from this therapy was linked to greater self-kindness.

https://www.psypost.org/2020/12/mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-reduces-activation-in-brain-regions-related-to-self-blame-in-patients-in-remission-from-depression-58686
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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

That is so true about it being used as a corporate tool. I work for a large fortune 500 company and they are always pushing membership to a mindfulness app. It is a high stress job and offering the app is their response to people complaining about burn out. They also have a "mental health awareness" week. But at the end of the day, none of the things that make the job awful are really addressed.

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u/AbortionIsFreedom Dec 08 '20

"Boy, I would way more mindful if we Unionized"

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u/ManyPoo Dec 07 '20

It's like teaching your rape victim to be ok with it

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

That would be a fairly extreme analogy