Safe Or Comfortable Place For Anxiety Or Depression

The Safe/Comfortable Place meditation is a tool some therapists use to help with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, insomnia, and many other issues. It is a very simple imaginal practice of being in a place that feels ideally safe and/or comfortable. It helps calm the nervous system in a moment of stress, and can be used repeatedly to habituate the nervous system to this state of relaxation and calm. Some mindfulness is used here as well to keep the observing mind present and draw the safe/comfortable feelings deeply into the body.

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This was very helpful for me. I did something similar during EMDR but haven’t done it much since. My safe place has changed since then though. I like the fact that I can change it whenever I like even the seasons to fit what I find comfortable. Thank you for this.

I love this. I have a place from doing EMDR therapy so this just went hand in hand. Will use again and again, very relaxing. ☺️