How do you deal with scary meditation sessions?

[moon777light]

I just had one that was filled with the feeling of fear looming all over me constantly, with thoughts of the worse that could occur. Strangely it occured during my deepest meditation session yet. Tried my best to ignore and put in my all into concentrating on the breath, which worked for a 10-15 second increments. After it ended i felt weird, as if i suddenty grew a few inches taller, and as if my perspective on the world around me slightly shifted

[SunnyNewDay]

How is your mental health away from your spiritual practice? It's normal to have these experiences. I've had this happen after meditation for several hours and also psychedelics can increase them as well when meditating. For me it was a sign to do shadow and emotional work. 

[OctagonOctopus]

Don’t ignore your feelings, don’t run, feelings need to be allowed, accepted, and felt. The important part is not to get lost in them, as in judging them in some way. So if you are doing a breathing meditation it is like you are channeling the feeling into your breath, into the present moment, where it will be felt and integrated back into oneself.

[moon777light]

thanks guys <3 i feel calmer already

@SunnyNewDay pretty ok, sometimes i can get anxious, especially socially, or paranoid for a few minutes. Just never had this intense feeling of fear, i felt my neck get heavy and then was scared that was some sort of sign that somethings going to happen, since meditation is metaphysical haha. Im doing lots of emotional work now, but started just a week ago

@OctagonOctopus that is true, hard pill to swallow but true. I think i started getting lost in it, because i thought it something bad is going to happen, but detaching from associating them is really hard, well not detach in a sense to ignore and hope it goes away, but detach like not identify with them. I will try to be more present with the feeling 

 

[OctagonOctopus]

@moon777light

Exactly! Nothing bad is going to happen, fear is the ghost that hides the truth. See your negative feelings like little crying babies that just need some love from there parent (Which is you).