{"id":31074,"date":"2019-12-02T07:13:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T14:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=31074"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T03:55:14","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-reminder-about-study-showing-adverse-effects-of-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/letter-to-the-editor-reminder-about-study-showing-adverse-effects-of-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor: Reminder About Study Showing Adverse Effects of Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/meditation-woman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31079\" width=\"324\" height=\"332\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dear Lighthouse Trails:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article came up in a feed, and I thought it might be a useful reminder to your readers. It&#8217;s a 2017 shallow academic re-run of what LHT has devotedly and thoroughly covered in depth for years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I imagine a title like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Study Names 59\nCategories of Unexpected and Unwanted Side Effects Of Meditation&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This is the mainstream article that covered it in 2017:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/993465\/theres-a-dark-side-to-meditation-that-no-one-talks-about\">&#8220;Meditation can bring about a wide variety of thoughts and emotions\u2014some are peaceful, others are not.&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Quote: <\/strong>&#8220;The researchers identified 59 kinds of unexpected or unwanted experiences, which they classified into seven domains: cognitive, perceptual, affective (related to moods), somatic, conative (related to motivation), sense of self, and social. Among the experiences described to them were feelings of anxiety and fear, involuntary twitching, insomnia, a sense of complete detachment from one\u2019s emotions, hypersensitivity to light or sound, distortion in time and space, nausea, hallucinations, irritability, and the re-experiencing of past traumas. The associated levels of distress and impairment ranged from \u201cmild and transient to severe and lasting,\u201d according to the study.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This is the original study (2017): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0176239\">&#8220;The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A key Quote: <\/strong>&#8220;The vast majority (88%) of participants reported that challenging or difficult meditation experiences bled over into daily life or had an impact on their life beyond a meditation retreat or beyond a formal practice session. The term \u201csymptoms\u201d is used here to denote the subset of experiences that were experienced as challenging, difficult or functionally impairing. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0176239#pone-0176239-g001\">Fig 1<\/a> shows the duration of symptoms and their associated impairment. The median duration of symptoms was 1\u20133 years, ranging from a few days to more than 10 years. While 10% reported minimal impairment, impairment tended to mirror symptom duration, lasting from days to more than a decade. The majority of the sample (73%) indicated moderate to severe impairment in at least one domain, with 17% reporting suicidality, and 17% requiring inpatient hospitalization.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BLESSINGS,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>E.P.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(photo from bigstockphoto.com; used with permission)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=18828\">BOOKLET:<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=18828\"> Meditation! Pathway to Wellness or Doorway to the Occult? <\/a><\/em><\/strong>(If you are practicing meditation of any form or know someone who is and would like a free copy of this booklet to share with that person, please send us your name and mailing address to &#x65;di&#x74;&#111;r&#x73;&#64;l&#x69;&#103;h&#x74;&#104;o&#x75;&#x73;e&#x74;&#x72;a&#x69;&#x6c;s&#x2e;&#x63;om. 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