I’ve heard bits and pieces about the practice of grounding (going barefoot on the grass/ground or using a grounding machine) for supposed health benefits. Is it something that has any scientific merit at all like how neuroscientists have found that yoga/mindfulness can have positive effects. Or is it more like crystal healing and firmly in the realm of utter bullshit? Can it even be studied properly under the scientific method (basically can it be disproven or proven or is it one of these we technically might never know things?)
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There is something called grounding which is a mindfulness method of being aware of your surroundings, and it’s impact of anxiety, stress etc. the idea of walking barefoot on the ground is that you are paying attention to your surroundings from the sensations your are concentrating on
I’m not sure what you mean by a grounding machine. Of the kind of thing I can think it could refer to, you’re into crystals and that crap.
It is difficult to scientifically study many of the psychological and health benefits from mindfulness techniques in general, but it’s difficult to study the impact of many psychological/psychiatric therapies to determine how effective they are compared to others therapies. Various methods of mindfulness processes/meditations are being studied for how if impacts well-being in general, and specific situations (eg ptsd) and it’s going to take a long time to get a reasonably definitive answer, but there is a fair amount of positive research results coming through.
But at the end of the day, if you are stressed, struggling with you’re mental health, or just find that you are bad at relaxing, and you give some of these techniques a try, if it works for you, go for it. As long as you are not handing over lots of money and it’s not having a detrimental effect on you, then carry on imo
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