23 Interviews With People Who've Been Helped By Mindfulness

We have interviewed 23 people who have overcome struggles with the help of mindfulness. These stories show that mindfulness is one of the most powerful ways to overcome struggles of mental health.

Most recent stories of people helped by mindfulness

From Drama Addiction to Healing: A Psychologist’s Journey of Self-Discovery

From Drama Addiction to Healing: A Psychologist’s Journey of Self-Discovery

February 6, 2025
Helped by: Mindfulness, Self-awareness, Social support, Therapy
Breaking the Cycle of Fear and Avoidance: My Path to Managing Social Anxiety

Breaking the Cycle of Fear and Avoidance: My Path to Managing Social Anxiety

December 5, 2024
Helped by: Journaling, Meditation, Mindfulness, Social support
Cognitive Reframing and Mindfulness Helped Me Overcome Depression and Suicidal Ideation

Cognitive Reframing and Mindfulness Helped Me Overcome Depression and Suicidal Ideation

May 28, 2024
Helped by: Meditation, Mindfulness, Self-improvement

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I’ve interviewed 23 people who have been helped by mindfulness, and here are the top 5 struggles that these people have overcome:

  1. Anxiety (12 posts)
  2. Depression (11 posts)
  3. Stress (8 posts)
  4. Childhood trauma (7 posts)
  5. Addiction (3 posts)

In our many years of publishing helpful mental health content, we always received questions from our readers about specific situations. While we have a lot of helpful tips to share on how to be happier, we simply can’t offer advice for every situation.

That’s why I’ve set out to interview folks with every type of mental health struggle. My job as an interviewer is to categorize these interviews and present them in a way that is most helpful to our readers.

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From Drama Addiction to Healing: A Psychologist’s Journey of Self-Discovery

“In those times, I became a master of disguise, adept at hiding the turmoil beneath a veneer of composure. To the outside world, I appeared to be navigating life with ease, but inside, there was a cacophony of emotions I kept tightly guarded. It was a delicate dance of maintaining appearances while wrestling with an internal chaos that threatened to spill over at any moment.”

Struggled with:
Addiction

Helped by:
Mindfulness
Self-awareness

Therapy

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Case studies

Breaking the Cycle of Fear and Avoidance: My Path to Managing Social Anxiety

“I’ve always been good at putting on a brave face, especially at work-related events, so most people had no idea I was struggling. But inside, the anxiety would build up, and I often felt so overwhelmed that I had to leave early or run out after only a short time. Eventually, my anxiety reached a point where I’d either cancel last minute or break down in tears before even getting to the event.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Panic attacks

Helped by:
Journaling
Meditation
Mindfulness

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Case studies

How Yoga Became My Lifeline in Navigating Depression and Building Self-Love

“My relationship with myself was pretty broken and I had no self-belief, I had low self-esteem and I resented my family. It was through yoga that I found the truest feeling of comfort, self-compassion, and courage to move forward, grow as a person, and fall back in love with myself and life again.”

Struggled with:
Depression
Insomnia
Stress
Suicidal

Helped by:
Exercise
Meditation
Mindfulness
Self-Care

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Case studies

How a Mindset Change Helped Me Break Free From Childhood Trauma and Toxicity

“My mother said she wanted to end it in bloodshed and she waited for him to come home from his late-night meeting. She thought better of it when he was late arriving home. She was overwhelmed with thoughts of her in prison and me in foster care. To say that she made the right decision in achieving the goal of a good life is an answer I struggled to answer for many years.”

Struggled with:
Abuse
Anxiety
Childhood trauma
CPTSD
Depression

Helped by:
Mindfulness
Reinventing yourself
Self-improvement
Therapy

Case studies

Therapy Helped Me Overcome Depression and Better Cope With Chronic Health Conditions

“I clearly remember feeling like I was stuck deep down at the bottom of a dark hole where I could barely breathe. It was especially disturbing because I didn’t care if I stayed down there and never saw light again. Looking back, I realize that my severe depressive episode had been building for years, but I didn’t really notice it.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Chronic pain
Depression

Helped by:
Mindfulness
Self-Care
Self-improvement
Therapy

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Case studies

How I’m Navigating Lifelong Anxiety With Breathwork and Better Boundaries

“I found that practicing breathwork and working on my breathing was more than 50% of my battle. Not breathing correctly caused my anxiety to be triggered easier and with my breathing being shallow, it made it hard to talk at length. I believe this kept me in fight, flight, freeze mode for prolonged periods of time.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression
Stress

Helped by:
Mindfulness
Self-Care
Self-improvement