TRC #694: Can Meditation Be Harmful? + Did Cavemen Live in Caves?

Could meditation ever be harmful? Darren examines the evidence to determine if meditation, which can have many benefits, might sometimes have a negative impact on people’s lives. Adam looks at the idea of cavemen and wonders if, as their name suggests, that they really spent all that much time in caves and where else they might have lived.

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Can Meditation Be Harmful?

Adverse events in meditation practices and meditation‐based therapies: a systematic review – Farias – 2020 – Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica – Wiley Online Library

Meditation can have dangerous effects on mental health, an investigation finds : Shots – Health News : NPR

Meditation can be harmful – and can even make mental health problems worse (theconversation.com)

The varieties of contemplative experience: A mixed-methods study of meditation-related challenges in Western Buddhists | PLOS ONE

Did Cavemen Live in Caves?

Caveman – Wikipedia

Sorry, Most Prehistoric Peoples Didn’t Live in Caves – Tales of Time Forgotten