Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "How Meditation Actually Changes Your Brain (Backed by Science!)" video.

Yes, the trick though is to find an ADHD friendly version. Personally, I recommend singing bowls or rock stacking as they are somewhat active, but will really pull your focus in. But, really just sitting there and counting the times that you pull your attention back to something you're focusing on works as well.
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@sebastianmuenzberg4197 Yes, although the challenge when you're freaking out is remembering to do it.
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I personally do a few minutes right after I brush my teeth in the morning and I brush my teeth as soon as I get up.
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A good one is 4 seconds of inhale, hold the breath for 7 seconds and then breathe out for 8 seconds.
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That's normal. Just redirect it back to what you're focusing on or just note that you're thinking and carry on.
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Have you tried doing it as soon as you get up in the morning? If you don't wake up at some point, you've got bigger problems than trying to remember to meditate.
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It does, but unless you're doing a lot, the impact can be rather subtle.
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@sebastianmuenzberg4197 Yes, the trick there though is to remember that you can do it. The most effective meditation is often the meditation done under the hardest circumstances.
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That's common. I just do a few minutes right after I wake up. Usually, I'll wake up, brush my teeth and then meditate. I'm a fan of using a mechanical counter and just clicking off once a day when I do it and then using google to calculate how many days it's been since I started. I'll divide the times I did it by the total days and just focus on trying to keep that percentage as close to 1 as possible. It has helped a lot in my consistency as unlike streaks missing a day doesn't start you over. Which can be a big issue if you're got a streak that's going a month or two, losing one day starts the streak over, but if it's a percentage at that point it barely hurts. I'll periodically reset it to zero because of that.
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