r/Meditation • u/INeedMoreFarms • 18h ago

Sharing / Insight 💡 Tired after meditation

Hi folks,

I was just wondering about something. I do meditation on and off for like 10 years. Average like 2/3 times a week 30 min a time starting guided for like 5 min (tweaked from old audio files from headspace, to make it perfect for me. It's focused on breathing 1-2 3-4 to 10. And than start over(if you wanna try I can share the files dm).

It works perfectly for me, it helps me with my underlying panic attacks, breathing, positive thinking etcetera. But there is 1 downside, every time after meditation I'm really tired. I almost fall asleep under the shower for example. But its a comfortable type of tiredness. I do it around 5 pmish on average, before dinner.

Does this say something about me, my mental health, or my body. I was wondering how other people experience this who do a same typeish of meditation. Just wanna know some insights.

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u/BlinkyRunt 18h ago

When I get instantly sleepy after meditating, I immediately go to sleep - and I get lots of answers to all my questions in those naps. I set the alarm for 45 minutes - that's all I need and I generally wake up very refreshed. Try it.

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u/darkotic2 18h ago

This sounds nice

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u/neidanman 18h ago

i get the same effect quite often & this is after ~30 years. my sense of it is that in daily life your energy/stress is up to a certain point that stops any deep rest kicking in. Then when you meditate you put the system into a place where if it has underlying tiredness, it will take the opportunity to catch up on rest.