If calm is your brand but chaos is your reality, this one’s for you.
Others call it emotionally checking out with ambient music and better lighting.
Welcome to the world of mindfulness myths, where “being present” is often just spiritual rebranding for avoiding your actual feelings.
Here’s a breakdown of how the practice of mindfulness got hijacked into a tool for emotional repression.
Let Snarky Suzie aka The Witty Witch Of Wisdom do the "dirty" job.
Mindfulness Myths Revealed
Mindfulness was once about cultivating awareness, sitting with discomfort, and facing inner chaos head-on.
Now? It’s a polite way of saying, “Please don’t ask me hard questions while I sip this mushroom latte.”
For many, mindfulness isn’t about connecting with feelings but disconnecting from them.
If your version of presence involves filtering out anything unpleasant, you’ve turned mindfulness into an Instagram story—curated, cropped, and emotionally ghosted.
The Dangers Of Spiritual Bypassing
This performative detachment has a name: spiritual bypassing.
It's the passive-aggressive cousin of denial, dressed in linen and quoting Rumi.
This is when people use spiritual concepts like "being in the now" to avoid accountability, growth, or any form of discomfort.
They’ll tell you their silence is "mindful space-holding," but it's really just avoidance with a nicer aesthetic.
This mindset allows you to say, "I no longer react to drama" when the truth is you're just repressing things with grace and hydration.
The Performative Present
True mindfulness is not about being calm and collected all the time.
It’s about being messy, anxious, uncomfortable, and deeply honest. But the wellness industry has repackaged it into an emotional loophole.
It’s easier to buy a new journal or book a reiki session than to confront the fact that you haven’t had a real conversation about anything meaningful in years.
You’re not healing; you’re just cosplaying peace, all while your emotional bandwidth is sponsored by oat milk and overpriced meditation apps.
Don’t Confuse Stillness With Being Stuck
The problem with constantly being "in the now" is that it conveniently excuses you from dealing with your past or preparing for your future.
If you’re using mindfulness as a reason to avoid any real accountability or personal growth, you're not practicing presence, you’re practicing denial.
True mindfulness isn’t about smudging away your problems with Palo Santo; it's about facing them right between the eyes.
It’s not about staying silent. It’s about staying aware. Even when it’s messy. Even when it’s inconvenient.
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