{"id":1550,"date":"2013-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.224.237.165\/index.php\/2019\/02\/25\/student-health-recommends-mindfulness-to-visibly-bleeding-third-year\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T04:57:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:57:50","slug":"student-health-recommends-mindfulness-to-visibly-bleeding-third-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/16\/student-health-recommends-mindfulness-to-visibly-bleeding-third-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Health Recommends Mindfulness to Visibly Bleeding Third Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Nik Varley<\/a><\/h6>\n
Oct. 17, 2017<\/h6>\n

At approximately 5:56 p.m., third–<\/insert> <\/delete>year student Matt Crawford reported to the University of Chicago\u2019s Student Health Services seeking treatment for a sizable abdominal wound. U<\/insert>pon examining the grotesque injury, Student Health Services <\/insert>recommended that the visibly bleeding Crawford \u201cgive mindfulness a try.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMindfulness is a wonderful method of stress and anxiety reduction that has done wonders for so many students experiencing the negative emotions that <\/delete>Matt is experiencing,<\/insert>\u201d said Student Health Services <\/insert>representative Jasmine Cunningham. <\/delete>\u201cI gave Matt some literature on focused awareness and a few of my favorite guided meditation tapes. I think that in a few weeks, he can <\/insert>could <\/delete>really start to see some results.\u201d Counselors also provided Matt with <\/insert>a Moleskine<\/insert> journal and recommended that he record the points throughout his day during which he found himself thinking about his gaping abdominal laceration.<\/insert>n<\/delete> <\/delete><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a fairly basic negative thought b<\/insert> b<\/delete>locking exercise that can help with clear thinking in stressful situations like dealing with a life–<\/insert> <\/delete>threatening personal injury,<\/insert>\u201d continued Cunningham. <\/delete> \u201cIn Matt\u2019s case, we told him to replace thoughts like \u2018I think I\u2019m losing too much blood\u2019 with a positive personal mantra that he can use to calm himself.\u201d The counselors concluded their treatment by giving Crawford an anxiety workbook and a challenge to spend the time within sessions \u201ctrying to understand his pain and in doing so better control it.<\/insert>\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really know how I feel about this all this,<\/insert>\u201d confessed a still-bleeding Crawford. \u201cI mean, I feel like I have a pretty good handle on my pain, most of it is coming from this huge gash in my torso<\/insert>chest<\/delete>. But who knows, maybe this mediation stuff will work. <\/delete>It sure is a bummer that they don\u2019t have any availability to meet with me for the next three weeks,<\/insert> though.\u201d <\/p>\n

<\/delete> \u201cIf we feel that Matt\u2019s situation is serious enough that four sessions with student health won\u2019t be enough to treat it adequately, we will absolutely refer him to a professional,<\/insert>\u201d added Cunningham. <\/delete>\u201cBut to be honest, we have great faith in the power of mindfulness. <\/delete>I\u2019ve never seen a student issue that it couldn\u2019t solve.\u201d <\/p>\n

<\/delete>She continued, <\/insert>\u201cMatt is already off to a great start. He told us that he \u2018couldn\u2019t feel anything,’<\/insert>\u2019,<\/delete> which means he\u2019s making real progress on letting go of his anxious fixations and attachments.<\/insert>\u201d <\/p>\n

<\/delete>When pressed by our correspondent as to whether mindfulness was an appropriate treatment for physical trauma, Cunningham called the accusation \u201ca classic example of worst-case-scenario anxiety\u201d and retreated to her office for twenty minutes of silent meditation.<\/insert><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Nik Varley Oct. 17, 2017 At approximately 5:56 p.m., third– year student Matt Crawford reported to the University of Chicago\u2019s Student Health Services seeking treatment for a sizable abdominal wound. Upon examining the grotesque injury, Student Health Services recommended that the visibly bleeding Crawford \u201cgive mindfulness a try.\u201d \u201cMindfulness is a wonderful method of stress and anxiety reduction that has done wonders for so many students experiencing the negative emotions that Matt is experiencing,\u201d said Student Health Services representative Jasmine Cunningham. \u201cI gave Matt some literature on focused awareness and a few of my favorite guided meditation tapes. I think that in a few weeks, he can could really start to see some results.\u201d Counselors also provided Matt with a Moleskine journal and recommended that he record the points throughout his day during which he found himself thinking about his gaping abdominal laceration.n \u201cThis is a fairly basic negative thought b blocking exercise that can help with clear thinking in stressful situations like dealing with a life– threatening personal injury,\u201d continued Cunningham. \u201cIn Matt\u2019s case, we told him to replace thoughts like \u2018I think I\u2019m losing too much blood\u2019 with a positive personal mantra that he can use to calm himself.\u201d The counselors concluded their treatment by giving Crawford an anxiety workbook and a challenge to spend the time within sessions \u201ctrying to understand his pain and in doing so better control it.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t really know how I feel about this all this,\u201d confessed a still-bleeding Crawford. \u201cI mean, I feel like I have a pretty good handle on my pain, most of it is coming from this huge gash in my torsochest. But who knows, maybe this mediation stuff will work. It sure is a bummer that they don\u2019t have any availability to meet with me for the next three weeks, though.\u201d \u201cIf we feel that Matt\u2019s situation is serious enough that four sessions with student health won\u2019t be enough to treat it adequately, we will absolutely refer him to a professional,\u201d added Cunningham. \u201cBut to be honest, we have great faith in the power of mindfulness. I\u2019ve never seen a student issue that it couldn\u2019t solve.\u201d She continued, \u201cMatt is already off to a great start. He told us that he \u2018couldn\u2019t feel anything,’\u2019, which means he\u2019s making real progress on letting go of his anxious fixations and attachments.\u201d When pressed by our correspondent as to whether mindfulness was an appropriate treatment for physical trauma, Cunningham called the accusation \u201ca classic example of worst-case-scenario anxiety\u201d and retreated to her office for twenty minutes of silent meditation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-komono"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions\/2583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}