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Meditation

Of 4,084 people who tried it, 11% said it changed their life and 51% said it helped a lot or more.

  • Life-changing
  • Big help
  • Slight help
  • Did nothing
  • Made it worse

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4,084 answers in total: 4,083 from surveys and 1 from this site.

  • Life-changing: 1.2%, 49 votes (49 from surveys, 0 from this site)
  • Big help: 50%, 2,040 votes (2,040 from surveys, 0 from this site)
  • Slight help: 36%, 1,482 votes (1,481 from surveys, 1 from this site)
  • Did nothing: 12%, 510 votes (510 from surveys, 0 from this site)
  • Made it worse: 0.1%, 3 votes (3 from surveys, 0 from this site)

Survey answers come from Nootroflix (2022), the SlateStarCodex 2019 survey, and the 2012 US National Health Interview Survey, converted to these five answers. In the SlateStarCodex 2019 survey and the 2012 US National Health Interview Survey there was no “life-changing” answer, so the top answer counts as a big help.

More in Practices

Meditation ranks #1 of 2 in Practices for life-changing.

#ItemLife-changing
  1. 1MeditationThis page11%4,084 votes
  2. 2Cold showers / ice baths3.5%285 votes

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