A Narrative Study of the Five Senses Meditation of the Adolescent Suffering from Abandonment Anxiety
Kyung-Min Ahn
October 31, 2020 DOI: 10.47116/apjcri.2020.10.17 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case study Case report |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1 |
| Population | One adolescent girl attending high school in P-city who was raised by several foster parents and experienced abandonment anxiety |
| Intervention | Five Senses Meditation |
| Duration | Eight sessions |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Key findings | The authors report that the Five Senses Meditation helped the adolescent face and accept her abandonment anxiety, shifting from fear, isolation, depression, and lethargy toward positive change, including recognizing her value and using social words such as "together" and "we." They propose the process supported recovery of flexible emotions and thinking and a more active, positive attitude toward life. |
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate on the effect of the Five Senses Meditation to an adolescent suffering from abandonment anxiety. The subject of the study is a student attending a high school in P-city and has an experience of being raised by several foster parents from childhood. This study focused on searching for the root and context of the pain by facing, discerning, and accepting abandonment anxiety through the Five Senses Meditation. It also explored the process of making changes in life by the positive diversion of thoughts. The Five Senses Meditation consists of eight sessions of breathing meditation, specifically, the five sensory meditation the five sensory meditation. Through the sessions, the adolescent suffering from abandonment anxiety narrated her fears, sense of isolation, depression, and lethargy that she has experienced in her psychological and environmental contexts. While the subject narrated such experiences in detail, she was sympathized and supported, which led to the positive changes to face the causes of her anxiety and pain, opened her heart to the world, realized her value of existence, and used social words such as "together" and "we". For the adolescent suffering from abandonment anxiety, this study was a process of gaining insights through the Five Senses Meditation, learn causal changes that appears and disappears every moment, and accept the pains inherent in life. This study has significantly helped the subject to recover flexible emotions and thinking and overcome anxiety and stress to build an active, positive, and mature attitude towards life.
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