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Transcendental Meditation

The short answer. There isn't much data on Transcendental Meditation yet — 3 mentions, 2 with a clear outcome — so treat these numbers as anecdotal.

What users report
100%helped2 reports · few reports
2 helped0 mixed0 didn't help

From 3 mentions in total — the rest didn't say how it went and aren't counted.

What Transcendental Meditation does, according to users

Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.

1 more with fewer than 3 reports
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Reported side effects

How often each side effect came up across all reports.

No side effects reported so far.

What users say

First-hand experiences, quoted verbatim. We show one positive and one negative where both exist.

“I went through some really bad anxiety for almost a year...I stumbled on to Transcendental Meditation...my life has changed dramatically.”
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“my Dad always suffered some serious work stress and is like a different person after adding 20 minutes 2x a day of transcendental meditation”
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