{"product_id":"meditation-how-stillness-saved-me","title":"Meditation: How Stillness Saved Me","description":"What if the thoughts tormenting you aren’t the truth — but fear wearing a disguise?\nIn Meditation: How Stillness Saved Me, Anibal Perea shares his raw, unfiltered journey through anxiety, intrusive thoughts, depression, and a profound identity crisis that nearly cost him his life. What began as a single panic attack spiraled into months of relentless fear, HOCD, dissociation, and despair — until desperation led him to one simple practice: stillness.\nThis is not a book about sexuality.\nIt is a book about freedom.\nThrough personal storytelling, reflection, and lived experience, Perea reveals how meditation helped him separate truth from fear, identity from thought, and awareness from the noise of the mind. He explores how intrusive thoughts latch onto the unknown, how fear of death hides beneath anxiety, and how presence can gently dismantle even the loudest mental storms.\nWritten for those who feel trapped inside their own mind, this book offers no quick fixes or empty promises. Instead, it offers something deeper and more honest: a new way to relate to fear itself.\nInside this book, you’ll discover:\nHow intrusive thoughts feed on resistance — and what happens when you stop fighting them\nWhy anxiety often disguises itself as identity confusion\nHow meditation rewires the nervous system and restores inner stability\nWhat it means to “die” to the false self and return to who you truly are\nPractical meditation insights and practices the author still uses today\nBlending neuroscience, spirituality, and lived wisdom, Meditation: How Stillness Saved Me is part memoir, part guide — written for anyone who has felt broken, lost, or afraid of their own thoughts.\nIf you’ve ever wondered:\nWhy won’t my mind leave me alone?\nWhy do these thoughts feel so real?\nWill I ever feel like myself again?\nThis book is for you.\nYou are not broken.\nYou are not alone.\nAnd peace is closer than you think — waiting quietly beneath the noise.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0GLFLYGW1\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0GLFLYGW1.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Perea, Anibal\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525068910653,"sku":"BVV.B0GLFLYGW1.G","price":12.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0GLFLYGW1-0.jpg?v=1794520313","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/meditation-how-stillness-saved-me","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}