{"id":42647,"date":"2022-11-09T10:01:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T10:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/when-i-try-to-meditate-during-the-day-i-struggle-to-close-my-eyes-they-get-irritated-because-it-isnt-dark-enough-it-becomes-distracting-also-theres-too-much-going-on-in-the-evenin\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:08:22","slug":"when-i-try-to-meditate-during-the-day-i-struggle-to-close-my-eyes-they-get-irritated-because-it-isnt-dark-enough-it-becomes-distracting-also-theres-too-much-going-on-in-the-evenin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/when-i-try-to-meditate-during-the-day-i-struggle-to-close-my-eyes-they-get-irritated-because-it-isnt-dark-enough-it-becomes-distracting-also-theres-too-much-going-on-in-the-evenin\/","title":{"rendered":"When I try to meditate during the day I struggle to close my eyes, they get irritated because it isn\u2019t dark enough. It becomes distracting also. 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