{"id":42992,"date":"2022-12-07T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/is-it-hard-for-anyone-to-meditate-i-have-adhd-and-it-is-very-hard-for-me-to-sit-still-has-anyone-had-this-same-problem-if-so-how-can-i-help-it\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:09:23","slug":"is-it-hard-for-anyone-to-meditate-i-have-adhd-and-it-is-very-hard-for-me-to-sit-still-has-anyone-had-this-same-problem-if-so-how-can-i-help-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/is-it-hard-for-anyone-to-meditate-i-have-adhd-and-it-is-very-hard-for-me-to-sit-still-has-anyone-had-this-same-problem-if-so-how-can-i-help-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it hard for anyone to meditate? I have ADHD and it is very hard for me to sit still. Has anyone had this same problem? 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