Sometimes, meditating might make you feel anxious.
Of course!
…Because you’re choosing to confront an anxious mind that’s full of clouded, mudded, raging thoughts.
Here’s the thing: the means to settling an anxious mind isn’t done by stirring it up with more information, stimulation, and distraction—it’s done by giving it the space it needs in absence of those things.
Sitting with the discomfort is the means.
And what you might realize, is that your raging mind—like a child raging with a temper tantrum—does eventually relent to the space, boredom, and non-stimulation of a good timeout.
The only question is, can you be firm enough to put your mind in timeout or will you continue to let the child of your mind rage?