Whenever I try to enter a trance state, I'm able to relax myself sufficiently through the breathing techniques described on the JOS website, but when I start to apply the 'mental falling' I experience a sharp pain roughly to the left side of my 6th chakra. I've been trying to get into a trance...
I highly recommend speaking to your GP about your anxiety/depression. You sound very apathetic; apathy being a symptom of depression. Remember you aren't alone man, I'm actually working through a similar condition myself, and I too have days where I find meditation difficult. All I can suggest...
Stress is a massive issue for me, so I'm always searching for relaxation techniques. I came across this one the other day:
http://www.meditationiseasy.com/mCorner ... tation.htm
You start of in yoga's Corpse pose, and it seems to be pretty standard, but then you're supposed to imagine...