Most of what sets you off is meaning rather than sensation: somebody's tone, a look you have seen before, what you take it to say about you.

What the research says

A meta-analysis of meditation research found small to medium improvements in emotional and relational outcomes in adults without a diagnosis, while noting that three quarters of the studies found had to be excluded for methodological weakness. That is the honest shape of a good deal of this field. Take the modest version of a claim and you will not have to walk it back later.

Strength of evidence: one line of research. A single study, or a theoretical account.