Tag: Depression
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Empath series – Spirits, ghosts, negative entities and all those fun things that can’t possibly exist.
Psychics and the spirit world. Here’s the problem with empaths and other sensitive people: They see and sense and even hear things that others generally do not. Scientifically, such things are hard to prove, if not impossible, as what we experience cannot always be recreated and tested under lab conditions. I was listening to an…
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Depression Series – You’ve done great! So why do you feel so down about it?
The pressure of success You’ve done well. People love you, and some even hate you (which probably means you’re doing something right.) So why do you feel so depressed? Why do you have a sense of anxiety and foreboding that something bad is going to happen? The trouble with success, and more importantly, reputation, is…
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What creates an empath?
A lot of people are empaths, but what makes them one? Here are some thoughts about that. Some people are born very sensitive to those feelings around them. Others become empaths out of necessity. For instance, a child that has a very traumatic childhood will develop the ability to sense others emotions so they…
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Depression – You just can’t get over it but you certainly can be over it.
Depression is really is a major problem for so many. You don’t have to be an empath to suffer from it, but it certainly doesn’t help you if you are one. The problem is that unless you have experienced depression, it’s hard to understand what it’s like. The other problem is that it’s not a…
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Depression Series – Empaths and the seasons or ‘Tis the season to be jolly… I wish.
Seasonal depression Each season has an energy to it. For instance, Spring is the energy of renewal, and Winter is the energy of withdrawal and rest. For the empath, Autumn / Fall, can be a terribly depressing time. It’s the time when things are dying. Leafs are falling off the trees, the days are getting…
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Depression series – Empaths and the holidays or Where has my holiday cheer gone to?
Holiday depression The holiday season is very hard on empaths. This is especially true for the Christmas and new year period, where everyone feels they should be with family, out celebrating and just having a good time. Problem is that so many people are alone. They feel like they are missing out on a party…
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Depression series – Empaths and the dark night of the soul or My world is falling apart and nobody even seems to notice.
The dark night of the soul. Check list You feel there is no hope. You’ve tried everything and nothing has worked. There is no yesterday no tomorrow, just a desperate and empty now of desolation and anguish. The emotional pain is overwhelming. You feel pushed way beyond your limits of endurance to the point of…
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Depression series – Empaths and Trauma or why am I clinically depressed?
Shock and trauma Check list: Do you feel depressed without any cause? Does even the slightest setback send you spinning into depression? Do you ignore traumatic events and quash them so they don’t bother anyone? You feel dead inside. This is an insidious type of depression. It is certainly a clinical depression and sometimes it…
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Depression Series – Empaths and Guilt or I’m feeling guilty, but I’ve no clue why.
Empaths and depression – Guilt. Checklist. Do you feel anxiety that makes you want to hide away? Do you feel you let others down? Do you feel an emotional pain that borders on anxiety that just won’t let up, but there is no defined cause. You feel suicidal. I call guilt the great…
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Empaths and depression – Introduction
This is a repost of a recent depression series I wrote. It specifically written for empaths. In these articles, there will be suggestions for what Bach Flower Remedies will help combat the type of depression being discussed. Introduction One of the main issues empaths face is depression. This is a really crippling emotional state to…
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I think you out to know I’m feeling very depressed – Marvin, the paranoid android.
Empaths and depression While Marvin, from The Hitch Hiker’s guide to the galaxy was by no stretch of the imagination an empath, he certainly was depressed, though in my opinion, not paranoid. Depression is a really big problem of empaths. It is massive. Unless you have suffered from depression, you can’t imagine just how soul destroying and…
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Happy Birthday!… or is it?
It’s your birthday today. Your special day. People are wishing you a happy birthday and it just should be a feel good day… so why are you feeling so down and depressed? Birthdays can often bring the sense of loneliness and being alone into sharp relief. Instead of feeling part of some group, or family,…