I started this off as a musing on if we should charge for our services, but found it became a little more personal as I explored options. I offer it here to others who face the same dilemmas and welcome any thoughts and suggestions on this subject. People have strongly suggested that I should start…
Continue reading ➞ Should we charge for our services or does that devalue them? (part 1)
I've seen the below link a number of times touted as the best description of depression. What immediately struck me was it was a very good description of an Empath (a depressed one.) Well worth a look. http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/depression-part-two.html Related articles Know an empath? Why not tell them they are one? (xeraphax.wordpress.com) Is Empathy a major…
Should you develop your empath abilities? If you have any topics you want to know more about, please ask. This week's question come from nattietee at (http://lovelightlearn.wordpress.com/) She asked. Have you ever thought or tried to hone your abilities as an empath? I would love to hear more. Thanks Nattietee and that is a really…
Continue reading ➞ Q&A – Developing my abilities or I might have been out of my mind.
I've had a question in my mind recently: Do sociopaths get depressed? A Sociopath is someone who is someone lacking in empathy . They give the illusion of being emphatic but their actions are self serving and rarely benefit others. I know they get upset, anxious, worried and lose sleep over problems that will affect them,…
Bach Flower Remedies – Introduction I hated being depressed. I hated it so much that I relentlessly pursued and tried everything that I could get my hands on. I tried herbs, psychic healers, meditation, therapies like Reiki and Kinesiology, crystals, aura-light, aura-soma, anti-depressants and just about anything else I could get access to. Each…
Continue reading ➞ Healing Depression Series: Bach Flower Remedies or Flower Power.
Depression can be cured. Yes, I know that’s a bold statement to make and I also know it will make many people very angry that I even would suggest such a thing. Actually, that anger has always bemused me. The general reaction is: how dare you suggest such a thing! You have not gone through…
Continue reading ➞ Healing Depression Series: You can cure depression or WTF! How dare you say that!
It’s only one line, but Moby made it into a whole song and if you’re an Empath, you might well feel that sense of depression when you watch the video. For me, when I first saw this back in the year 2000, it brought out the pain of loneliness and a melancholy so profound that…
Continue reading ➞ Depression series: Melancholy or Why does my heart feel so bad?
Anti-depressants It's fortunate that depression is finally recognized as a real problem. There are help lines out there, organizations (Where I live, there is one called Beyond Blue, which is a wonderful initiative) and they are developing drugs to help us cope. Medical treatment is still in the early stages, though, in my opinion, but…
Continue reading ➞ Depression Series – Anti-depressants or how depressing, they’re screwing me up.
Many depressed people have more than just depression going on with them. They also suffer from exhaustion. I’m not talking about the kind of gosh-I've-been-up-all-night-and-I-really-need-to-get-some-rest type of exhaustion, I’m taking about long term, utter weariness, where everything is a struggle and just getting up and facing a new day is a challenge that is almost…
Continue reading ➞ Depression Series: – Exhaustion or I’m too tired to read this right now.
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…
Continue reading ➞ Depression Series – You’ve done great! So why do you feel so down about 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…
Continue reading ➞ Depression – You just can’t get over it but you certainly can be over it.
Over-concern for others. Check-list You worry about others You feel bad about when others try and fail. We feel anxiety when others don't come home when expected. Empaths often get depressed in regards to other people. It might be for the person who has gone to buy a special present for someone, only to have…
Continue reading ➞ Depression series – Empaths and concern for others or Why didn’t you call?
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…
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…
Continue reading ➞ Depression series – Empaths and Trauma or why am I clinically depressed?
Anxiety Checklist. Do you feel anxious without any reason? Do you feel something terrible is about to happen? Do you suffer from anxiety attacks? Anxiety, though closely related to feelings of guilt, tends to be a different kind of depression. It's the feeling that something is wrong or the sense that something horrible it going…
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