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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 09:10 PM
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OK, I have to ask... Is anyone else feeling especially weepy/emotional lately?
I'm not the type of person who usually cries a great deal or really easily. However, lately I'm feeling as though my heart is bursting either with joy or sadness, depending upon what I'm currently experiencing. I do not have mood swings normally.

I've look at my own natal chart, and I don't think that it's anything astrological.

Is it just me, or are others also experiencing this? It feels as though my heart is bare.

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bigmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 10:11 PM
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1. Maybe.
Edited on Sat Aug-28-10 10:14 PM by bigmonkey
I'm a fan of the Arcade Fire, and I find that their latest record makes me burst into tears uncontrollably, so much so that I am embarrassed for anyone to be around when I listen to it. I don't remember ever having such an experience from art, not so reliably and repeatably. So, it makes me wonder whether it's me or not. My reaction is very intense, some sort of mixture of rapture and sadness.

I'm not trying to trivialize (or "pop-culturize") your question, really. I'm 54, and so this is not just a fan experience. It might be me, or it might be an evolutionary thing - perhaps they're indigos, and so this is the leading edge indigo art. Some of their other stuff has a similar effect on me, but it's more specific song oriented.

Just trying to share. My heart's felt bare since the 2000 election.

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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 10:22 PM
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2. Yes!!!! I originally mentioned music in my post but couldn't word it correctly.
Edited on Sat Aug-28-10 10:26 PM by I Have A Dream
Listening to music is making me burst into tears! That's probably the biggest cause for me in reference to the joy department. Although music has always touched me deeply, I've never felt such intense feelings while listening to music. It almost feels as though my heart is pulsating.

There are other things as well for me. For instance, I've always enjoyed doing things to help other people to feel happiness, but now it's almost as though I can feel their joy myself. (I've always been empathic, but never to this point.)

Thank you so much for sharing, bigmonkey. I know what you mean by your last sentence. :( :hug:

Here's one that just makes me weep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=dS85fPjZxCE



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bigmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 01:19 AM
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3. I'm afraid of seeming to promote the Arcade Fire, so I usually don't mention them.
However, when I first listened to this specific song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-wEBmLht5g">Wake Up, I think it was in 2006, it was the first time I'd heard them at all. I looked it up because someone on another site had recommended it. When the chorus started, I burst into such strong tears I could hardly see, and stayed that way through the whole song. When it was over, I thought "That was strange, I've never had such a strong reaction hearing something for the first time. Well, now that that's over, I think I'll listen to it again, to get a better perspective." So, I replayed it, and burst into tears again, just as strongly, still barely able to see. I swear, the first 30 or so times I had the same uncontrollable crying. Now I can control it, but it's still there. I have never had this happen before, especially with something that has a mainly wordless chorus. And I may not be much of a musician, but I've been lucky enough to have had a very wide exposure to musical forms and history. This was completely unprecedented for me, nothing from the Velvet Underground to Beethoven's Ninth had this effect. The closest was Nick Drake, who I had discovered a couple of years earlier, but even that was not this intense.

I found later, the next day at work, that I was going over the song in my head, and it wasn't having the same effect. I was running it in my mind at a faster pace, so I thought I would do the experiment of mentally slowing it down to the "correct" pace, and suddenly I was just as much in tears at my workstation. It was like a key was turned in a lock.

It's still happening to me, and it seems to be quietly spreading out to other experiences. I wonder if the leading edge of something is coming through music.

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rucognizant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 07:35 AM
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4. OMG!
I FORCED myself to watch/listen to Wake up all the way through......................
For me it replicated the relentless beating up of the masses by the few! That percussion, steady monotonous with out cease................
It screamed Naomi Klien's Shock DOctrine, disaster capitalism...................with out solution or relife or any other thing. If this "music"? is reflective of mass think/archetypes. we are in a world of trouble!
I don't think it encourages evolution.
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bigmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:22 AM
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9. I'm sorry you forced yourself to listen to this.
When sharing musical items, it becomes personal quickly. I meant only to give a full testimony of my own experience. For what it's worth, these folks worked pretty hard for Obama, and played for his staff appreciation dinner in 2009 (at which they thanked the staff very sincerely for their work). Their recent album, I noticed, is printed in such a way that you can remove all the corporate logos, speaking of Naomi Klein. There is one simple mention of their record company buried in the lyrics booklet.

I'll respond again later, I have a busy day right now. Thanks for taking my statement about the effect of this music so seriously that you stuck with it despite really disliking it. I'm sorry that you had a negative reaction. For me, the tears were tears of intense joy and sadness mixed, a sublime experience.
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rucognizant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 07:42 AM
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5. Funny...........
music is quietly spreading out into my other experiences for me too...........BUT, it is the music of Vivaldi, Handal, Bach etc.!
Is it the words that have meaning? I can't distinguish them, the percussion is so loud and brutal.
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 08:03 AM
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6. Yes
Not over everything but one important thing in my life. I think it was finally released. I now view two people in my life differently and can send them light and love. The tie is cut.
I also had a headache for almost three days. Now it's gone.
Hmmm, I just released that the headache ended around the same time the emotion was released.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:01 PM
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15. Congratulations, SC!
Kudos for doing the work to free yourself of one more thing that bind you.

Glad that you're feeling better. It's amazing how much things like this affect our health.

:hug:
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 08:20 AM
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7. Music has that effect on me normally
But I have noticed having waves of peace flow over me... this is NOT usual for me and may be related to a plan of action I have put into place to eventually cease doing the meaningless work I have been doing for pay these past three years since I lost my 'real' job.

But it unusual as I am not actively thinking about the new actions or what I have to do when these feelings come over me. They come 'outta the blue' and I am very very grateful them but curious about them just the same.

And, a practical question for you IHAD... could it possibly be related to the big M? (menopause) I know I am of that age and do try to keep in mind that those pesky hormones can occasionally cause an unintentional intensity - for me, usually snarly.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:09 PM
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16. Music usually has a profound effect on me as well...
but this is kicked up a notch.

I also have had those waves of peace. I couldn't figure out how to word it in my original post, but that describes it perfectly.

I'm so glad that you're now taking active steps to manifest into your life the livelihood that will allow you to not feel as though the life is being sucked out of you.

In reference to menopause, I feel less affected than I have for several years. However, I have recently started taking a few different kinds of medication, so one of those could have something to do with it. Whatever it is, for the most part, I like it. :)

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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 05:50 AM
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25. Kudos on the finding meds to take care of that!
I guess I was reflecting my own struggle with it now that I review that post. Have upped my black cohosh intake this week to deal with the combustible aspect of menopause. Wouldn't mind it so much if this were winter. :hi:

And for those waves of peace... did have an unusual wash of great anger yesterday at some workmen in the lot over from us. Too much noise for too much time... I think I could have done violence to them after about an hour of tree branch mulching. Mentioned that to let y'all know I haven't become Gandhi yet. :P
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:10 AM
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26. Sorry that you're going through that, rosie.
Edited on Tue Aug-31-10 06:21 AM by I Have A Dream
I'm not even close to having become Gandhi either. :P My tongue is an open wound on many days from my biting it. :eyes:

I never tried Black Cohosh, but I had success for a couple of years with Dong Quai. Just recently, I started using compounded progesterone cream. I know that it might have some health risks (not nearly as many as estrogen supplementation), but at this point, I'm willing to take the chance. It eliminated my symptoms almost overnight.

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Kind of Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 09:22 AM
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8. Yes, since the beginning of the year!
Got worse around the beginning of July when I knew I'd have an astrological reading. I understood whatever it was, was coming out - and there was a lot.
For work, it takes the most horrific news segments to make me weep, but lately I brace myself and pray every day to be able to get through them. Last week I cried so hard over a segment on Iraqi children, I literally could not stop.

Well, back to work :eyes:
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:21 PM
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17. Awww... sorry that this is happening for you, Blue.
The first thing that popped into my head when you mentioned the Iraqi children segment was that they are not invisible because of your emotional response. Such a reaction by someone as spiritual as you can have profound consequences. It's like a goddess crying out of compassion for humanity. Your weeping is not for naught.

Thank you for loving and thank you for caring.

:loveya:

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Kind of Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 09:56 AM
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22. Wow, I didn't see that at the time.
Really, there is only one child psychiatrist in all of Iraq and they're struggling to train more people as quickly as they can.

When the psychiatrist spoke of not being able to do anything but absorb the rages and fits of the inconsolable kids who've witnessed the massacre of their families, I don't know how he and his staff can bear it, and I cry for them as well.

I do believe you that crying out in compassion helps to absorb some of their frustration. It's really, really good to hear that no emotion goes wasted.

Thanks so much for your insight, IHAD :hug: :hug: :hug: I think you're doing a lot of absorbing on this thread, as you try to figure out your own. Amazing :)
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Sweet Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:27 AM
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10. Just recently
I've been doing well and then something happened Friday night that has had me crying pretty much non-stop since then. I hoped today I would wake up feeling better, but I don't.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:22 PM
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18. Sorry, Sweet Freedom.
:(

I hope that you feel better very soon; you deserve to be happy. :hug:

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Sweet Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 01:34 PM
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24. I am feeling better today, thank you! /nt
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Ricochet21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 12:17 PM
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11. I don't know IHAD
it sounds much like part of your Chiron return

I'm feeling the weight of the Saturn return forming. Remember, we're all feeling the Saturn square Pluto.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:25 PM
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19. Well, Rick, both Neptune and Chiron...
are further away from my Chiron than they have been for a while. For quite a while, they were sitting right on it. Now they're 1 and 2 degrees away, if I remember correctly. However, maybe something else changed in my chart to allow this to more easily come out. Pluto is also in opposition to my natal Mars, and it's not quite as exact as it had been, so maybe you're right.

I'm hoping that it's new energy coming down on humanity.

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Ricochet21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 12:15 PM
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23. Nevertheless, 1, 2 degrees away is still powerful
Edited on Mon Aug-30-10 12:20 PM by Ricochet21
Neptune won't be back for 186 years and Chiron, 51
What matters is if those same degree areas are triggered again by "minor" planets.

NOTE: the full Moon was just almost exactly on the whole thing. THERE was your trigger.
"Brought to light" = Full Moon


Remember, outer planets set up the ERA. Inner planets trigger them. It was about 5 days ago that this was exact. Close enough.
With all of your sensitivity from your Cancer and Piscean energies, the "moodiness/sadness" was for the whole planet, all of us who suffer, not just for you. That's what you get when you have strong Neptune's and especially coming from the Chiron/Neptune in collective Aquarius.

edited to add last pgh
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 03:31 PM
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12. Lately, my main problem is irritability.
But I have had a few weepy moments here and there which are not attributable to hormones or circumstance. As some of you know, I do not have a good feeling about this time in our nation, and it is my opinion that some of what I am experiencing is a psychic reaction to the impending Bad Thing coming.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:26 PM
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20. Sorry that you're feeling irritable.
I've had those times too; they're not fun.

:(

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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 06:10 PM
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13. Haven't had time to dwell on it until today, but
A dear, sweet lady that I've been helping out for the past couple of months (administrative work, walking and taking care of her dogs, etc.) just left today to move across the country. I'm so going to miss her and the pups, and I really didn't expect to be this sad. I thought I'd miss the income, but I already have people lined up to make up for that loss, so that's not the reason for the sadness. I guess I've just come to care for them. It really took me by surprise.

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Kind of Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 06:50 PM
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14. Aww, I'm sorry Kookaburra.
You've got a lot of soul and care deeply :hug:
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 10:28 PM
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21. I'm sorry that you're losing physical contact with your friend, Kookaburra.
Maybe you can still connect via webcam. It's not quite the same thing, but that would allow you to still see each other.

:(

:hug:

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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:17 AM
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27. Well, I was GONNA say no...
and then I found myself weeping into my pillow last night for no reason at all. Well, sure, there are reasons, but not ones big enough to make me cry myself to sleep. Sheesh I hate it when I do that (even though I know purging is necessary sometimes). :eyes:
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:21 AM
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28. Awww... sorry, MG.
I hope that things feel better soon. :hug::hug::hug:

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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:41 AM
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31. Thanks, Dream
It will. It always does sooner or later. :hug:

And a big :grouphug: to everyone on this thread and elsewhere going through a tough time.
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:35 AM
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29. Hugs to everyone who needs them....
I haven't been feeling overly emotional or weepy of late; there's always been a really good reason for my weeping. Yet today PMS has kicked in fully, so I resonate. ;)

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:


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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:53 AM
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30. Big hug back to you, my friend.
:hug:

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MagickMuffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 10:37 AM
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32. A Poem for YOU ............ I Have A Dream ;=}
This just manifested just for you :hug:

To Tend to the Garden

Let all Virgos harvest your tears
Store them for another day
Let all Virgos take away your fears
Plow them underground in such a way
That turns them into glorious crops
Of Joy, Laughter, Hope and Love
Planting that will never stop
Using the tears as rain from above

To Tend to the Garden
Of our Dreams,

Yes, to Tend to the Garden of Our Dreams


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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 11:56 AM
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33. This is so wonderful, MagickMuffin!
Thank you so much for sharing it!

:D

:hug:

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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 09:44 PM
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38. That's awesome!!!!

So very, very special, as is our Dream. :loveya:

Beautiful, MM!!!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

:loveya:

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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 08:30 AM
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39. MagickMuffin, where did you get this?
I find it interesting that Virgo is specifically mentioned.

Thanks! :hug:

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MagickMuffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 12:34 PM
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42. I wrote it just for YOU ;=} It just came to me as I was reading your OP
Since Virgo's are harvesters, I thought it only appropriate that they would collect the tears and save them for another day to water the garden.


I guess I should have also stated that all my life I have been someone who cries easily. Although there hasn't been a whole lot to weep about for me. Except for this: Whenever I think or write about how someone has influenced my life, have had a impact on my life, I do indeed get the urge to cry. My heart starts to constrict and my tear-ducts starting swelling up with the love I have for those who genuinely care for me. I suppose I find it hard to believe anyone does, after a lifetime of not feeling that way growing up.


:hug:


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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 12:38 PM
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43. Oh, my... I'm SO honored, MagickMuffin!
:cry:

I thought that you had found it! It's absolutely beautiful; it means so much to me.

You are such an amazing and special person, my friend. :loveya:

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MagickMuffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 12:52 PM
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45. Waterworks only allowed in emoticons ;=}
Just remember that sometimes when we don't restrict the flow, amazing things will spring forth.

I have been trying extra hard not to restrict the flow of information, or other things that might flow forth into the vessel of my being. I really believe the message I received during the Mystical Weekend with Dr. Lonnie Edwards help me understand HOW to contact, summon and channel MY Master Within.


:loveya:


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AC_Mem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 08:36 PM
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34. Empathy
IHAD,
There is only Love and Fear. You cannot reside in both at the same time, and right now the country's energy seems to be focused in fear. If you are empathic you cannot help but pick up on this energy. I understand this well.

In meditation the other night I came to a personal realization. Whenever I am worried, sad, frustrated - it is always about something dug up from my past or something that I'm projecting into my future. It is NEVER happening in that exact moment! When I bring myself back into the present, I realize that I'm creating the emotion and can think about love - love of my children, grandchildren, pets, nature, my Creator, my Angels and Guides, my little home, memories of seeing a new life handed to me, and I immediately go into a state of LOVE and my mood lifts.

I also use essential oils, which are a GODSEND and can work in the emotional center of the brain to elevate mood and balance emotion.

Sometimes its a day at a time, sometimes an hour at a time, sometimes a minute at a time...
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 08:44 PM
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36. Hi, AC_Mem! Thank you so much for responding.
I do have the occurrences that you describe, but much of what I'm feeling is joyful. It's as though a filter has been removed from my heart, and I feel things much more purely now.

I don't know if it will continue, but for now, it's an interesting situation. It hasn't been quite as intense for the last couple of days, so maybe things will ultimately settle back to "normal".

However, if the sad tears start again, I will try to do as you describe. Thank you for sharing what works for you; I really appreciate it. :hug:

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AC_Mem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 10:35 AM
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40. IHAD
Edited on Wed Sep-01-10 10:50 AM by AC_Mem
You said: It's as though a filter has been removed from my heart, and I feel things much more purely now.

I think that is happening allot to the lightworkers right now in this lifetime. With 2012 coming quickly, I believe our DNA is experiencing a type of Ascension and that we are moving out of our lower chakras for reactions (survival, material, fight/flight) and moving to the upper chakras (heart and up). Working from these upper chakras will naturally bring allot of empathy and emotion because we are thinking, seeing, and feeling and working on speaking our truth.

It's necessary for the shift that's coming. Choose Love!

Abundant Blessings, Annette
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 10:52 AM
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41. Indeed...


:hi:

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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 12:40 PM
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44. Yes, that is my goal -- to ALWAYS choose love.
Thank you!

:)

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PhillyGurl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 08:37 PM
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35. Yes! I lost it in massage class today
feeling tired, wiped out and emotional. :(
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 08:45 PM
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37. Sorry, PhillyGurl.
I hope that you can get some of the happy feelings as well. I hope that the negative aspects of it are a rare occurrence. :hug:

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PhillyGurl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 06:32 AM
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49. I chalk it up to MFR
Mercury F'ing Retro (not Myofascial Release!) And thank you, yesterday I felt much better.

Do you feel any relief yet? :hug:
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 06:35 AM
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50. It's not as strong this week, so maybe it's settling down.
I'm glad that yesterday was better, PhillyGurl. I hope that this improvement continues for you.

:hug:

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Proud_Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 06:14 PM
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46. I didn't have anything to say when you first posted this
Edited on Wed Sep-01-10 06:16 PM by Proud_Lefty
But a few nights ago, I was in super bad shape. My daughter's friend was kicked out of her house recently and needed a place to stay. My husband and I told her she was welcome to stay with us, but she'd have to find other arrangements for her cat since we have dogs, friends and family who are allergic to cats, and live in an area highly populated with coyotes. My daughter and her friend asked people they know if anyone could take the cat and I guess were told no by all. Instead of looking anywhere else, the friend decided to go out of town for several days to enjoy herself, and just left her cat behind for us and my daughter to take care of. Then my daughter took off over the weekend, leaving the responsibility to me.

I posted something on Facebook seeking a temporary home for the cat and one of my friends said she'd take it. Then a few nights ago, at the time when my friend said she would be available to take the cat that evening, she wasn't at home, and then later when my daughter finally reached her, she said in an extremely irritated tone that she wouldn't be able to take the cat then and would call back later. I'm leaving out a lot of details, but after a few weeks of dealing with this mess, thinking I was coming to a conclusion, coming back to this news completely threw off my whole system. My chest was so severely restrictive that it physically hurt, and I was having a hard time breathing normally. I went outside, tried taking slow deep breaths and tried to understand why I was reacting to the situation so violently.

My friend resurfaced a few hours later and said she'd take the cat the following day. Everything started calming down, but I'm still trying to recover from what the trauma I put my body through. I just don't understand it.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 06:44 PM
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47. I'm so sorry, my dear friend.
:(

Your sweet nature was just taken advantage of. It sounds as though you were having a panic attack. I've never had one myself, but it sounds like it's possible.

What do you think that your body was trying to tell you? Do you think that it was saying "Enough!"? I'll never understand how people can kick the very people who are being nicest to them.

I'm glad that things are calming down. :hug::hug:

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Proud_Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-01-10 07:06 PM
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48. Thanks, Dream
You're so sweet. I do believe a large part of the problem was my body was saying "Enough," but I also think the energy we're dealing with right now is so powerful, we need to learn how to use it or we'll pay the consequences. I kept thinking I wasn't intentionally being attacked by anyone and my physical reaction to it all just seemed out of control. I guess that was the most unnerving part. It wasn't like me at all to react like this, especially when I'm working so hard to remain calm and peaceful within.

And yes, everything's better now, but I'm hoping to learn from my mistakes. :hug: :loveya:
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 06:47 AM
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51. Things do feel so extreme right now....

When things are flowing well, it feels SUPER good (like Dream mentioned, it's as though we're more "exposed" in our heart centers perhaps?), and when something occurs which DOESN'T resonate with what we choose, it feels REALLY, REALLY harsh and challenging.

It's hard to surf these waves with grace and ease, I'm finding. It's exhausting, and I find I personally become more easily overwhelmed and drained. :(

I'm glad you're feeling better. Bless you, Proud_Lefty.

:hug: :hug: :hug:

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Proud_Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 09:02 AM
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54. Thanks OGR
It's good to know what we're dealing with these days.

:hug:
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AC_Mem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 08:06 AM
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52. So sorry.,,
It sounds like you were disrespected. You were nice enough to offer a place for this person to stay, you were clear on your reasons why you could not accommodate her cat, you even attempted to help find a home for the kitty. For this person to then leave town and leave you with her responsibility was very disrespectful in my opinion.

EFT could help you alot in situations like this and can even help you now with it, as it is still something you are processing.

I feel for you my friend. It stinks to have your good nature taken advantage of.

I would tap on...

Even though I was disrespected .... (tap tap tap)
Even though I was left with ______'s responsibility .... (tap tap tap)
Even though I was left with a situation I could not control .... (tap tap tap)
Even though I was left with this cat... (tap tap tap)

Let me know if you don't know about EFT. It's an amazing technique for processing and neutralizing the "energy hairballs" in our systems.

Annette
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 08:30 AM
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53. Hi Annette
Would you please explain EFT? I've heard of it, but am not familiar with how it works, and it sounds like something that could help a lot of us.

Many thanks
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Ricochet21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 12:44 PM
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55. Free download of the manual
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 01:20 PM
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56. Thanks Rick
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Proud_Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 06:54 PM
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59. Thank you, AC_Mem
I'll try this. Do I tap my toe or do I tap something on my daughter's friend's head? (hee hee, my bad!) But I will definitely try this.

Both my children (18 and 20 years old) have a lot of friends with very unstable parents and home lives. We have been continually helping them as their parents just toss them aside. Of course, it's a balancing act, not knowing whether we are aiding bratty kids or if we're actually helping them, but I know I have to help somehow. I realize they don't know how to show respect, so I don't really expect them to know better. If they're with me, I have to be the one to teach them that respect. I'm certainly not going to excuse or ignore it, but if I'm not strong, like earlier this week, it hit me hard.

I wish my kids knew more well balanced kids that didn't take advantage of them and us all the time, but for some reason, that's where the universe put them at this time in their lives (and mine). There must be a lesson somewhere.

A friend has been trying to get me to some classes on it. I'll definitely check it out.
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Proud_Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-04-10 12:53 AM
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64. A shocking update
My daughter and her friend were taking shots of alcohol after I went to bed last night. After my daughter went to sleep, the friends took over 10 Tylenol PM's. She called her ex boyfriend, who got concerned and called her mother, who had to come pick her up this morning while I was at work. She is now in ICU in serious condition. Please send light and prayers for Desiree. My heart is hurting. I just hope that she'll be okay and back with her mother where she belongs.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-04-10 01:02 AM
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65. That's so sad, P_L.
I hope that some good will result from it. She must really be hurting that she had to cry out this way. :(

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Proud_Lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-04-10 01:19 AM
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66. Yes, these kids wants to be in control at 20 years old
But her life was falling apart every which way she turned. She was demoted at her job, had her boyfriend leave her, and had no idea how to fit in another household. She would give me a sweet little smile, but never let me get any closer than that. I didn't know what to do, and normally I do. I really want to join a community center that helps these young adults that have so many things working against them in life.
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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 01:23 PM
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57. Yes, i despair.
It's as if darkness is winning.
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 06:28 PM
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58. Awww, crikkett.
I wish that I could say something to make you feel better. :(

I agree that it looks that way. However, I have faith that it isn't.

:hug::hug:

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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 07:01 PM
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60. crikkett, I currently have this as my Facebook status...
and realized that maybe it was meant for you.

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." -Louis L'Amour

Keep the faith, my friend. We'll ultimately get out of this seemingly never-ending tunnel.

:pals:

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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-10 10:00 AM
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63. Thank you IHAD!
That's now a sticky on my monitor!

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." -Louis L'Amour

:hi:
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-10 07:20 PM
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61. Bless you, crikkett....
I'm so sorry you feel despair. :cry: I realize it seems lame to anyone whom may stumble upon our group without knowing us, but I sincerely mean it when I say I'm holding your hand from afar...you're not alone...and I'm sending hugs of comfort and support.

If there's anything we can do to help, please let us know.

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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-03-10 09:48 AM
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62. Thank you.
You and IHAD have made me feel very good this morning. It means so much to be valued.

:hug:
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Kind of Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-04-10 09:16 AM
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67. I have a feeling this may be a thread
that never dies. Just wanted to say, Thanks Dream, for allowing a place to express intangible emotions :hug:
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