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Recieved: 1999/07/17 10:06
Subject: Re: [K-list] mini poll celibacy / replies
From: Mrstoast
On 1999/07/17 10:06, Mrstoast posted thus to the K-list:
In a message dated 7/17/99 12:07:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mumblecatATnospamangelfire.com writes:
<< I also had panic attacks and gastrointestinal problems
which I suspect was caused by imbalances in the 3rd
chakra. There is somehting there and it's stubborn.
:(( >>
Hi Amanda,
I, too, suffered literally years with panic attacks and gastrointestinal
problems. So much so, I would cycle in and out of agoraphobia. The
suffering sucked. Several things led to freedom from this somewhat
self-imposed hell.
First was realizing how much hormones contributed to this state. Puberty and
birth control pills kicked it in and aggravated it, respectively. I did 2
years of Prozac and klonopin to deal with the symptoms, and they helped
tremendously. They gave me temporary relief which served to let some of my
self grow up, the parts that were stuck under the anxiety so busy trying to
contain it.
Pregnancy made it much worse, but labor, childbirth and breastfeeding reset
my hormonal stew. In addition, my second labor & childbirth experience
(unmedicated VBAC) made me feel capable of anything. It was quite an
experience! And the first time I actually put the word "surrender" to my
spiritual path. I cannot begin to describe how blissfully open my root
chakra felt following that! LOL!
The third part of dealing w/my 3d chakra problems was learning to
intentionally quit taking other people's junk in there. Before that, I had
an empathy problem that compelled me to feel that to truly sense other
people, I had to take in their pain, their 3d chakra angst, etc. Walking
thru grocery stores was quite an ordeal!
Recently, I did a healing visualization that pulled out the "me" stuck in
that chakra that held "suffering" and released her to the Light. Oddly, it
was an effortless thing, but surpisingly powerful little exercise. I found
that "me" to be symbolized by a dear friend who died in the ValuJet crash,
whose death represented to me the most out-of-control and terrifying
situation imaginable. Ah, surrender.
All these things have contributed to a much happier me! My only residual
problems are of the nature of patterned learned behaviors. Conscious
breathing and redirected thought, as well as Reiki-ing myself, have rendered
my symptom-free 98% of the time, and the other 2% is so minimal that it's
hardly noteworthy.
Sorry to take a small thread and run with it, but thought it might be
relevant to many healer-types out there who struggle with empathy issues.
Kindly,
Melissa
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