For a while I have been suffering with mental health issues which I’m ashamed to say took a dark path early last year. Since then I have been under various therapies but none have seemed to do the trick so I am searching for alternative ideas to help. I will be 100% honest and say that I am not to be considered a 100% believer but I do have an open mind and do believe there must be something in these beliefs for them to still be held after all this time.
Anyway that’s enough of me wittering on, hello and best wishes to you all
The “Old Religion” attracts many people who for one reason or another don’t seem to mesh well with mainstream societal expectations or demands. If you have a therapist or therapy regime that doesn’t seem to work for you, don’t be afraid to seek out a different therapist or change programs. Whatever you choose to do or not do, I assure you that you will find us welcoming and dare I say inspirational. I appreciate your comment about “100%”. The only thing I am 100% sure of is that the more I learn the more I realize how little I know. One of the reasons this pathway is still followed and just as compelling as it has been for millennia is that it is self-motivated, and we teach and learn from each other without placing demands on how or what must be done. We follow the natural rhythms of nature and seasons of life. We accept personal responsibility for our behavior and appreciate that we are each intricately woven into the fabric of the universe and can learn to harness the power that is available to all of us. Brightest Blessings!
Thanks, what you say is very comforting. I just don’t think i get what I need currently and there is a part of me that feels empty and/or lost at the moment, I am aware that sounds corney but it is true. I feel I do have an affinity with nature and it is that feeling that has lead me down this path.
It seems over the last year i have been tested for everything lol including more serious mental conditions like Bpd, bipolar etc. but the general consensus is just severely depressed. I do not seem to be low on anything which has driven me towards a spiritual path I think.
My current therapist in all fairness did identify some triggers but even she has commented that there is something else at play and therapy is a tool not a cure.
I am currently not suicidal so therapy has worked to a point but deep down inside I feel like I’m missing a part of myself but I don’t know what that part is.
Just to start, might I suggest a form of meditation? It can seem very daunting to start, I suggest maybe just some guided meditations of 3-5 minutes. After about a week, you should start to feel a little less anxiety.
