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Feeling empty- can someone help?
Hello,I have a question that I am hoping someone can help me with.I was a part of the Effexor withdrawl forum and went off of that medication in August 05.
I have been feeling empty for the last couple of months. I have been feeling empty and anxious. Now I dont feel so much anxiety,as I have been taking a course for it, and I do feel happy at times, but I have this underlining feeling of emptiness or saddness. I have a wonderful relationship, a wonderful family and good friends. But I feel empty. I can't put my finger on it. When I am with my partner he makes me happy. I love him. And my family I love them dearly as well. I have a job that I dont really want to stay with forever but it pays the bills and is good experience. I just feel incompleted. Like I don't know where I belong. I feel almost disconnected from the world.
I wondered if it was my relationship, but nothing was wrong there, and I picked it apart and there was no good reason for me to end it. I think it would be a mistake to assume it was that and make a rash decision. But of course we all do that, if something is wrong we assume it is our relationship.
Anyway, I was hoping someone out there could give me some advice. I really would love to know why I feel so lonely, and lost sometimes, even though I have all these wonderful people in my life.
Thank you very much
Elena
Elena on 2006-05-25
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if not on ANY othr meds at all--and no other ill exist --then single dose phosphoric acid 200c--1 pellet in 4 ounces of water --stir heavy...much of whta is experienced now is suppressed emotins seeking reinstatement...sensing of this feeling you described --is in part addressing original condition pre-existing befor eflexor use...
after taking phos-ac as mentioned--and need further management email me--if i dont answer here..
any questions
after taking phos-ac as mentioned--and need further management email me--if i dont answer here..
any questions
♡ John Stanton last decade
You may want to try the Chocalate remedy. This remedy is listed in fine detail in the major heading chocolate and might just be what you need.Good luck.
generator last decade
You may also benefit from a short intake of 5HTP for seratonin levels ... Look it up on the net. It is 100% natural and non habit forming. I have used the supplement before in conjunction with a good Vitamin B complex (for nervous system) with excellent results. Also agree with John about suppressed emotions seeking expression ... Healing process is such that what lies beneath seeks to surface in order for healing to begin. All medititive therapies would be excellent at this time for you.
Also , yes v. understandable to look to external factors in one's life for explanation of one's state of mind, but herein lies the answer - state of mind ... our perception governs our judgement of our external world so always necessary to go inward rather than blame outward ..
Hope that helps.
Also , yes v. understandable to look to external factors in one's life for explanation of one's state of mind, but herein lies the answer - state of mind ... our perception governs our judgement of our external world so always necessary to go inward rather than blame outward ..
Hope that helps.
carlotta last decade
Thank you very much for your help everyone. I understand what you mean by perception is key. However, why would I be experiencing suppressed emotions? And how do I get them to come forward? Could it be from something that happened a long time ago that I am not aware of? I have been taking a class on Anxiety and it has helped quite a bit. I have little anxiety now. BUT I still have this feeling. I am happy at times, and enjoy the people around me, but then I do feel the feeling of emptyness anyway at times. And sometimes I feel like I just want to be all alone away from everyone and everything for a while. But then I miss the people I care about. I feel as though I am a contradiction!
And I don't understand why I cannot just allow myself to be happy. I have so many wonderful things in my life.
If I begin to change my perception of this, would it help? If I used the affirmation that I am right where i am supposed to be, and I am completely whole, would that help?
Thank you again for your help
And I don't understand why I cannot just allow myself to be happy. I have so many wonderful things in my life.
If I begin to change my perception of this, would it help? If I used the affirmation that I am right where i am supposed to be, and I am completely whole, would that help?
Thank you again for your help
Elena last decade
Also, what does this chocolate remedy consist of? Do I eat dark or white or milk chocolate at certain times during the day? Or is it a drink? Could you please explain what the remedy entails? Thank you! That would be much appreciated.
Elena last decade
I am sure that Elena already went to the chocolate posting on this same forum and like me was left hanging by the doctor that went on vacation after telling his patient,'take chocolate'and did not specify how much or how often or what kind of chocolate to take. Lets wait for some of the really knowledgeable chocolate people to contribute these details.I do know that chocolate of all sorts are heavy on the happy serotonum triggering chemical and makes you happy,lovable,frisky and mainly fat.So look out how you use it. To us overweight ones, you may do better to heed the advise 'put down those chocolate donuts and step away from the chocolate as you are already eating too much serotonum related calories.Will stay tunes-------------------------------------------------------lyouolrct
generator last decade
We all suppess emotions at one time or another - it's an ideal to be able to express and process everything (negative) thing we feel as and when we feel it, but life just isn't like that. Stuff tends to get 'put on the back-burner' - aggrievances we feel, hurts, pains, injustices, anger, rage etc ..whatever ... and emotions - well, E-motion - energy in motion . Essentially reactive energy currents running through us to inform our lives and beings.
When we 'stew' on something big, we let it fester in us, the energy literally becomes denser, more attuned to the physical - we form blockages on one level or another - depending on how deep and how long issue has been with us.
Forgive the digression - am a healer so i talk /think much in energy terms - but when I give healing to depressed person, or when i feel depressed myself, it feels a very heavy, stagnant kind of energy in the auric field (around physical body), like how you would imagine the colour grey to feel like. It's where the 'flow' of energy / chi/qi - whatever u want to call it , cannot be transmuted , gets 'stuck'...
On physical level this may have all kind of impact on biochemistry of body - adrenal glands are worn out so energy levels plumment, appetites decrease, seratonin levels dip...
You go see a doc and they put patient on antidepressents, - - essentially unless one can be 100% sure there is no cause, however subtle or deep or underlying and it is absolutely neurochemical, then
the drug is doing absolutely nothing to address the root cause of the depression, only symptomatic response....
...which brings us back to orig. question about suppression ... Medication RELIES upon keeping emotion at bay because majority find their emotions extremely hard and painful to deal with. They 'shut it away', 'blocking' feelings off. But not that simple. Hence after the meds , it's all still there - up it comes.. Usually anyway.
Now am just going on what you have posted here, but talking to you as a healer, what u feeling now is all v. healthy , v. good stuff to be working on , what you need is to come into your own energy now and learn about living in the now, in your moment, grounding yourself in your body if you will. Don't worry about catching yourself out - 'am i happy really/arn't i/why not' - get away from the analysing , our of your head and get back (energetically speaking of course) into your body, then all falls into place.
Hope this isn't way esoteric for you, if so, discard, but will give u an exercise to do every morning when you wake up.
1. Sit on end of yr bed or chair so you have your back straight and both feet flat on floor.
2. Become aware of yr breathing, lengthen yr breath in thru nose out thru mouth.
3. Now imagine you are some place in nature you feel v. comfortable + safe, could be old memory from holiday - by sea, forest etc.Really feel you are there.
4. Push your feet into ground and imagine you have long, long roots like the roots of a tree growning from your feet into the ground, deep into the earth/sand/etc and feel as deep as you can go yr link with the earth.
5. With in breath , breathe the strength of the earth up through the roots and right up into your feet , so u can almost feel your feet tingle with this feeling.
6. Do this for as many breaths as you feel like, and become aware of your feet and your legs and all diffent parts of your body and how how they feel for you.
7. Now say your affirmation 'I am right where am supposed to be, and I am completely whole and wonderful !
NB. Don't go for the 5HTP option unless things get v.physical as although natural etc, still dealing with same symptomatic resolution as prescription meds, go with how you are feeling now and know that all is well.
Also, if you live in london i can recommend you an excellent healer if this way resonates with you ..
When we 'stew' on something big, we let it fester in us, the energy literally becomes denser, more attuned to the physical - we form blockages on one level or another - depending on how deep and how long issue has been with us.
Forgive the digression - am a healer so i talk /think much in energy terms - but when I give healing to depressed person, or when i feel depressed myself, it feels a very heavy, stagnant kind of energy in the auric field (around physical body), like how you would imagine the colour grey to feel like. It's where the 'flow' of energy / chi/qi - whatever u want to call it , cannot be transmuted , gets 'stuck'...
On physical level this may have all kind of impact on biochemistry of body - adrenal glands are worn out so energy levels plumment, appetites decrease, seratonin levels dip...
You go see a doc and they put patient on antidepressents, - - essentially unless one can be 100% sure there is no cause, however subtle or deep or underlying and it is absolutely neurochemical, then
the drug is doing absolutely nothing to address the root cause of the depression, only symptomatic response....
...which brings us back to orig. question about suppression ... Medication RELIES upon keeping emotion at bay because majority find their emotions extremely hard and painful to deal with. They 'shut it away', 'blocking' feelings off. But not that simple. Hence after the meds , it's all still there - up it comes.. Usually anyway.
Now am just going on what you have posted here, but talking to you as a healer, what u feeling now is all v. healthy , v. good stuff to be working on , what you need is to come into your own energy now and learn about living in the now, in your moment, grounding yourself in your body if you will. Don't worry about catching yourself out - 'am i happy really/arn't i/why not' - get away from the analysing , our of your head and get back (energetically speaking of course) into your body, then all falls into place.
Hope this isn't way esoteric for you, if so, discard, but will give u an exercise to do every morning when you wake up.
1. Sit on end of yr bed or chair so you have your back straight and both feet flat on floor.
2. Become aware of yr breathing, lengthen yr breath in thru nose out thru mouth.
3. Now imagine you are some place in nature you feel v. comfortable + safe, could be old memory from holiday - by sea, forest etc.Really feel you are there.
4. Push your feet into ground and imagine you have long, long roots like the roots of a tree growning from your feet into the ground, deep into the earth/sand/etc and feel as deep as you can go yr link with the earth.
5. With in breath , breathe the strength of the earth up through the roots and right up into your feet , so u can almost feel your feet tingle with this feeling.
6. Do this for as many breaths as you feel like, and become aware of your feet and your legs and all diffent parts of your body and how how they feel for you.
7. Now say your affirmation 'I am right where am supposed to be, and I am completely whole and wonderful !
NB. Don't go for the 5HTP option unless things get v.physical as although natural etc, still dealing with same symptomatic resolution as prescription meds, go with how you are feeling now and know that all is well.
Also, if you live in london i can recommend you an excellent healer if this way resonates with you ..
carlotta last decade
Thank you very much for the suggestions. Carlotta I do agree that the medication that I was on Suppressed alot of my emotions and suppressed my personality a bit. I do believe that I need to live in the present. But I tend to worry and question my every move and thought. I worry but I get irratible and annoyed with things that I should just relax about. That scares me-because I wasnt like this on the medication!
I will try your meditation suggestion and try to ground myself a little more. I have been working with Cognitive reprograming because I do find that my mind works negitivly which I would like to alter if possible. I would like to sit back and enjoy my life. I also tend to worry alot about my relationship- not just with my partner but with Friends. I worry that I am doing something wrong or I will lose them or I will screw it up somehow.
I worry if I want to take some time alone that there is something wrong with me and why shouldnt I always want to be with my partner. I remind myself that this is a normal desire and everyone needs there space regardless of relationship or no relationship. But I still feel uneasy about it. I feel guilt and confusion for wanting to have some time to me. I am afraid I will lose him. And I would hate that.
The cognitive treatment seems to be doing well. But I really need to work on it.
John, what will your remedy do for me if I begin to take it? I dont know much about these remedies. Or where to find them.
Thank you all once more.
And I would love to find out more about this chocolate remedy.
Elena
I will try your meditation suggestion and try to ground myself a little more. I have been working with Cognitive reprograming because I do find that my mind works negitivly which I would like to alter if possible. I would like to sit back and enjoy my life. I also tend to worry alot about my relationship- not just with my partner but with Friends. I worry that I am doing something wrong or I will lose them or I will screw it up somehow.
I worry if I want to take some time alone that there is something wrong with me and why shouldnt I always want to be with my partner. I remind myself that this is a normal desire and everyone needs there space regardless of relationship or no relationship. But I still feel uneasy about it. I feel guilt and confusion for wanting to have some time to me. I am afraid I will lose him. And I would hate that.
The cognitive treatment seems to be doing well. But I really need to work on it.
John, what will your remedy do for me if I begin to take it? I dont know much about these remedies. Or where to find them.
Thank you all once more.
And I would love to find out more about this chocolate remedy.
Elena
Elena last decade
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