mental illness and awakening

[manny]

many people claim they are awake.
what i would like to ask,can symptoms of awakening be confused with mental illness.

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

i failed to metion earlier that i do meditate and attempt to open the chakras.

[write4change]

Some really great people have had so called mental breakdowns and found that to be the beginning of their awakening. for examples: R.D. Lang, Carl Jung, and several avatars of the past. You could say the Buddha was one: he gave up his kingdom, and abandoned his wife and child --a crazy act--to suffer for enlightenment.

[Heartsong]

Awakening come to different people in different forms but then, so does mental illness. It sounds from what you said that you are still able to function inspite of the colorful if not loud happenings. That is the key.

If the sypmtoms worsen, try to see a neurologist or a neuro-psychiatrist. If you have these symptoms and they are not triggered by emotions or stress, it might be a glitch in the synapse of the nerves in the brain. Perhaps like epilepsy or deterioration of tissue. Just don't ignore it.

[K626]

many people claim they are awake.
what i would like to ask,can symptoms of awakening be confused with mental illness.

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

Have you had any big life changing/challenging events recently?

Love

K

[Lord Sidious]

Manny, to them, you do have a mental illness.
What that actually means is that you can't flourish in this sick society.
So you tell me who is ill and who isn't?

[manny]

many people claim they are awake.
what i would like to ask,can symptoms of awakening be confused with mental illness.

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

Have you had any big life changing/challenging events recently?

Love

K
for the last month or so,i felt calm and peaceful,then bam i,m confused again.
but nothing major
;)

[lake]

Personally I would enjoy it, if it doesn't hurt or hinder your functioning.

Enjoy the new sensitivity as well.

I stopped telling people that as far as I can see its constantly raining, for wont of a better word. Indoors or out, I see a very fine rain! Its not wet, just looks as if its raining!

Had my eyes checked and my vision is A1, so now just laugh at myself when I'm unsure it to take an umbrella or not.

gary

[linz2d]

Have you been meditating by any chance? I myself meditate and as time has past I have begun to see flickers of light in my daily life and to be honest I am more sane and level headed now than I have ever been. You are just seeing colors and images and no you are not insane. But be warned that they may get more intense. It is a process that is natural but at the same time different for everyone. I myself have not awakened in the spiritual sense but sometimes I think people use this word to describe an intellectual awakening to the truth. Intellectual awakening and spiritual awakening are different but at the same time connected.

[Chelle]

Hi,
I also suffer with the noise problem and I am sooo photosensitive I have to wear dark lenses most of the time.
Do I think your suffering from mental illness----no-------I think you are suffering from becoming more sensitive to stimulation from the outside.

Kind Regards
Chelle

[Arrowwind]

what you are having sounds like neurological shifts for sure... now if it is disease or wakening I cannot say.
I do know that when I had times of awakening I saw auras and could not get my linear head together for anything.. I had to pray to get it to stop... but I know for sure that it was brought on by an excellerated spiritual experience.

I would not take drugs for this...
an herb you mid look at is bacoba
and supplementing DHA and EPA
coconut oil

you might find this article of interest as there is a brief on bacoba
but these herbs all work well together synergistically
http://www.healthsalon.org/504/protandim-turn-back-the-aging-clock/ (http://www.healthsalon.org/504/protandim-turn-back-the-aging-clock/)

aside from herbs you might want to look at mms if you come to suspect that there is a microbe involved
and mms can detox some heavy metals also. Seems some of the common brain/neuro diseases are responding with mms,
Parkinsons comes to mind as well as MS.. Lyme disease is known to cause neuro symptoms and it appears that many more people have lyme than the CDC would have you think as other insects carry and spread it and it can be sexually transmitted, but not commonly

[K626]

many people claim they are awake.
what i would like to ask,can symptoms of awakening be confused with mental illness.

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

Have you had any big life changing/challenging events recently?

Love

K
for the last month or so,i felt calm and peaceful,then bam i,m confused again.
but nothing major
;)

What do YOU think it might be?

K

[manny]

i do meditate and i am a very spiritual apprentice.
it,s a matter of seperating the real from the fantasy,
or are they both real?

[Hiram]

what i would like to ask,can symptoms of awakening be confused with mental illness.


The short answer is YES.

Whether that is what is happening to you is an entirely different question. As Sidious states above perhaps it is society that is ill.

"It is no sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society" ~Krishnamurti

That being said, if i was continuously seeing visual stimuli, I would consider getting an MRI. If that came back clear, I would then begin to explore other possibilities.

[jjl]

many people claim they are awake.
what i would like to ask,can symptoms of awakening be confused with mental illness.

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

i failed to metion earlier that i do meditate and attempt to open the chakras.

I think the telling sign for harmful mental illness is ; does anyone direct you to think negatively.?In that, I think you will always have your answer.

[manny]

many people claim they are awake.
what i would like to ask,can symptoms of awakening be confused with mental illness.

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

Have you had any big life changing/challenging events recently?

Love

K
for the last month or so,i felt calm and peaceful,then bam i,m confused again.
but nothing major
;)

What do YOU think it might be?

K
good question.
i can funtion ok and accept the colours and tracers,the noise can get frustrating.
i am trying to find out if other people have had similar experiences.
because if i went back to my doctor,he will think he,s helping by blocking my natural development.

[Caterpillars Lens]

Hello Manny!
I agree with Hiram that the best way is to get good check up first -I'd advice you to check your blood too, some of your "symptoms" can relate to vitamin/basic micro-elements deficiency.. how much time you spend outside, btw?
The most important thing is to just relax as well, to look at everything what is happening to you from "child" perspective - like something new is happening and maybe it is worth to explore...
Please try to spend some time outside, catch up with the Sun, go to the forest, park, make a long walk...
and don't forget to smile:))
Greetings,
CL

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

i failed to metion earlier that i do meditate and attempt to open the chakras.


Wow Manny, what you are describing here (or something very similar) I saw in a documetary last night.

I decided to watch "WAKE UP" from AlkaMysts thread on "Who´s driving the Dreambus?"
Perhaps you will be able to identify somewhat with this guys own experience.
I can highly recommend that you watch it.

Here is a link to the documetary(I hope it works)
http://theavalonfiles.com/secret/secure/wake_up/index.html

[MariaDine]

many people claim they are awake.
what i would like to ask,can symptoms of awakening be confused with mental illness.

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

i failed to metion earlier that i do meditate and attempt to open the chakras.

Hello Manny !
Meditation and trying to open the chacras can bring about that condition.
A session with a Reikian Acupunturist would be advisable in your case to balance, unblock etc , that and the other chacras and also the meridians. Some of your symptmons seem to indicate inflamation of that 6 chacra.
Get your Ajna chacra checked before taking any medecine, pills etc.

Namasté.

http://acupuncturetherapeutics.net/resources/yoga/chakra-system/third-eye-chakra/
http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/aama_marf/journal/vol6_1/chakra.html

[manny]

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

i failed to metion earlier that i do meditate and attempt to open the chakras.


Wow Manny, what you are describing here (or something very similar) I saw in a documetary last night.

I decided to watch "WAKE UP" from AlkaMysts thread on "Who´s driving the Dreambus?"
Perhaps you will be able to identify somewhat with this guys own experience.
I can highly recommend that you watch it.

Here is a link to the documetary(I hope it works)
http://theavalonfiles.com/secret/secure/wake_up/index.html
thanks for the link,saw the trailer a while ago.will watch now;)

[Jayke]

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

I'd say it's perfectly normal for the kind of meditation you've been doing, when I had my first profound spiritual experience through meditating it was accompanied by being able to see a rainbow like ribbon of energy swirling around me in a figure 8 pattern, it was really bright and vivid at first, always there, eyes open, eyes closed...being able to see it with eyes open in a pitch black room was kinda cool but the novelty wore off after a bit and now I only notice it if I consciously look for it, it's never gone away, just a kind of clairvoyance, your probably just catching glimmers of your own aura now that your sensitivity is heightened due to meditation.

Trust your instinct though, if it feels like its any more serious, trust your gut and get it checked out

[linz2d]

i do meditate and i am a very spiritual apprentice.
it,s a matter of seperating the real from the fantasy,
or are they both real?

If you asked a Buddhist this question they would say that nothing is real and everything is but an illusion. I take the view that anything which I perceive is "real to me". Do I see these flickers of light with my eyes, no. Do I see these flickers of light with my mind, yes. Is the experience real yes, because everything we perceive is interpreted by the mind. We do not actually see with our eyes, we see with our mind, our eyes are just tools to see the reality of sight but there is the reality of sound, taste, smell, touch and other realities which our mind may perceive. Our mind combines all these to give us our own unique reality.

Well this is my belief, but from my research I believe that there is some truth to it.

[manny]

the shape i can relate to.
i have seen geometric shapes.
a couple of times when looking at the nightsky i sometimes see a grid in the sky.luminous green.
this happens so quick.

[Jayke]

the shape i can relate to.
i have seen geometric shapes.
a couple of times when looking at the nightsky i sometimes see a grid in the sky.luminous green.
this happens so quick.

i found stuart wilde (has several books and online radio interviews) or robert bruce from astral dynamics website very beneficial when going through this awakening phase...both have a lifetime of experience experimenting in this astral plane of existance, they're the teachers i got my grounding in this kind of thing from anyway,you'll probably find someone who's teachings you'll resonate better with so look around...embrace the new senses, people pay good money for drugs that give them these kinds of experiences, enjoy

[king anthony]

Is not being 'depressed' the lack of something; such as, lack of drive, ambition, motivation, eagerness, thought, or positive being!?

Which came first, an 'awakening' or the symptoms described; or how do the two relate!? Cannot being aware of the invisible enemy to the human species, such as 'money', corporate policy, 'cosmic' change and nonhuman species create the symptoms; if someone is not ready for, or cannot handle the truth being made known!?

Is it not true that everyone has the potential but may not have the ability!?

Is not the deception to human beings, being the suppression of the truth!? I say, this civilization has created false labels by chance and design to aid with the ongoing deception. For those who have thought and are 'outside the box' of the imposed standard, are forced to conform thus creating a confused state of existence; for those who cannot remain within must be cast out, labeled as social outcasts, as not to affect others to another way of thought or being.

Has this not been seen in history many times!?

Would it not be wise to understand self, environment and what is being made known - rather then rely on another, who's best interests are not known!? Is it not possible that one may engage states of mind without the understanding of where that may lead them!? I say, understand not only the 'time and space of now, but also of what was.

[manny]

a few month ago i started to see images and vivid colours when i closed my eyes.
in the darkness of the bed room ,the colours and streaming lights started to appear even with my eyes open.

when i am on a nightshift,i go out side and see tracers.(quick colours flying by)

i went to visit my doctor and he was more than willing to precribe me anti depressants,and said i have a mental illness.

the medication i refused,as i have had antidreppessants in the past and they for me can make you a whole lot worse.

so back to present time.
my hearing has become very sensitive.eg.i became aware of everything going on all at once.in a room people talking, the tv on,someone putty a cup down,the washing machine on ect.

i had to go upstairs and retreat to settle all the noise.

again it happened at work,too much noise filling my head.i started to get lightheaded.
things can get very confusing.

are these symptons of awakening or someone who is mentally ill.

i would be grateful if anyone can offer any insight .

either way it will a interesting journey.;)

i failed to metion earlier that i do meditate and attempt to open the chakras.


Wow Manny, what you are describing here (or something very similar) I saw in a documetary last night.

I decided to watch "WAKE UP" from AlkaMysts thread on "Who´s driving the Dreambus?"
Perhaps you will be able to identify somewhat with this guys own experience.
I can highly recommend that you watch it.

Here is a link to the documetary(I hope it works)
http://theavalonfiles.com/secret/secure/wake_up/index.html
just finished watching the movie.what a beutiful piece of work.
it resonates with me in so many ways.
i do not see anything on the scale that josh doe,s.
but the battle he has endured to find the truth.
what a wonderful film.

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Is not being 'depressed' the lack of something; such as, lack of drive, ambition, motivation, eagerness, thought, or positive being!?

Which came first, an 'awakening' or the symptoms described; or how do the two relate!? Cannot being aware of the invisible enemy to the human species, such as 'money', corporate policy, 'cosmic' change and nonhuman species create the symptoms; if someone is not ready for, or cannot handle the truth being made known!?

Is it not true that everyone has the potential but may not have the ability!?

Is not the deception to human beings, being the suppression of the truth!? I say, this civilization has created false labels by chance and design to aid with the ongoing deception. For those who have thought and are 'outside the box' of the imposed standard, are forced to conform thus creating a confused state of existence; for those who cannot remain within must be cast out, labeled as social outcasts, as not to affect others to another way of thought or being.

Has this not been seen in history many times!?

Would it not be wise to understand self, environment and what is being made known - rather then rely on another, who's best interests are not known!? Is it not possible that one may engage states of mind without the understanding of where that may lead them!? I say, understand not only the 'time and space of now, but also of what was.
we have been disconnected from our spiritual self,it is time to re-connect.

[ponda]

Hi manny,


My guess is that you are being shown some different perspectives and possibilities by a higher consciousness.Don't be worried or afraid.You are perfectly fine if this is what is happening.

I've been shown the grid lines over the landscape as well as some other different dimensional life forms that inhabit our local area.

Also your vision can be suddenly enhanced to a sort of high definition and colors can be brighter and deeper.Things can look very different.

cheers

[Czarek]

Millions of people have had their mercury fillings for over 10 years. Over time, they begin to leak and you end up with a LOT of it in your brain (and other organs). Not only does it affect your mental well being but your general state of health will suffer. So the first thing I would be checking for is any kind of heavy metal poisoning. For some people, it doesn't take much. It is not a well known fact that the rate of mercury clearance is different for every one. Some cope with it well, others don't do too well and early on end up with autism, etc...

[pilotsimone]

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[Lord Sidious]

Millions of people have had their mercury fillings for over 10 years. Over time, they begin to leak and you end up with a LOT of it in your brain (and other organs). Not only does it affect your mental well being but your general state of health will suffer. So the first thing I would be checking for is any kind of heavy metal poisoning. For some people, it doesn't take much. It is not a well known fact that the rate of mercury clearance is different for every one. Some cope with it well, others don't do too well and early on end up with autism, etc...

Heavy Metal isn't poisonous! Look.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_1hLiqwq7c

[sjkted]

What is mental illness?

--sjkted

[Rufs]

Dear Manny - I think I understand you, but please forgive if I don't!! :) - could it be that you are letting go of the ideals and structures you know and are familiar with for something in the unknown? Is this bothering you? You doubt – All this talk about awakening, is it real??

I feel there is so much pressure from the system to conform and behave in a correct way that any resistance must mean mental illness, so the Doc dumb you down with drugs. Its like Crystal children diagnosed as autistic.

I find that if I can get away from everything, for a week or so (until you feel better– no people, no TV or Radio, internet – nothing), and listen too yourself, what you want. I think it’s a time when the voice inside is trying to guide you, it’s a time to listen to your heart. There may be divide between the container you and the spirit you which causes doubt and confusion, maybe that its part of what many, including me, are trying to deal with.

Remember what you know as a fact, this can be your grounding. Look at the wars and injustice - the mess we are in, whatever it is you feel. Hopefully this will help the outer you to stabilize on a path that you feel is right for you.

I know it’s a fringe area for many, and many are going through this now. It takes a leap of faith to get things moving.

Harmony and love

Rufs

[norman]

I think it's just plain 'sick' that your doctor thought that seeing streaks of light and hearing a total 'noise' from multiple artificial sources was a 'condition' he/she could treat with antidepressant drugs.

As often happens with doctors, they come at things from the wrong end. They are trained to interrogate symptoms. They fill their heads up with them to the point that they only SEE symptoms and eventually only THINK symptoms.

I'm afraid your doctor was mostly interested in the fact that you were 'concerned' enough to see him/her about what you have described. Antidepressants would be his/her way of trying to make the problem go away, both for you AND the doctor. That's shameful, and it shouldn't take Hiram to give you the best advice.

Why didn't the doctor suggest a scan, before offering drugs?

You may possibly have a physical abnormality developing but otherwise you're not ill in the sense that you 'need' a drug.

Stupid Doctors!

[Blue]

Hey manny,

I read that if you awaken your chakras too fast, it can be quite dangerous and have strange physical and mental side-affects. Apparently it has to be done very slowly and over lots of time. I would cover all corners though and go back to your doctor and ask to see a neurological specialist. If your doctors are anything like they are over here, you have to act half dead before they refer you, so you might be better off exaggerating the symptons!

blue

[Fred Steeves]

Hi Manny, of course you know that only you can be the final judge on what's going on, and you're seeking other's opinions and experiences in order to expand information to reference. That's very intelligent, and I wish that I would have had a place like Avalon to come to when similar weirdness started happening to me.

Apparently we've come here minus the instruction manual, so when you suddenly begin to see and experience seemingly bizarre things, it is likely to be a shock. It certainly was with me, and yes I did privately question my own sanity for some time. Eventually I just decided to trust what was happening and ride it out, if I'm nuts then I'm nuts. Well, I'm not nuts, and have become quite comfortable with the new awareness. I see little sparkles of light all the time and don't know what they are. Hell, I don't have the instruction manual either, maybe they're some kind of inter-dimensional bleed through. Dunno.

How bout this for an analogy. Suppose you have lived your entire life not knowing what water is, not a clue, and then one day you walk right into a swimming pool without realising it. Would that not be a freak out moment? Hopefully you'd be in the shallow end, and once you got your wits about you, you're going to want to find out what just happened, and what this weird stuff you fell into is. Seems to me that's what a lot of us are doing here.


Cheers,
Fred S.

[John101]

I can't give medical advice so I will just say from personal experience.

stay the hell away from anti depressants

[Maria Stade]

The world is crumbling and the energies is changing !

Yes some will experience things that seems to be mental illness.

We are awakening Is the world mental ill ? I would say Yes !

Is the ones awakening mental ill, no they are letting go and starting to see what is wrong !

The energy force is changing and new worlds are opening up to the one awakening.

The unbalance is outside and with in.

Be kind to your self !

I have done some threads about this and please look them up.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?12966-Are-you-sick-or-are-you-ascending

The first aid is to ground one self

Se my thread about our energy body PAGE 25 is about grounding self.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?13932-Our-energy-body-!/page2

All love

[sjkted]

I can't give medical advice so I will just say from personal experience.

stay the hell away from anti depressants


I would second that. I've not heard of anyone who has had a positive story. Although, an MD would probably tell you they're the best thing since gatorade.

--sjkted

[Joshua]

Hello Manny,
I am replying quite late after your entry so i hope this reply finds you already feeling better about your situation.
As I am Natural Therapy Specialist and have worked for more than twenty years with manual therapies maybe i can offer
a body based perspective along with all the others to check-off this option as well.

These symptoms are pretty common and usually are stress based.
That is that some ocular/auditory/ventricular (and other facial nerves) nerves together exit the cranium at the posterior base, passing by three muscles that
help 'steer' our heads and connect to the first vertebrae. These muscles are often become hyper-tense when one is stressed.
This muscular tension can be great enough to cause pressure on these nerves that they start to 'fire' unwarranted signals to the brain.
The classic symptoms are sense of vomiting, dizziness, flashes of light, headaches, facial twitching etc etc. Your heightened sense of hearing is
possibly your nervous system in a pretty intense state of 'survival mode' (fight, flight, freeze) where many senses can become hyper-acute.

I would for these symptoms just to be sure of the base body level issues are ok suggest a visit to a good massage therapist and to practice these breathing
extremely simple yet extremely effective (when done as described!!) to adress the possible anxiety issues...


Exercises to improve ones ActiVe Breathing and ActiVe Relaxation/mental training

1. Lay flat on the floor (not in the bed!);
2. Bend your knees (or keep them flat on the floor), keep your feet flat on the floor and distant from each other;
3. Place your hands on your chest (not crossed);
4. OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING; your breath (rhythm, deepness, ease), your muscles and your state of mind/feelings;
5. After a moment (ca 2-3 min.) take a breath as deep as you can and hold it for at least 5-10 sec. or as long as is comfortable and observing body (observing for areas that tense “during the holding of your breath” and letting them relax). Than with a relaxation of the thorax, an exhale your breath (important to allow this exhale to be without a muscular contraction, ie just relax completely and let the air out without force or constraint)
Pause on the exhale as well for 4-7 seconds and repeat 5-10 times;
6. Now allow your breathing to move freely as your body wishes. Follow what FEELS most natural and what your body DESIRES (quick/slow, deep/shallow etc) ca. 1-2min observe without influencing; your breath (rhythm, deepness, ease), your muscles and your state of mind/feelings;
7. Repeat step 5;

Now enjoy… the soft re-energizing and how stress and “nervous” tension has quietly slipped away and… the happy smile now glowing inside your body…


Hey Manny... Let me know how you are and if this has been of any help!! ;o)

All the best, Joshua

[Strat]

Take everything you find here with a grain of salt. Mental illness is a pretty big blanket term and unfortunately it does happen, you don't have to go far to find a nasty case of Alzheimers. Maybe thats an extreme example but that's why I'd be careful dismissing the issue so quickly.

I have a somewhat extensive history with doctors and the drugs they prescribe. Almost every single time I've had a drug prescribed I've always, always had side effects. The drs always just say, "Maybe drowsyness" or something like that. I've had extremely severe reactions to most drugs prescribed and had to refuse taking them. I've never in my life had any mental issues, everyone gets depressed some time in their life or anxious about something but that's about it. Some of the drugs I was prescribed was GIVING me issues. One in particular was making me hyper-paranoid to the point of I was looking over my shoulder. I was getting nervous, and feeling like I was constantly fighting a panic attack. It was also turning me into a raging lunatic, looking for a fight and whatnot. This isn't healthy or beneficial in any way.

So how long have you been on the first anti-depressant? Are you feeling any better since taking them? If I were you, and there wasn't a significant difference I'd stop taking them. Medications deprive your body of certain resources. I believe the resource that gets deprived varies from pill to pill.

If you don't like your doctor, kick him to the curb like a lying girlfriend! There is no reason why that person should be in your life. Where are you living? If you have several specialists then find one that is good.

[Shakespeare's Foot.]

There's a saying that if you think you might be mentally ill then you're probably not.

I started to have strange things happen a while back - paranormal/spiritual stuff - and was very worried like you are, but i was fortunate in that most of the events involved other people which meant that they could be verified.

I say you're fine. Trust yourself, believe in yourself and that you're on the right path towards where you ought to be. Good luck.

[Morgaine]

Manny,
I often wonder if mental illness is a term easily assigned to the effects we experience, when parts of our brains start firing neurons that have long been idle. Areas that stimulate intuition, creativity, love,insipiration or even a change in your consciousness. When awakened the resulting heightened state can easily be attributed to a mental dysfunction. Especially by those who are not experiencing it! I would like draw attention to a friend of mine, a true genius, a brilliant musician, a medical doctor, and a philosopher. He talks of his battle with depression, as "necessary". He has understood many of the secrets of the world while in what doctors call "altered mental state" He even spoke of Lithium as being the Philosophers Stone!
Look at Mozart, Isaac Newton, Jung, Jesus, Buddha, the list goes on and on...supposedly all these people suffered with mental illlness/depression. Pythagoras believed "the soul could rise or descend from and to the body. The more the soul was healthy, in balance, and without psychic symptoms, the more it resembled solar energy."
Lately I have been going through what I would describe as a difficult emotional time. I have been experiencing great synchronicity, intuition and have had energy shifts and premonitions. I actually feel like I have begun to see things a lot clearer, after many years of shutting down mentally and spiritually just to cope in this environment. I see these signs as positive, and I actually feel fortunate to have them. But I have been told lately that I need (rather ironically) to "wake up" and look at the "real world!!" If the real world is this empty, pointless,slavery to debt and to mindlessness, then put me out of my misery now please!!
There have been times in my life that I have heard people speak to me, and seen auras and had many other amazing things, but I would say that for me anyway these all occurred when I was experiencing clarity, not illness! As Strat quite wisely said, mental illness is a "blanket term" If one is functioning well in day to day life, it is a sad fact that these 'shifts' are best kept to oneself, or only shared with people who are like minded.
I wish you well Manny, there are many here who understand the struggle.

Morgaine.

[Marikins]

Hey Manny,
It is always wise to get checked out for a neurological problem, but that said, you are having very common ascension symptoms. Sensitivity to sound and seeing lights even when you close your eyes is common as is ringing of the ears. As you become more sensitive you may catch snippets of voices or flashes of images. If it is all going too fast for you try some grounding activities as others have suggested like walking, eating meat if not vegetarian, hugging a tree or patting a dog. A lot of meditators first ground themselves by imagining a line going from their base chakra to the earth.
I personally found night shift really messed me up so if you could find your way to day shift that might help, too.

[Ammit]

Mental illness, ok, my penny worth...
Being a senior carer for such folk, I believe I have a theory, we are all mad,
Autism and acute adult behaviour problems show there own signs of strength and intelligence, Imagine a line drawn across your right and left hemispheare, we sit along the line of so called intelligence, but, imagine autistic folks that may sit 10mm to the left of what we percieve as normal, but being able to see things in a different light then we do, being able to listen to a tune and hearing more then just notes, maybe actually feeling the sounds for something else.

Maybe they are the normal ones and we are those who are the out of phase folks.

Ammit

[topher]

So many awesome comments here. Thanks everyone!

Manny,
I agree with the other comment (was it Sidious?) saying that oftentimes the person labeled by a "health professional" is not the one with the problem.

The problem lies in the insanely harsh world that we all have volunteered to live through. I would add, some people are more sensitive than others, and it is oftentimes the more sensitive ones who start to develop "issues" (which give rise to labels of "mental illness") in reaction to their experiences. Having said that, I would hardly call what you are having to be "issues." It sounds to me like you are opening up, and becoming more aware of what is REALLY around you. I don't meditate (though I know I should), but to me it makes perfect sense that meditation would expand your perception - which is what it sounds like is happening to you. From what I hear, consciousness expansion is never easy, but isn't it ultimately one of the main things we strive for?

I also want to address your doctor's immediate dispensary of pills. I sounds to me like you were neither depressed nor suffering from major anxiety. So for him to give you anti-depressants is worth questioning. Was it Prozac? Because Prozac is sometimes used to treat OCD (it could also be a different SSRI, but usually its Prozac), and the doctor may have misunderstood your sensitivity to sound as instead having some sort of discomfort from exposure to a normal level of sound. But it is clear in your posting that what you are experiencing is increased awareness - not a desensitization to what you were previously aware of. So there is no reason for you to take an anti-depressent. Unless you want to become more docile, less imaginative, lose your sex drive, experience a temporarily increased risk of suicide... ect.

I've been diagnosed as being bipolar. Essentially, I struggle to deal with what I feel out in the world. I push through it and get by. But when I go to a doctor (society's mechanic of its human parts) they naturally find a malfunction in me-as-a-unit - not in my context within society. Society's virtue is never questioned. My articulated experience is not crucial to the diagnosis. What is important to them is that I be restored to a fully-functional limb of the machine.

Maybe your increasing awareness is a potential threat to something if that thing's well-meaning drones are trying to alter you even prior to what is happening in you having a chance to play out its course. It sounds like they are trying to do a preemptive strike on some potential "mental illness." I think its ridiculous. Of course I realize that doctors do a lot of good, are well-meaning, and are just doing their jobs. But there are flaws in how they understand things.

Please ignore those who make you feel pressure to change. Be as much you as you can be.

Peace,
Chris.

[Carmody]

Hi,
I also suffer with the noise problem and I am sooo photosensitive I have to wear dark lenses most of the time.
Do I think your suffering from mental illness----no-------I think you are suffering from becoming more sensitive to stimulation from the outside.

Kind Regards
Chelle

I have worn dark glasses since my teens and every day , even in winter, since the age of about 21.

I've been wearing this exact type (the brand and basic type, various models), since the very first month they became available.


http://www.serengeti-eyewear.com/products/vento/espresso-drivers-polarized.aspx