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Old Dec 12, 2013, 09:58 PM
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Hey there. Welcome to PC. It's too bad nobody picked up on this thread earlier. I have experienced what you are describing. I just experienced really intensely about a year ago now, exactly. All of a sudden my spiritual path stopped meaning anything to me. I had to disengage myself from my spiritual community. I couldn't talk to any of my friends. I just had nothing to say anymore, and I didn't even want to bother trying. For weeks I didn't answer my phone or make any calls. I dropped out of a lot of my therapies. Some good came out of it though. I started taking a look at what I really wanted and needed. I have a theory. It's not an easy one. Sometimes there are these shifts you mention. I think for some of us, we're a little more tuned in than others and so we feel it more deeply, hence the discomfort, confusion, anxiety, depression when these changes occur. Life is a current. It's not static. So I think it's reasonable to expect these shifts. It's just learning how to ride them out and discover new meaningful things when, for example, I feel bereft when suddenly everything I care about no longer means anything to me. It's a scary feeling. The last time took me a few months to get out of, and I had to be really patient, with myself and with the process. I still get bitter sometimes. I hope this helps. Feel free to message me if you want to talk about it any further.
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