"“I invite you to stop apologizing for being you. You’re not broken,” I told her. “You’re highly attuned. Your ‘too much’ isn’t a flaw! It’s mystical intelligence trying to come online?”
- Thank you for sharing this. With her and with us.
Beautiful... and relatable! Definitely had moments where the world felt too much and thinking that my sensitivity was something that needed fixing - because that's what most of society tells us! I'm glad there are people like you spreading the message that we don't need to apologise for being us :-)
Teri, this piece. Whoa. Like gut punch. Reading this got me thinking about my sensitivity to sound, in particular. Nails on a chalkboard when I hear others watching youtube or other videos without headphones, as an example. Thinking I could benefit from 1:1.
Wow, this flashed me back to the aftermath of my first Reiki session. Forty-eight hours of emotional hypersensitivity, chills, and digestive upset. I surmised that I'd picked up a stomach bug, but no other virus has ever given me that kind of empathic sensitization.
When I got my actual Reiki attunements, it felt like the world was more responsive to ME--strangers seemed to see me more.
After 25 years of integrating Reiki with my massage practice, I'm still not sure if it's 'real,' but I do it anyway and some people seem to respond to it.
"“I invite you to stop apologizing for being you. You’re not broken,” I told her. “You’re highly attuned. Your ‘too much’ isn’t a flaw! It’s mystical intelligence trying to come online?”
- Thank you for sharing this. With her and with us.
Beautiful... and relatable! Definitely had moments where the world felt too much and thinking that my sensitivity was something that needed fixing - because that's what most of society tells us! I'm glad there are people like you spreading the message that we don't need to apologise for being us :-)
Teri, this piece. Whoa. Like gut punch. Reading this got me thinking about my sensitivity to sound, in particular. Nails on a chalkboard when I hear others watching youtube or other videos without headphones, as an example. Thinking I could benefit from 1:1.
Heidi! I’d be honored to work with you on a 1:1. Dm me and we can talk details. I knkow that nails on a chalkboard feeling, oh so well.
Wow, this flashed me back to the aftermath of my first Reiki session. Forty-eight hours of emotional hypersensitivity, chills, and digestive upset. I surmised that I'd picked up a stomach bug, but no other virus has ever given me that kind of empathic sensitization.
When I got my actual Reiki attunements, it felt like the world was more responsive to ME--strangers seemed to see me more.
After 25 years of integrating Reiki with my massage practice, I'm still not sure if it's 'real,' but I do it anyway and some people seem to respond to it.