Why People Don't Heal and How They Can by Caroline Myss

Author:Caroline Myss [Myss, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8041-5085-9
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2013-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

ILLNESS, PERSONAL INTIMACY, AND THE FEAR OF HEALING

True healing is one of the most frightening journeys anyone can undertake. For some people, illness can provide a feeling of physical safety that sometimes allows them to slow down the speed at which their lives are moving or changing. Illness can also offer the safety of not having to confront your inner issues or change yourself. And, as I have already noted, when you become seriously ill, you may experience a level of concern and attention from others that you might not otherwise receive. All this wonderful care and attention can be seductive and can subtly implant in you the belief that if you ever get well, you will lose it.

I have already pointed out that the study of archetypes, as they emerge in the examination of ourselves and our life patterns, can be the doorway into the biggest, brightest spaces of human consciousness. Yet I can now admit that I myself did not feel this way until illness compelled me to confront my own patterns and fears. Through that long, painful journey, I developed the intuitive ability to perceive these patterns in other people.

In 1982 I moved to New Hampshire to help start Stillpoint Publishing Company. As I mentioned in Chapter 1, the three of us who founded the company wanted to specialize in publishing books that furthered the human consciousness movement, but for me, that represented a professional goal rather than a personal commitment to a more conscious life. Prior to becoming involved in holistic health, I had worked as a journalist in Chicago and enjoyed perfect health—while living an unhealthy life. I smoked, drank coffee by the gallon, never exercised, and had absolutely no consciousness about what I ate. I didn’t drink or take drugs, but given everything else I did, I certainly had enough toxins in my system without their help. Shortly after arriving in New Hampshire, I began to experience chronic lower back pain. It became so intense that sometimes I had to go to my chiropractor twice a day. I am still grateful to her for lowering her fee for me because I went so often—kind of a bulk discount.

I also developed endless headaches—migraines, sinus, and stress headaches. Some of them would last for a day, others for a week. I especially recall one headache that lasted for five weeks straight without letting up. I thought that was the worst one I would ever have, but I was wrong. A few years later, I actually had a headache that lasted continually from the month of May until the end of August.

During the onset of this headache pattern, I also developed chronic fatigue syndrome, which doesn’t surprise me now, since the three of us were working virtually around the clock to get our company off the ground. As a result of the hours we kept and the continual pain I was in, my sleeping patterns became erratic. I would often spend half the night vomiting from pain,

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.