In December 2012, I had shared, on social media, a personal experience about unexplained feelings of depression and decided to share it on my blog.
Sorrow is often felt by empathic people throughout the year, however even more so during the winter holidays. Sometimes, it's due to heightened suicides that can occur, during that time, but I've noticed that it can also be worse during any distressing times, like recent world events. This can make it more difficult for empaths. It's like we're hit doubly hard.
It's wise to keep your defenses up, especially if feeling an overwhelming amount of sorrow coming at you and for no apparent reason. I learned about this because it often happened to me as I was growing up. Eventually, I learned that it wasn't always "my feelings" that I was sensing.
The first time that I can recall it happening to me, we were living in Italy. I was only nine and started crying for no reason at all. My dad even asked me why. I replied, pathetically, through my tears, "I don't know." It was the same night that he took this picture of me studying. He thought it was due to homework stress, but I couldn't relate to that. It was a very strange feeling, yet I knew it wasn't over homework. I just shook it off and it went away.
As I got older, the winter holidays always hit me the hardest. I didn't understand why because I love this time of year. It was after I was "awakened," and being taught the things that can go on "out there," that I learned this is, especially, the time you can pick up "sad" spirit attachments, because they may be looking for comforters. Their sorrow draws them to empathic and/or sympathetic people for the comfort and healing they need and, sometimes, it can become overwhelming for us, as well as those that guide us.
Another thing, that I learned, is that the departed may go to God, but God may send them to others to help with the work load: sending only what He knows we can handle. Other situations may bring them to you on their own, possibly due to a past life or current life situation.
In conclusion, I learned an important lesson from my dad: a busy mind doesn't have time to think about things that may be bothering us. Maybe that's why it's important to stay involved with family and friends during the winter holidays - or any occasion - that may bring on depression. It not only keeps us busy but lifts our spirits from those winter, holidays' blues.
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