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‘The protector spirit’
A shaman once taught me the concept of a ‘protector spirit’ which sounded similar to the protective compartmentalized personality we create, often labeled as a ‘mental health condition’. Here’s a piece on that.
“You’re too sensitive!”
Sensitivity is a valuable survive and thrive trait that is often used as a mis-label of over-reaction.
Sensitivity is the ability to experience sensory data at a high volume or large depth. It’s a trait many people struggle with, due to the lack of wisdom around it.
Emotions are stored in the body, not the brain. TRY THIS TO SEE.
If you sit with what you see as “pain” and observe it in a way a wine taster might attempt to experience the qualities of a wine – more savoring and experiencing over judgement – you’ll see that what you regard as pain is more of an aggregate of intense sensations hitting you at once.