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I did an energy callback mantra with the intent to heal my inner child in mind. Unfortunately when I did this energy callback my best friend was affected negatively as she began to feel drained and anxious. Unsure if this was directly correlated I did it again, called back my energy. She began to be forgetful of the items on his todo list that day.
This person had depression and anxiety, unfortunately. And for the longest time I was friends with this individual I suspected I might have it as well. However after the energy callback I felt great all weekend and ailments I’ve had for years have abruptly stopped.
Though, people with mental illness are stigmatized enough. I feel weird typing this out loud, are there any other explanations because it feels unjust to assume that people with mental illnesses are “contagious”. I don’t want to paint anybody in a bad light but, I need some type of piece of information to explain this!
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Is it possible for you to “share” a mental illness with someone who continually steals your energy?
updated 2 years, 6 months ago
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Okay three possibilities I see: 1: These things are totally unrelated (but you’ve jumped the gun and hopped on the “everything is mystical, nothing is mundane” train which seems to be all the rage in certain circles of social media right now). 2. These things are related— your friend has been draining you (plenty of depressed people aren’t psychic vampires. But plenty of psychic vampires are depressed). 3. Your mental illness is a little more extreme than your friend’s depression and anxiety, and you’re experiencing connections that don’t exist. (This is identical to number one but you’re delusional, instead of just gullible or prone to jumping the gun to wild conclusions.)
I’m mentioning the last one cuz your wording verges on the type of disorganisation of thought that usually accompanies delusion and/or things that are heading in that direction. This is not something that is meant to belittle you in ANY way. I mention it out of concern and because catching those symptoms and asking for professional assistance before they progress further can make a big difference in how much they do or do not derail your life. Your comment about your friend forgetting the to-do list being evidence of anything to do with you (unless the to-do list itself was ABOUT you for some reason, like for example of one item was to call you, and she forgot only that one) is particularly alarming.
In short, no, mental illnesses absolutely cannot be contagious. People can imitate the symptoms of another person for various reasons. But that in and of itself is a sign of the person doing the imitation’s own mental illness. And people may get their own anxiety and or depression amped up by being around other anxious and/or depressed people, but that is still a result of pre-existing condition.
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I’m not a mental health professional by any means but this sounds almost like Folie A Deux
Definition: the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas in two persons closely associated with one another
[Source](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folie%20%C3%A0%20deux)
