Link between mental illness and developing your abilities

[Nicolina]

I saw a similar post about schizo that raised this question.

I’ve been bipolar pretty much my whole life and have struggled pretty greatly with my mental health. I’m on medication, therapy, etc but what I’m wondering is does the mental illness part hender my abilities?

My mom, sister, and brother also have abilities and they seem way stronger than mine, so I was curious if y’all think the mental illness is holding me back so to speak

Discussion

[cndrow]

In my own experience, the worst my mental illness was, the more open I was to my abilities / Spirit. I saw things, heard things, a LOT more often because I was basically an open door, spiritually

Now that I am healthier mentally, I am having to retrain my abilities the PROPER way. I create and enforce boundaries, I meditate, I research and learn, and practice practice practice. My abilities are opening back up, but this time I’m protected, so the majority of my experiences are positive, life-affirming. Beautiful and precious.

When I was very mentally ill, oh sure I saw and heard so much stuff. But I was so low vibrational, all I could see was the low vibrational stuff- negative spirits. So while I had a lot more experiences, they were ALL bad. They all fed back into my anxiety. That is NOT how it should go.

It is far better for me now, though I occasionally get a little frustrated at how “”easy”” it used to be. But that’s not how I should use my abilities, so I would never allow myself to go back to that mind space again

[c-shadrach]

There’s a book called: Is this a spiritual awakening? Or my bipolar by Mari Lutes. This is her [website](https://www.aguidedway.com/).

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Her book is an excellent and easy read!!

[cassilyn]

Bipolar disorder I have been told by a mentor is just extra chi or life force in my tummy. I have tornadoes and volcanoes in my belly. It’s a gift but I have to try to align with my higher self everyday to have access and control over this extra energy otherwise it can become a storm.

[enolaholmes23]

I’m not bipolar, but I get medication induced mania a lot. For me, mania (high serotonin levels) increases psychic senses, and depression (low serotonin levels) decreases it. I like to think that someday I’ll find a sweet spot where my senses are elevated but I’m not going off the deep end, but I haven’t found it yet.

[zerohourrct]

The two will be confused until you have better practice, and sometimes you can’t separate them with complete confidence.

Spiritual abilities also tend to freak people out in strange ways, so this can also be a problem, particularly when they’re reflecting or resolving in negative relationships.

The universe has a way of hiding things, sometimes resolved by outright denial, but I find it’s usually more of a dualistic interpretation; you see one thing or sometimes BOTH things, while other parties see another. Hidden meanings or personal interpretations is another.

[TheSaltyTarot]

It gives and it takes. On one hand, being a bit touched can help you think in unconventional ways, and that’s useful when you want to be a practitioner. On the other hand, a full-blown mental illness *is* an illness. It’s going to get in the way of everything, including psychic work.

It’s always worthwhile to pursue mental health.