Just so you know - she has no other symptoms - and has had no earth shattering events, seizures or head injuries.
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Have you ever heard of soul retrieval? It sounds like she's retrieving her fragments that have split away from her, without realizing what is happening.
I have a friend who has learned how to journey just so she can collect her fragmented selves back again.
Perhaps your friend should visit a good hypnotist who might be able to help her discover why this is happening, because usually people purposely attempt to retrieve their past. It doesn't usually just happen like is her experience. Her shrink doesn't understand so he's labeling it with a convenient label which isn't going to help her. Google Soul Retrieval and you'll understand it better. Especially the Four Winds Society's definition of it.
Soul Retrieval is definitely a possibility here. I join SpiritSeeker in suggesting a trip to a reputable hypnotist certified in theraputic work.
I have worked with my dream for over 30 yrs. and have had many of these same type experiences. Several years ago I went to a Certified Therapeutic Hypnotist to help me sort out some issues I was having considering "memories" of past existence, former times in my current life, and messages from my dreams---------it helped tremendously!
I do the same thing razz. I started my "adult life" rather early. I started my family very young. Things are good still married, kids are grown and all doing well. I don't know what your friends situation is, but for me, I think I am trying to go back to my youth....realizing I missed my later teen years. I lost both of my parents the same year 25 years ago and I have been missing them terribly also. So much going on in my life I know they would love to have been a part of. Maybe for me, it's wishful thinking that I could turn back the clock and wishing things could have gone differently...I wouldn't have started my family so young, and my parent wouldn't have died at a relatively early age.
I passsed on the webinfo - she googled Soul Retrieval and claims that she has none of the symptoms except maybe depression. Can depression cause this? It really takes up alot of her waking minutes! I feel bad not to be able to associate with her feelings. Am I ok? lol
Symptoms of what? I don't know what she googled, but Soul Retrieval is a process to re-gather your self back together. I don't recall there being any symptoms of anything. We all lose little pieces of our selves as we go through life. I still feel her best bet would be a good hypnotist who could regress her.
Depression could make a person yearn for a better time in their life. I certainly don't know if depression could cause this though.
My best guess is that her going back to relive a certain year indicates something momental happened to her at that time -- either extremely pleasant that she wants to relive -- or the opposite. I'm not sure I would agree with her shrink, but then he's the expert and has had time with her to influence his conclusion.
My best guess is that was an important time in her life that she wants to or needs to relive, revisit, for good reason. Often it is something unresolved from that time. Given enough time and visits, she will come to her own conclusion.
I guess I didn't explain what she told me well at all. She has these thoughts daily and about all different things, not about just one issue, time, or one memory. She did say that the website she visted regarding soul retrieval, gave a list of symptoms that one would be going through if their soul was in fact "fragmented" - and she didn't feel like any of them except depression.
Thank you for all your suggestions. I am going to keep researching this in order to help her out. She is worried it is some kind of dementia, I think. And I tend to lean towards horomones or menopause! That or some kind of flashbacks from something that is bothering her.
Yes FLASHBACKS is the word I was trying to think of!
Has she told her family this to see if she did have something happen to her that was dramatic?
No - she has only told me! And of course her shrink. I have been a friend to her for 40 years or so - I think I would have some idea if something had happened, though you never know - That's a good idea, Cj, I will ask her to ask her family if she can't think of anything herself.
Or at least her mom. Moms know everything most of the time!
I am thinking that she is careful who she shares this with. It can be misconstrued and mistaken for something it is not!
By the way - has anyone here who has gone through menopause or any kind of horomonal change, ever had any thoughts such as this? OR any nagging thoughts on their own mortality?
