I'm back

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam everyone!

 

Well today was much better than the past week has been, that's for

sure. Thanks for all of the help, advice and prayers from everyone. I

REALLY appreciate everything. And sorry I've been 'gone' so long.

It's been pretty busy around here lately.

 

We had the funeral yesterday. I was very worried about my mother in

the morning. She was shaking so bad, she couldn't put toothpaste on

her toothbrush. She could barely walk stairs without support. She was

just a wreck. Not just emotional, but physical too. She's tiny to

begin with (only weighs about 105 lbs), but she has Minear's disease

(not sure I'm spelling that correctly) but basically she can't

consume more than 600 mg of sodium/day. So not only wasn't she eating

much, but with all of the food people would bring, she couldn't eat

any of it anyways. We tried getting her to eat 'her' food, but she

just had no appetite. And the nerves made her stomach nausious. She

had lost a lot of weight in the first 2-3 days. She's eating normal

now, but needs to double her intake in order to get back to normal

weight. Anyone have suggestions on low/no sodium (salt) foods that

don't tast like cardboard? I'm trying to find something that's tasty

and nutritious and won't exceed her salt intake. And it's a LOT

harder to do than it sounds.

 

Also, I have a question on chakras. Ever since I had my first child,

I've become SOOO empathetic. Even at dumb stuff like commercials. I

joke to myself that I'm becoming a 'sap'. But when I'm reading a

story or watching an article on tv, or listening to someone in a sad

or difficult situation, I automatically do what I term 'internalize'

that situation. Meaning, I begin feeling what it's like and, usually,

begin crying. It drives me NUTS!! I could kick myself sometimes. I

had just chalked it up to hormones in my body not going back

to 'normal' after childbirth. But this past week, I began

questionning that. I was very sad, but not emotionally distraught

over the death of my step-father. But what really 'tore me up inside'

was the effect it was having on my mother. I would be fine one minute

and then hear her, or look at her, or just sense that she was about

to break down (cry), and tears would just start flowing in me as

well. I would have considered it normal, except that neither my

brother (which wouldn't surprise me) nor my sister were doing this.

And my sister has always been much more emotional than I. Do you

think this is just a hormonal thing, or could this be a chakra issue?

If it's hormonal, any thoughts on how to control it? And if it's a

chakra, which sets should I do to help balance it out? I'm assuming

it would be the heart chakra. Or maybe this is normal reaction, and I

just need to get much better at pratyahar (thanks for the talk

Brad!). Then I wouldn't internalize or personalize each event. Rather

observe it and 'let it go'.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Christa

[Guest guest]

Christa -

Glad to have you back. In regards to your emotions - being empathetic is at

times very hard, but it is also a very special quality. Embrace it and be glad

you are filled with emotion. I do not see it as something that you should

change!! Your brother and sister have their own unique ways of handling

situations. We are all different. Yea! I will look into finding some yummy

low sodium foods for your mom,. and I will pray for her return to a healthy

weight. Hang in there!

~~~ Gretchen