Thread by @ArchangelAmongU

12/11/20 MENTAL HEALTH RISKS FOR LIGHTWORKERS: HELPING EMPATH, OR CODEPENDENT? This is the second message of the day, meant to follow up on our discussion of several weeks ago about mental health problems and how they affect lightworkers.

Part of what I was asked to do, here in our lightworker community, is help individual lightworkers find their way back to wholeness, which includes good physical and mental health, as well as health as a soul.

My last message, before I took a break for school, was to discuss the mental health risks that we, as lightworkers, face on this planet. We (hopefully) vibrate at a different, faster speed, than the collective consciousness of Humanity.

That vibrational disparity, combined with the loneliness and feeling of being out of place in a strange world, can lead many of us to experience mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, and another called "codependency."

The first gifts that become active in every lifetime we choose to awaken are our gifts of empathy. I'm sure many of you already identify yourself as "empathic." This means that you not only experience your own emotions, but can feel the emotions of other people.

This is an important attribute to have, as we try to serve Humanity. However, it can also lead to really difficult mental health challenges if we don't know how to control the onslaught of emotions from the world around us.

It's absolutely imperative that you strengthen your auric field, the energy bubble around yourself, in order to keep out the energy from other people's emotions. On the website, there are directions to do this. loveandlightworks.com/f/strengthenin…

You also need to build yourself an energetic shield, beyond just strengthening your auric field. Again, there are directions on the website to help you do this. It isn't hard, but it will protect you from a variety of dangers. loveandlightworks.com/f/building-an-…

But fixing yourself energetically is only part of the problem for empaths. We have learn behaviors to protect ourselves. The first step to doing that is to ask, "Am I codependent?" And what does that even mean?

As an empath, the useful information you receive from other people's emotion allows you insight on how you can serve them, right where they are in their own journey. It allows you to sit with a person, and experience them, and help them figure out their issues.

One thing that is universally true is that we cannot heal anyone who does not want to be healed. And, in many, probably most cases, we can't heal people because their suffering is part of the conscious choice they made to learn new skills and understanding.

What we can do, as empaths and healers, is help other people (who are asking for help) become aware of what is bothering them, and suggest possible solutions or interventions. (We should never violate their free will by just throwing energy at them we think will heal them.)

Providing a listening ear, being a friend, offering to help when help is requested, are all wonderful ways of using our gifts of empathy in order to truly serve another. We can also offer energy healing services to someone who is seeking such help.

But sometimes our empathic gifts can lead us down a path of serving ourselves, and not the one in need. This happens when we become "codependent." A codependent needs to heal other people--needs to fix them--in order for the empath to feel good about themself.

It's so important to realize, for those of us who are here to lend our service as healers, that the highest form of healing is teaching a soul to heal themselves. Most of the healing work we do is done in conjunction with the Higher Self of the one needing healing.

We teach the Higher Self of the other person how to heal themself. When we are codependent, and our own self-esteem requires that we be able to fix somebody else, we disrespect their free agency, and act in a Service to Self manner, rather than Service to Others.

Probably everyone has known someone who makes it their business to get into everyone else's business, and try to help them. This type of behavior badly affects the codependent, as well as the one they think they should fix.

As healers, it's so important to remember that every person chooses their own journey and their own struggles. When we try to remove those from them, without their asking for help, for the benefit of making ourself feel better about ourself, we don't help them.

When we try to fix people, rather than helping them fix themselves, we can develop all sorts of depression and anxiety issues, affecting our own mental health in a negative way. We also take on unnecessary karma for violating the free will of another.

Here on Earth, in this energetic frequency, maintaining an appropriate balance of empathic healing and respecting the free will of another is really difficult, I know. It's hard to function in such a low vibration.

So the reason I bring this up with you today, is to help you consider whether your own mental health and service mission are being impacted by being a codependent--one who needs to fix other people, rather than being someone who offers to be of service.

As a divine healer who came here to serve, a lot of faith and trust is placed in you, and me, and others, who came to help Humanity heal. We came to help Humanity heal, by teaching them how to heal themselves--to develop the skills of being mentally well.

I'm going to post a video at the bottom of this thread from a lightworker/therapist who understands these issues really well, and does a great job of explaining them. I hope you will think about whether your own mental health is being impacted by that of others.'

Remember, it's important we heal ourselves first, and keep ourselves healed, so that we can do our best service work on behalf of Humanity. As you strengthen your own aura and shield, and learn to protect yourself from the need to fix people, it will be much easier to feel joy.

Your sacrifice to serve on this planet is well-recognized and appreciated throughout the galaxy. You are all brave, strong lightworkers, with beautiful gifts to share. Take good care of yourself, as you serve the ones we came to serve. Much love to you all.

Here is the video: Please note that mental health people define "Empath" differently than lightworkers. I think you'll still be able to relate to what she's saying though.