Psychic Flu
All entrepreneurs know that when they get sick with some kind of flu or other physical ailment, it kills their productivity.
“I don’t have time to be sick” is a common mantra of most entrepreneurs.
However, getting sick physically isn’t the only type of productivity killer that entrepreneurs face.
Yesterday I woke up in the morning feeling “off”, just like when you wake up with a sore throat or a sore back or some other flu-like symptom. However, I had no physical symptoms. I wasn’t sick in any way – at least not physically speaking.
What I had yesterday, I can only describe as being “spiritually sick”, “spiritually disconnected” or having a “psychic flu”. I felt it when I first woke up, but it went away for about an hour or so while I was doing my coaching session with one of my students. Whenever I do coaching/mentoring with students I always feel totally connected to source and spirit.
Shortly after my coaching session though, I felt disconnected once again.
This is not the first time this has happened to me, and I’m becoming more aware of it each time it happens so that I can try to deal with the situation instead of feeling frustrated.
Here are some of the symptoms I associate with being “spiritually sick” or “spiritually disconnected”:
- Feeling lethargic, uninspired to do anything
- Simple problems seem difficult to solve
- Bleak future outlook
- Symptoms similar to depression
- Physical Cravings (food, sugar, etc.)
- Lack of energy
- Don’t want to be around others
- Craving sleep
- Feeling spiritually disconnected
I am not sure if this has been happening to me more often lately due to the fact that I’ve been working on re-opening up my Clairsentient abilities, or if I’m just more aware of these feeling and realizing what they are instead of just blaming them on a “bad day”.
One of the biggest growth experiences I’ve been going through in the last month has been my growth in self-awareness ever since my wife, Drea, left on her trip across Atlantic Canada over a month ago.
Since Drea left on her trip I’ve had a lot of alone time, and it’s been an amazing experience for me because I’ve been able to really tune in and connect with my own energy. I don’t think many people take the time to create alone time in their lives very often so they go through life largely unaware of their own energy, compared to the energy of others.
Now that I’ve become aware of what my energy feels like, it’s very easy for me to spot when I’m not connected to it – such as was the case yesterday.
I am still not sure why it happened, but I have a feeling that I “picked up” someone else’s energy, kind of like catching the flu from someone.
The energy I felt yesterday was definitely not mine. Except for maybe enjoying food, my energy is exactly the opposite of all the ones I listed above. I usually have a lot of energy, no problems solving complex problems, a positive future outlook, no symptoms of depression, lots of energy, like to connect with others, stay up late at night and feel spiritually connected. Yesterday, it was the exact opposite of that.
By around noon I knew that something was off. I actually had a scheduled psychic reading with my good friend Chris Landry at 1pm and was hoping that his reading might help me out. Although the reading was insightful as always, I felt “off” and disconnected during the reading as well.
Afterwords I sat down and wanted to make a list of things to work on which I was previously looking forward to doing this Saturday, but when it came time to do them I had zero desire to even think about them.
Instead I decided to make something to eat and to watch some TV.
After watching TV for a while, I decided to try meditating a bit to see if I could gain some insight that way. I ended up falling asleep instead, and waking up even more irritated. Then once again I felt hungry, craving some kind of quick snack, and just wanted to plump my butt on the couch and do nothing but watch TV.
I did that for a while again, and then decided to try writing in my journal as that sometimes helps to clear my energy. That didn’t help either, so instead I just resigned myself to watching pointless television and eating whatever I could find in the house.
Later on in the evening, around 2am my time I got a message from my wife to go online. She woke up early in the morning (6am her time) and wanted to chat with me on Skype. I told her about my day and she suggested that I listen to a meditation I received a long time ago from Angela Bear called the “Expansion” meditation.
I was exhausted and just wanted to go to sleep, but since I trust my wives intuitive insight I decided to listen to the meditation prior to falling asleep. The meditation itself was good, but much the same way I felt during my reading with Chris, I just didn’t connect with it at all. It didn’t make me feel better, or any more connected spiritually than I have been all day.
After that I just decided to roll over, turn off the lights and go to sleep – short of my morning coaching session with one of my students – having accomplished absolutely nothing worthwhile the whole day.
Waking Up This Morning
Waking up this morning was a totally different experience. I woke up feeling connected, energized, excited, happy, and ready to take on the world. I jumped out of bed and was ready to kick-ass and take names. (Maybe the meditation did work?)
I felt inspired to work on my wives site, so I did a marathon session working on her new design, re-jigging some of her SEO settings, installing plugins, and just doing some overall super-cool ninja stuff to make her site better.
Then I took a quick break, switched gears, worked on publishing some articles for some SEO projects I’m working on, mowed the lawn, did some errands, cleaned the kitchen, read some blogs, posted some comments, and wrote this post.
My productivity today was through the roof. It’s like today I wasn’t even the same person I was yesterday, and there is absolutely no physical or mental/logical reason for it. All I can explain it as is an energy thing.
Whatever this thing was that I woke up with yesterday morning, I’m determined to figure it out and stop it from happening again.
I am thinking that it may have been some kind of residual energy I picked up from someone while I was out on Friday night (and no I wasn’t out drinking), or perhaps something I tuned into during the night. Whatever it was, it sucked and I just wanted to share this post with others in case you find yourself in a similar situation.
I realize that catching a psychic / spiritual “flu” is a strange topic to discuss on a Blog, but I’m willing to bet that I’m not the only one who’s suffered from this before.
Who else has had “psychic flu” before?
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Maybe that’s ascension symptoms?:)
http://www.youwantthis.org/Symptoms.html
I had something similar a few weeks ago.
Lack of energy, feeling low for no aparent reason, craving sleep, no desire to do anything, etc.
It actually sounds a lot like that. Especially the vivid dreams part too. I’ve been having some incredibly vivid dreams with like epic cataclysmic events. In some cases it’s a massive flood followed by a tornado hitting us at the same time, while other times it’s an onslaught of alien ships the size of a football field landing. These dreams are incredibly vivid and rival the detail of watching Avatar.
It’s weird I have had dozens of dreams where strange aircraft have been flying in the sky and then finally they start landing and then I wake up. When I wake up though the message seems metaphorical though and not literal. Wonder what it means.
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I haven’t had any dreams about aircrafts landing, unfortunately (must be fun to watch:) ).
But I had a dream where the Pleiadians were showing me some documents. The dream actually repeated 2 or 3 nights in a row! It’s a pity I don’t remember what was in those documents:)
The aircrafts that land are so cool. Sometimes they are really big, while other times they are the size of a normal airplane but shaped totally differently and they don’t fly straight like airplanes do. They fly and land more like something you’d see in Star Wars or Star Trek.
In each instance the aircraft are usually different, but I always have the same feeling of “The world will never be the same again after this.”
I don’t know…maybe I’ve just seen too many science fiction movies, but it seems so real in the dreams.
Another possibility (cause) could be the full moon..? Very debatable depending on what you read but most cops will tell you crime goes up during this time, domestic violence ect.. I’m not accusing you of committing any crime obviously, just suggesting that personalities my be off kilter during the full moon
I’m on the third of such days, it has been a long time since I’ve felt this spiritually disconnected and “off” so yesterday I took a brisk hike, then listened to motivational cd’s most of the day, got virtually nothing done and went to bed far too late for to be much good for my work day, but upon reading your post I had a eureka sort of a moment, I began to realize the more worried I was about feeling this way the more I noticed feeling this way and I kept sinking down deeper into feeling MORE this way ..eww. Perhaps my best move would be to stop thinking about it, and why, and concentrate on how I want to feel and what I want to get done this week, be grateful for any tiny thing I have accomplished (yes, I got up and went to work for example!.. the dishes are done and the cat is fed…) And I know I might “feel” spiritually disconnected, but in the big picture I *know* I am NOT spiritually disconnected, its simply not possible.
And lastly, you write: “Whatever this thing was that I woke up with yesterday morning, I’m determined to figure it out and stop it from happening again.”
Is it possible that statement itself will invite the “flu” back? It sounds like your expecting it. Would it be wiser to rearrange those words and to look at a way to keep yourself in a happy spiritual, positive frame of mind instead of trying to find a cure for something that hasn’t returned yet? Put your energy in the positive, don’t waste it on the negative.. ?
Ps.. It’s nice to know I wasn’t entirely alone on the boat this weekend.. thanks!
I was thinking in terms of prevention, such as for example putting up a psychic shield when I go out. I used to have a tough time going into any starbucks because I would feel really overwhelmed by the Ego’s in there. I just found Starbucks to be places where a lot of fear-based motivation seems to hang out. Then a spiritual coach of mine taught me how to put up shields and ever since then I never had problems going into a Starbucks. However, I don’t consciously shield myself all the time…maybe I should start putting them up whenever I go out in public just in case.
It could have nothing to do with that as well. It could be Ascension symptoms as Alena pointed out, in which case it’s just purging of the old and it’s not a “bad” thing.
I wonder how much of it has to do with the full moon…because I know that with the full moon, I have had a few days of insomnia. This seems to be a reoccurring theme for me.
I am usually aware of this and instead of dwelling on it happening, I just allow it things to flow and just know to take it easy over that time period.
I’m not sure. I hope it doesn’t re-occur monthly, lol. Guess we’ll see on the next full moon cycle, hehehe.
LOL…yeah, no kidding…it was kind of like a male version of PMS….
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Hi Paul,
When I read this, I was interested to read that you were seeking the source of the issue straight away. That is because some days I feel like crap and other days I feel fine and I don’t usually do a lot to find out why. I just push through it (if I’m working), sleep or rest on the days I don’t feel so good and then the next day is usually totally different. But I don’t mind that some days are not great. I think if I felt great all the time, life would be a bit monotone.
The crappy days are not frequent, but I put it down to many variables: sometimes it’s how much I slept, what I ate, perhaps what the moon is doing (I don’t feel that consciously but maybe it’s a factor). I sort of flow with those times, I think maybe when you have a menstrual cycle and you feel a lot of emotions as I do, you get used to feeling crap for no reason and then feeling fine the next day
I used to want to know why but now it seems of little consequence since it can change frequently for me. Just my experiences 
I know we are all different.
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I think this is because I’ve been spending a lot of time alone lately and really connecting to my true energy. So now when I am feeling different from what I consider my “true” energy, I am aware of it really fast. I then start to question “Where is this coming from?” or “Who’s energy is this?” because I think sometimes I inadvertently pick up other people’s energies and they linger for a while.
As a man, I don’t have to worry about a menstrual cycle, so I expect to feel awesome all the time.
Not that it ever happens that way, but why not set the bar high, hehe.
I definitely have those times when I feel uninspired to do anything, for the most part for me, it seems to come in cycles… when the cycle is good, I will be productive, and get alot of work done, but then when I lapse into my uninspired mode, I will seem to just spiral down and get nothing accomplished. For me at least, sometimes I feel like what we do in our lives, such as eating, and exercising can greatly effect our energies. Think of it this way… drink a soda, and then… an hour or two later.. your energy and mood will completely change. Those body chemical balancing plays a huge role in my opinion on how you will feel threw out the day.
Till then,
Jean
This happens to me all the time. I hate it! It is sort of a depression where you feel like doing nothing, no motivation. You try to work but nothing gets done. I honestly think something has been going on the past month or so because I has become worse. Must be in the stars!
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It seems I’m in your boat Brian – just after my last post on here, my back “went out” something that hasn’t happened to me in *years* and the pain made it extremely difficult to focus on my state of mind, so the back has recovered only to have a tooth start to bother me.. ‘really?!?’ .. ugh, so the long and short of it is that I really feel like the negativity is letting a good bit of physical ailments in – I know this, and getting back into and keeping a positive state of mind has been really difficult (catch 22 if you will) but somehow at the same time I feel there’s something just out of my grasp, something I know, that will get me out of this state, much like Paul finding a truth that rang true to him in his most recent post The Mastering Life Path – all tho much of what he said rang true to me as well, its not exactly the truth I’m seeking at the moment – but, I still do feel like I am very near to my own epiphany somehow.
Who knows, maybe there’s something in the stars/air or what have you – that is speeding up every ones journey to what ever their destination or truth is….? You know, if things were perfect.. none of us would be searching for anything would we?
I definitely agree with you about “the psychic flu.” A while back when I use to work retail I found myself the victim of many peoples energy. When you interact with the population at large you will come to believe that the feelings and attitudes of others can have a profound effect on your own. If I had to deal with a customer that was having a bad day and decided to take it out on me I would suffer for the rest of the day. Maybe I’m overly sensative but to be honest I am the type of person that actually cares even though the job may not have been the greatest. You might be surprised to see how badly people will act when they believe they can get away with it, and these were adults mind you. Over time I learned to basically dull that sense to the point where people didn’t have as much of an effect on me whether the interaction was positive or negative. Perhaps your experience was the cumulative effect of different energies over time and not just necessarily one person Paul. Rather then just a single source it could’ve been caused by a number of contributing factors. By the way I enjoy reading your posts, makes me feel like I’m not as crazy as I think because other people share similar ideas or experiences lol.
When I read your comment, I picked up that you are highly clairsentient / empathic. Were you aware of this?
I like to think of myself as being empathic but I havent spent sufficient time evaluating my clairsentience. Thankyou for the insight paul. When it comes to personal growth I am still very much a work in progress. So much to contemplate and reflect on and at the same time not enough hours in the day, so it would seem.
Oh totally forgot to mention this earlier but I remember a while back I was taking a class in interpersonal communication (I was not a fan of public speeking) at college. There was this study or book if I recall correctly that corelated different types of communication styles or problems with different forms of cancer/disease. Wish I could remember what that article was called. I remember being really surprised when I read that.
I attempt to channel psychic ESP information on the Swine Flu epidemic on August 2 2009. Attempting to channel psychically predictions on the Swine Flu disease pandemic, what will happen in 2009 and 2010.
Amy might be right, but as for prevention, I don’t know. Maybe you did run into someone who needed your energy for the day. maybe your energy helped them find what they needed to stop feeling that way every day? Just a thought, Pauly.
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I happened upon your site through a chain of blog references and gravitated towards this post. The ironic thing is that I’ve had a bad case of this “psychic flu” for a few days now. It was interesting to read your take on it. It makes sense to me that just as our physical bodies get ill, our spiritual bodies may also get ‘ill’… perhaps by under-nourishment or foreign entities. An additional symptom I have is that I don’t feel like I’m entirely grounded to my body. I’m more like an outside observer, very detached. Anyway, interesting post. Glad I found it when I did.
Yes, I know that feeling of being “ungrounded” very well.