A Gift or Mental Illness?

First let me say “Hello again!”  I have been gone for the last couple of months and am happy to be back blogging!

This post is about a friend who confided in me about her husband.  She knows about my eclectic interests and felt she wouldn’t be judged by me if she told me about the goings on with her hubby…and of course she is right.

We went out a few weeks ago and I told her to invite her hubby as we could possibly be out all night.  She said that he could not go into bars as he was too sensitive and couldn’t handle those types of environments.  This immediately told me that he could be an empath if he had a hard time being around people and not absorbing their energy.  Over the next 2 weeks I told her many resources for her hubby where he could learn about being an empath and learn how to control it so he could be around people.  She eventually told me it was no use because he never wanted to talk about it, learn about it, or find a way to deal with it…he just ignored it.

This weekend she told me more.  Her hubby has said he has demons in his head and always sees things or hear voices.  He told her he doesn’t want to talk about it with her because he is scared that they will get her if he speaks about it.

Well this told me that this is bigger than I first thought.  Is he truly gifted or his he mentally ill?

Many people who have “gifts” are regarded as freaks or crazy people in our society.  Most who have these and don’t want them hide them and ignore their presence.  They truly believe that if they do not use or acknowledge them that they will go away.  Well this isn’t how it works.  They will always be there and it was drive you a little crazy if you ignore it because it is a part of you…just like your heart or your kidneys…you couldn’t deny either of those could you?

But what really makes me think his problems are beyond being a “sensitive” is the fact that he hears multiple voices – they are not loving voices they are mean, dark, and harmful voices.  Rule of thumb when differentiating between a “gift” and a mental illness is that when you have a true gift what you hear and feel is never ever negative…it is always loving and positive and brought to you for your best and highest good.  There are dark entities that try to come through once in a while but once you work in the light these entities know this and won’t try to come through as they know light is love which is the exact opposite of what they are trying to do.

If I had to bet I would say is schizophrenic.  This makes me very said for my friend as trying to help and love a severely mentally ill person who refuses help is like hitting your head against a brick wall – painful and of no use.

She has taken the weekend to herself to figure things out as she has been living with this for 3 years and it has just gotten worse.

My heart absolutely breaks for her but it is up to her to figure out what is for HER best and highest good.