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The Falcon
18:54 / 30.09.02
Hey, I don't know the etiquette required here - if any, so I'll dive right in.

Background is I'm currently living at home (I know), and that my father has chronic fatigue syndrome, and cannot currently work (he's a maths teacher, and teachers seem to suffer these things a fair bit... anyway.) He has also recently been denied a pension, despite the fact he's now not been working over a year - which means his income is reduced to the pittance that the UK benefits agency sees fit to give him. My mother is working all the time (as a self-employed chiropodist,) and I'm contributing what little I can from my bar job to help, but it's getting quite difficult for them, and me.

Furthermore, my dad seems depressed and bottles it up, making him uncommunicative, and I am tired all the time - I have been for about 3 years. There is, naturally, some concomitant friction in the house, and distress.

So... any practical magic (or practical/magic) solutions?

Any and all help most appreciated.

And, uh, that Rabbit-demon from Donnie Darko is really playing on my mind, and I keep thinking I see figures in the distance which are not 'really' there - I've done the latter for years, but it's intensified recently. I don't know if this is relevant.
 
 
ceridwen
04:28 / 01.10.02
ok, so this is over my head, but you did ask for practical solutions as well.... sing. or hum. really. in such icky circumstances any positive action helps. i think of this in two ways. if thought creates reality (which is the way i do things), then you'll be sending yourself signals that you are not getting stuck, and sucked into the ickness. also it's a bit of an invitation for lightness, for lack of a better word, to come round.

you know how after a good cleaning, or rearanging the furniture, a house seems so much more inviting? it's the same sort of thing. a change of focus can do a lot of good, really. and your head becomes a much better place to be in.
 
 
The Falcon
10:20 / 01.10.02
But, I'm not really asking for help for myself...

Well, partly.
 
 
Papess
11:01 / 01.10.02
I highly recommend colonic irrigation for your father.

For you....a massage. As far as anything magickal at the moment, I cannot think of anything off the top of my head, other than invoking compassionate deities or a sigil.

Really, I am serious about the colonic therapy.

~MT
 
 
Papess
15:00 / 01.10.02
Here is a wonderful puja for healing, tantric style.

Green Tara

She has vowed to aid those who seek her, swiftly and with compassion. My heart never fails to smile when I think of Her.

~MT
 
 
illmatic
18:08 / 01.10.02
I'd second May with that Tara puja, it rocks, I'd suggest doing a bit of research into Her meanings also.

I don't know for the rest of it - small steps, I'd guess.
Are there any support organisations for chronic fatigue syndrome? I'm sure support networks exist for people with ME - I don't know if the two are related. You could check with your GP.I'll look into this when I have a bit more net time. There are a lot of one-stop phone counselling organisations around as well, which might be useful, in terms of talking to someone for yourself or him, though he might not take kindly to the suggestion. When I say yourself, i mean they might be able to point you to some decent referals/organisations.

That's all for now - more later.
 
 
The Falcon
00:13 / 04.10.02
Thanks guys, it's OK most of the time, really, but I had my mum crying to me the night I posted that, and there are few things worse.

I appreciate all help, and I'll look at the puja (?!) and into the colonic irrigation (!)

Thanks a lot
 
 
The Falcon
00:15 / 04.10.02
That URL doesn't work. Is it Phil Hine's site?
 
 
illmatic
07:38 / 04.10.02
Yeah, it is on Phil's site in the Tantra section, in the Archives.(weird that link worked for me).
 
  
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