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Oh, I can DEFINITELY relate to that!! If I hadn't done a lot of pre-work, and didn't have my boyfriend, I wouldn't have been able to make it through.
I would recommend staying where you are at ~70% raw, and then look into healing yourself in whatever other way appeals to you.
For instance, perhaps you'd want to get regular massages, or energy healing, maybe acupuncture. Perhaps you'd want to work with a Chinese herbalist to create harmony and balance in your body. Maybe you'd be drawn to an herbal supplement that can help cleanse your kidneys, or liver, adrenal glands, or other organ. Perhaps you'd want to find a supportive friend or therapist.
There are a myriad of ways to achieve healing and growth out there - and doing something like taking a supplement to cleanse your kidney or getting a massage isn't typically as overwhelming as the detox invovled in going 100% raw.
After you do that for a while, a couple months maybe, when you're drawn to it again, then increase your raw food intake and see what happens. Especially if you're working with someone else, particularly a healer of some kind, they can help support you through the harder aspects of the detoxing.
For myself, I had to feel 100% loved, 100% supported, 100% safe, and 100% not be left alone in order to make it through. I needed my BF's constant presence for about 48 hours, and then for the next 48 hours I needed him about half the time (when I needed him, not on a schedule), and then there were several days where I just sat alone, staring into space, while my mind went through a tornado of chaos, and settled into a new way of being.
I've been through a lot, more than I think most people can begin to understand, but in many ways, that was THE HARDEST WEEK of my life. It lasted only 7 days, but it felt more like a year. My BF being there the way I needed was really key - and deepened our love, connection and bond beyond description.
But I'd also been working with a healer for other things, and I knew I could call on her. So I knew that was an option. But absolutely no way could I have gotten through that alone. No way.
Oh, and I did on occasion turn to a, um, alternative way of numbing the feelings when it got to be too much. Mostly I tried to go through it, embrace it, but there were 2 days when it was just too much and I just couldn't do it. So I found something that would help take the edge off so I could make it from one minute to the next.
Some people would say that's unhealthy, but I figured it was better than completely losing it, getting suicidal and going off the deep end. And I made it through! That's the important part.
Last edited by RawFoodGrl : 01-26-2008 at 06:50 PM.
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