Fragmented Soul

[Verumi]

Trauma from past or current life can fragment a soul. The person may feel like there's something missing. There can be intense sadness which holds a person back. A shaman can journey with this person in an altered state to perform a soul retrieval. The person essentially re-experiences the trauma and associated feelings, and the soul mends.

However, trauma can also create defense mechanisms which also leave a person with similar feelings, and a dead weight inside that holds them back. In this case, a person commits a symbolic suicide which gives that aspect of themself to Death so they can heal and grow, like cutting off a dead part of a plant so it can sprout.

How can you be sure what to do? What if it can't be mended or if that aspect is given up, it just leaves a void in the soul?

[Hamoth]

Trauma from past or current life can fragment a soul. The person may feel like there's something missing. There can be intense sadness which holds a person back. A shaman can journey with this person in an altered state to perform a soul retrieval. The person essentially re-experiences the trauma and associated feelings, and the soul mends.

However, trauma can also create defense mechanisms which also leave a person with similar feelings, and a dead weight inside that holds them back. In this case, a person commits a symbolic suicide which gives that aspect of themself to Death so they can heal and grow, like cutting off a dead part of a plant so it can sprout.

How can you be sure what to do? What if it can't be mended or if that aspect is given up, it just leaves a void in the soul?

Grow.

(lame, it said my post was too short heh)

[Abigail]

Hmm good food for thought.

I believe one does not exclude the other, and I speak from personal experience, though, you know, not everyone is the same so the below was for me,
can't really say it would be the same for everyone.


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In my experience, when things hit home and hit home hard, asin trauma, some people, if not most people will create a defense mechanism.
Not so much as cutting off part of a plant, its more, denying its existence, or focusing on what needs to be done physically to get through the day,
as that can be a tough enough task on it's own. Eventually it wilts and may be overgrown by new sprouts.
I don't think you can actually cut it out, I think it is more not being able to face it.
After a while, when it's fairly covered, it's 'easier' to not dig it back up and see if it can be salvaged.

Though the defense mechanism created by doing this may eventually become a problem, one can only deny part of themselves for so long,
so while it is very hard to do, retrieving those parts of the soul that went missing,
or trying to mend the soul by going back and facing the trauma is imo always a 'need'
The factor is timing though, it can take a long time to feel 'ready' to face it again.