I have a feeling that my past life memories might have made me susceptible to severe mental illness today.

[rose243]

I have schizophrenia anxiety and depression. It was always a very sensitive child and I was known as a day dreamer in primary school. I think that in my past life i suffered from something very traumatic and thus it made me more susceptible to trauma today. I was hypersensitive. I think that my schizophrenia was caused by both present trauma and past life trauma I also suffer with a bit of ocd but it has calmed down a bit. Could it be possible that past life trauma can make you susceptible to mental illness through making your soul sensitive by putting you in a body that makes you sensitive. Could this be true

 

[CodeNevermind]

I have schizophrenia anxiety and depression. It was always a very sensitive child and I was known as a day dreamer in primary school. I think that in my past life i suffered from something very traumatic and thus it made me more susceptible to trauma today. I was hypersensitive. I think that my schizophrenia was caused by both present trauma and past life trauma I also suffer with a bit of ocd but it has calmed down a bit. Could it be possible that past life trauma can make you susceptible to mental illness through making your soul sensitive by putting you in a body that makes you sensitive. Could this be true

I've always sort of held this belief. You carry things over from the past to the present. It might not be necessarily the healthiest way of looking at things, but I personally always felt that a lot of the mental and physical illness/symptoms I suffer from currently are both simply things I was born with/had inflicted on me, but also a sort of "result" of the kind of life I used to live. A way for the universe to tell me "don't forget your mistakes". I don't quite think I see it as a "punishment", more like a "you get what you pay for" situation.

Depression, anxiety, a constant foggy/dreamlike sensation, aches and pains...yes, sure, all things I've just acquired in this life through what I've experienced or just by chance. But to me it's both that, and a case of just experiencing consequences of my past carelessness. It's possible I wouldn't be feeling this specific way and experiencing these specific things if I hadn't abused my body so much in my past life. Long-lasting effects that go beyond even death, maybe. Phantom drug withdrawals. At least it's encouraged me to take care of my body and stay far away from making the same mistakes again, because they feel incredibly easy to make, and I often feel like I've already made them, despite definitely not using hard drugs or acquiring certain illnesses in this life. All you can really do is just be kind to yourself and do the best you can, I suppose. I choose to avoid seeing them as punishments. But I do often explore possibilities like this as a way of helping myself understand things and feel more peace.