There are many people and organizations in society who believe in spiritual attachments, some in the cases of possession and the consumption of a spirit. It is important to understand regardless of those who feel this way, whether on a personal or professional level that darkness and despair can often be caused by the mind. It is our jobs as professionals to recognize the difference between spiritual attachment and mental health.
Hormones, drug dependency, reactions to your environment and circumstances can also play into the part of one believing that they are being “personally haunted” by a spirit. A new tenant hears that the building is haunted, a man takes acid to escape and hallucinates, and a teenage boy is going through puberty and is drawn to paranormal world. These are all common things that happen to everyday people that may lead them to believe that they are being possessed or have a spirit attachment.
In order to diagnose spiritual attachment or mental instability, we have to look at all factors to each and every case. You have to ask yourself if you have placed yourself in a position for a spiritual attachment. Do you want to have a spiritual attachment? Do you feel like this attachment came with your surroundings? Do you feel that maybe you’re creating this experience because of some personal mental experience? There are many questions you have to ask yourself, before reaching out to professionals that may or may not help.
There are certain spirits that will latch onto the living, and actually drain their energy. There are many types of parasitic entities, some are human and some are not. From my years of experience and possibly from some experiences of those reading this, you know that this is true. So what causes a spirit or entity to latch onto someone?
Imagine if you will, that you decide to go down to Mexico for the weekend just to get away. You drive through many small towns, travel the dusty highways looking for adventure. However, through all of your traveling, you rarely run across anyone who speaks English. When you do, it’s like the doors of Heaven have opened up and you feel an immediate kinship with that person. You want to talk forever, express what you’ve seen; what you do in a nutshell is you become attached to that person. This is how many spirits feel when they travel the spiritual roads by themselves.
The most important point I hope to get across in this article is that “spirits” are simply people. There is nothing spooky or mysterious about the. We are all spirits at our core. Treat spirits with respect and compassion while still protecting you when necessary. Remember they have feelings and they are only people like us. They feel fear too, as well as desperation, sadness, joy and elation. Most of them are lost and simply need some help in finding their way to contentedness and happiness.
Those who go out of their way to find spirits, such as “ghost hunters” often times put themselves at risk of a spiritual attachment. In most cases the “ghost hunters” go to locations that have had some tragic history or something traumatic events that have happened there in order to communicate with the spirit or spirits. This is highly dangerous in so many regards. For one, the spirits are often times upset that you have intruded into their space in order for them to “perform” for the camera. You wouldn’t like it either if camera crews just suddenly showed up at your house either. Second of all, what you are doing by going to his location is placing yourself in a spiritual timeframe and enveloping yourself in the spirits circumstances, many times without even doing the proper research. So when you are delving into the location and putting all your attention into your tasks, the spirit views you as a being of hope in order to resolve some issues of their own.
So what happens when a spirit attaches their energies to you? Well, that depends on what type of spirit you have that is attached to you. In most cases, the person that is being drained of their energy because of an attachment would generally know.
If it is a human spirit, then in most cases all you have to do is find out who this spirit is and how they died. Find out how to resolve their issues with them in order for them to eventually detach themselves from you and move onto a much happier place.
If it not a human spirit, and you believe it is something else, then you should reach out to a professional such as someone holding a psychological position, or talk with your minister or priest, or even talk with a well-regarded medium and ask for guidance.
Spiritual attachments should not be taken lightly. Always remember that when you put yourself in a situation or encompass yourself in a world that you don’t understand; there are always consequences. Always do your research before going to a location, before buying that new home, renting that apartment, or putting yourself in a spiritual situation.