that sounds hard...and I'm sorry, but i think it's also perfectly normal, if that's any consolation. There are layers of toxins and not all of them are physical. If you've done any liver flusghing, you might be familiar with the way emotions can come up with that, old memories, etc...It all passes. Have you tried EFT? It's wonderful for the emotional ups and downs, pains, even panic...whatever. A number of people on this forum would swear by it. Another thing is, it was a full moon yesterday...

and when you fast on water, it's all about the water. :-) The moon pulls at the ocean, and at us: we have tides within us. It will probably get better soon.


hang in there.

Chiron

PS, just saw you've done Two 40 day fasts in the past. Big! congrats on that.

Sorry you're experiencing this. I know that fasting makes you more mentally alert which tends to help with depression, never heard of it doing the opposite though.

My guess would be that since you're more aware of your feelings and your surrounding, past situations that were overlooked before are more obvious now due to the fast b/c when we're fasting we are more intact with reality since we're not distracted by many other things...perhaps there were other things going on in your life that you weren't seeing clearly before that may have been depressing and now that you have a better observation on them the issues are apparent, hence it being depressing...Hunger itself can be depressing even when we're trying for something rewarding.

This is all guessing sorry, I don't know what I'm babbling about or much about fasting really...hopefully someone more experienced can chime in? Take care.

Hi Jen. I am really sorry to hear that. You have been very supportive to me, so I hope now I can return the favour. Breaking up is a pretty traumatic thing, so give yourself a bit of slack. I know that stress is very difficult to cope with when fasting, so I am sure this is the problem. I once was under stress because I was with someone that was totally stressed out. It drove me crazy. My advice is to lie down, shut your eyes, and relax.

Only thing is the relationship issue can't simply be shut away, like I got away from my stressful friend. It will take time to work through. But think of how much better you will look and feel.

If you decide to eat, don't worry, like I said stress can break a fast, I have felt it. Took me 2 days to recover. You know there's plenty of time to fast and look how far you have come already. I find it hard to believe when I knew your story. This is just part of life. You'll get there.

Steve

I do understand you so well. I have never fasted more than 4 days because of depression. Hunger has never been a problem for me. I use food as a drug and am addicted to it.

We can keep within repressed hurt and unresolved issues, often times, whithout being aware of it. So, chances are you are releasing toxins from that part of the brain responsible for emotions.

What Chiron told you about the liver is true. The brain is not the only one responsible for our negative feelings.

I can tell that technique Chiron tells you works. I started to practice it a few weeks ago, following her advise, and it works! I plan to take it with me when I finally decide to try a fast again.

They say that when emotional healing takes place during an extended fast, we emerge confident, more poised and calm after it. It is said the new happier stage can be permanent. A consolation.