How can you work on yourself and talk to a psychologist about the twin flame narrative when no one who hasn’t experienced it really knows what it feels like? I personally went through psychotherapy before I met my twin flame, and that relationship actually showed me how psychology doesn’t always reach deep or wide enough. I turned to somatics and spirituality, and that’s where I feel at home.
What is your perspective on that?
I believe that sometimes you are supposed to go through this alone. In my situation it seems like the universe has put be by myself so I could see more within. It is good to talk to people about these things, but like you said they couldn’t understand it, so I think it’s about trying to understand how you feel. Sometimes you can’t see until time passes and then clarity comes out of the blue. It’s always been a journey of healing within and seeing the unseen. Hard situations for sure!
It’s hard to explain the twin flame journey to someone who doesn’t get it, not only because you don’t feel understood, but also because even with the best intentions they can give you bad advice
What I’ve done is understand that a psychologist is an expert in just psychology. As you wouldn’t ask your therapist about mechanics, you can’t ask them about this either. That’s what forums like this are for, so that someone who knows can teach you and then you can apply both sets of knowledge
I tried therapy once and I had BIG expectations. I feel everyone raves about it nowadays— it’s a great thing, for sure—although it didn’t work for me. Mind you, I was at my lowest point in my life. Lost, zero self-love, I felt truly awful. I remember being so depressed after being disappointed by experience overall. But it was after that episode in my life that I truly found myself. In retrospective, I’m happy how things unfolded even though that chapter of my life was very challenging and the one that broke me entirely. To me it became clear I had had always the knowledge and wisdom within myself, and in my personal path it was not necessary, however I do think at some point in my life it would’ve been useful and perhaps I would’ve had more skills and a bit of awareness to navigate the challenges of life in general. That I will never know. So this leads me to the conclusion that therapy does give a level of awareness and certain depth to yourself. You know, I think it’s true when they say “all paths lead to God”, because no journey is the same. This reminds me that my dearest friend, who’s been a great source of support and understanding like nobody has been with this specific experience, takes therapy. She’s so compassionate and aware that sometimes it astonishes me to see her growth and beautiful soul. I do think therapy has helped her and it’s some sort of bridge for her.
In conclusion do what’s best for you and what you feel comfortable and resonates with you. Therapy must’ve helped you as well, but spirituality let you dig even deeper, just as it did for me.