Centering & Grounding

[iCheer86]

I am in school right now and we are studying centering and grounding. Up until this point in school I have felt very comfortable but now things have changed.
It has taken me several days to come to this forum and ask for guidence and or help. I have bipolar disorder that is fairly well under control with meds, and yes I take my meds everyday. My question is how do I stay grounded and centered with clients that are depressed or angry and not get that way myself. I hope you all can understand my problem here.
Thank You

 

[CLJC]

Hi Cuda. Welcome to the forums. When I was in school I was a bit uncomfortable with these discussions, too, particularly when they got to talking about the concern of "taking on bad energy". It helps a lot to realize most of what we see is attitude. Use language you understand, then decide not to take on someone else's bad attitude. You do get to decide how to respond to situations and to people, and decide what your attitude will be from moment to moment. I *do* understand that bipolar is not within your control, and I am *not* suggesting that you should change how you deal with your own illness - just as far as dealing with others and their effects on you, you do have authority over your responses.

I have found that there are certain people who ALWAYS rub me the wrong way, and those are people I chose not to deal with. Their money is no good here. Those are the people who respond with anger to anything not to their liking, those who are abusive, and those who talk endlessly about what is wrong with their lives but refuse to make changes and refuse to see that they have any options. What you don't want to deal with may be different, but it is your choice to not deal with them.

HTH. You will do fine.

 

[yep deff]

Hi, Cuda!

Being in school is the ideal place to learn how to deal with your B/P triggers, etc in relationship to centering and grounding, and dealing with personality types that may "push triggers" for you. It is a reasonably safe arena [at least my school was] to ask for guidance from instructors on how to deal with "difficult people" in the "real world".

Rose of Sharon's advice w/ regard to handling your response to potential triggering situations is totally on the mark. I have been diagnosed as marginally bipolar with post-traumatic stress disorder [just because one thing isn't "fun" enough!] Learning your own personal stressful situation handling tools is your best bet when centering, grounding, and learning not to take on the energies of others. If someone makes you feel uncomfortable, check for triggers, etc and decide what to do from there. That's basically what not taking on the bad energy of others is all about.
School is a good place to develop a full "tool kit" to deal with things, other than massage, that you will encounter in your massage practice.

Blessings to you and best wishes,
J