Shield Failure

[fallenangel]

I can't shield. I try...and it fails. Has anyone else ever had trouble shielding? I am an Empath and have been thinking that may be the cause of some of it. This is getting very frustrating for me. Thanks.

[monsnoleedra]

I can't shield. I try...and it fails. Has anyone else ever had trouble shielding? I am an Empath and have been thinking that may be the cause of some of it. This is getting very frustrating for me. Thanks.

I do under certain conditions. Especially so if I was angered or frustrated when I created the type of shielding I was creating at the time. For instance using mirrors as a shield to reflect things away fails for me when I get my own anger trapped in the mirrors as I create the image. Using fog or smoke shields tend to fail for me when I stand out like a firey beacon and counter the hiding or masking effect / affect of the shield.

On a side note it might also be the manner or method you use to create your shields. Perhaps you'd care to expound upon that facet, it would give us a better understanding of the why of it.

[RandallS]

I can't shield. I try...and it fails. Has anyone else ever had trouble shielding? I am an Empath and have been thinking that may be the cause of some of it. This is getting very frustrating for me. Thanks.

How are you creating your shields and what is making them fail?

[fallenangel]

I do under certain conditions. Especially so if I was angered or frustrated when I created the type of shielding I was creating at the time. For instance using mirrors as a shield to reflect things away fails for me when I get my own anger trapped in the mirrors as I create the image. Using fog or smoke shields tend to fail for me when I stand out like a firey beacon and counter the hiding or masking effect / affect of the shield.

On a side note it might also be the manner or method you use to create your shields. Perhaps you'd care to expound upon that facet, it would give us a better understanding of the why of it.

I do it the way that I was taught....basically, after meditation, I envision a bubble...or a net around me and my area that I am in.

[fallenangel]

How are you creating your shields and what is making them fail?

Basically, after I meditate I envision a bubbe or a net around myself and the area that I am in.

As for what could cause them to fail? Idk...I have adult ADHD and I would LOVE to blame it on that, but I don't think that is it. A lot of people I care about are hurting and are in varying degree's of pain...so I have all of that to contend with, as well as my own.

I guess one could say that I am just too distracted to remain focused..

[Owl]

I do it the way that I was taught....basically, after meditation, I envision a bubble...or a net around me and my area that I am in.

I have to ground first to shield properly, and now, if I am grounded I am shielded. Oh, and I am an empath, so being one will not stop you.

[fallenangel]

I have to ground first to shield properly, and now, if I am grounded I am shielded. Oh, and I am an empath, so being one will not stop you.

That's great to hear....lately, I have been "feeling" someone inside my shield with me and then it breaks. I guess I am just....distracted.

[monsnoleedra]

I do it the way that I was taught....basically, after meditation, I envision a bubble...or a net around me and my area that I am in.

Strickly for discussion but I wonder if your setting up your shields to cover and protect you alone or if your trying to expand and contract them. I know for me I have personal shields that are about me at all times. Then I have protections I set up that surround my home, car, etc that are seperate from my personal shields. My personal shield only a few inches to about a foot away from my body but I never extend it to envelope others.

If your constantly trying to expand and contract your shield it doesn't suprise me that it would fail over and over. Especially given that if you try to bring it about other's then your bringing thier issues into your shields and subjecting yourself to them.

[RandallS]

Basically, after I meditate I envision a bubbe or a net around myself and the area that I am in.

You might try envisioning the outer surface of your skin as your shield. That would give you something more concrete to envision and perhaps make it less likely that distractions would interfere.

[fallenangel]

Strickly for discussion but I wonder if your setting up your shields to cover and protect you alone or if your trying to expand and contract them. I know for me I have personal shields that are about me at all times. Then I have protections I set up that surround my home, car, etc that are seperate from my personal shields. My personal shield only a few inches to about a foot away from my body but I never extend it to envelope others.

If your constantly trying to expand and contract your shield it doesn't suprise me that it would fail over and over. Especially given that if you try to bring it about other's then your bringing thier issues into your shields and subjecting yourself to them.

I haven't gotten that far yet....my shields are intended for me and me only. I don't trust myself to even attempt to try and bring another into it.

A side note....a friend's mother claims she can see aura's (I really don't put much stock into what she has to say, she is Wiccan one minute, New Age the next...and Shamanic whenever the mood strikes her) and that mine is missing a piece and that's why I am having so many problems in general.