Spirit Attachment
Spirit Attachment by Elige Stewart
Possession. Hollywood has grabbed this concept and ran. A spirit intrudes into a (usually young and pretty) person’s body causing all kinds of havoc – from killing boyfriends to puking split pea soup. I don’t think I have to tell you that this is not at all usual. However, the underlying concept – spirit attachment – is far more common than you’d think.
Spirit attachment is basically motivated by when a person dies and they retain a desire to experience the physical world. This can be motivated by the spirit simply wanting to ‘wrap up’ some leftover business or watch over their loved ones in the way they did when they were alive. More often, though, the spirit is driven by a desire to experience something that they can only get in a physical body – drinking, sex, domination, etc. The spirit will then connect with the energy field of a living person to have these experiences, which is spirit attachment.
The effect that spirit attachment has on a person varies. For most, it will manifest as a new or heightened compulsion. This can be very annoying, but rarely causes any alarms to go off unless the compulsion is something of an addictive nature, such as a more robust drinking regimen. Changes in personality, moodiness and a generally disinterested affect also tend to accompany spirit attachment. The person experiencing the attachment frequently reports loss of focus, exhaustion and losing track of time.
Everyone will have this list of circumstances or ‘symptoms’ at some point or another in their life (most likely not all at once though). Personalities can change and morph over time, heightening some traits while downplaying others. In the case of spirit attachment, generally the changes will be fairly extreme. The loss of focus, exhaustion or loss of time management skills will be almost constant. The changes in personality will be marked enough for everyone around you to notice.
Spirit attachment can also manifest as a physical condition. This can be sudden chronic pains that aren’t easily explained by a doctor, loss of sensation, lowered immune response, and sleeping disturbances/insomnia to name the most common conditions. There is a situation where a woman lost her sense of smell for over a year due to spirit attachment. Her sense of smell returned after a spirit release session with a hypnotherapist.
Spirit release is most often addressed in one of three ways: actions taken by ‘host’ of attachment, hypnotherapy or energy work. Sometimes you can quickly identify the main motivating factor of an attachment – e.g. alcoholism, drugs, etc. In this case, eliminating what the spirit wants from your life will cause it to move on. You will usually have to eliminate the trigger for over a month for this method to finally cause the spirit to move on.
Energy work such as Reiki or Quantum Touch can help to address attachment as well. It is a specific technique in energy work (that has come to be known as ‘Psychic Surgery’ in Reiki) that addresses this condition. Not all practitioners of all energy work systems will practice a technique that is effective with spirit attachment. Energy work tends to work best in the situation when you are unsure whether you have an attachment. Most everyone can benefit from regular energy work sessions, so I usually recommend going in to see your Reiki Master and simply let them do what they do. You’ll notice the benefit of this immediately, whether or not you had an attachment.
Hypnotherapy is the best way to go when you are sure you have an attachment. The process is very empowering for the person having the session. It is a direct way to disconnect with the spirit and move on with your life. Some hypnotherapists will call the process ‘Depossession’ as opposed to Spirit Release. Rest assured that it is the same thing.
Spirit attachment is a fairly regular occurrence, but many people will be able to relate to the list of ‘symptoms’ who don’t have an attachment. It is human nature to try to relate to what we are hearing/reading/seeing. The big question is – do these symptoms disrupt your life in some way? Most of the time, if you are experiencing these symptoms you won’t notice whether your life has been disrupted by them. It will be pointed out by a close friend. If these things are disrupting your life, then you may want to consider seeing someone.
Spirit attachment tends to happen during stressful periods of our lives, such as the loss of a loved one, job transition, or severe illness. The two most common places for an attachment to take place – bars and hospitals.
If you feel that you may need spirit release, contact a qualified medical intuitive, hypnotherapist or energy healer. Then call your doctor. If you are having any physical symptoms of spirit attachment, you should see your doctor to address them. Personally, if you are experiencing physical symptoms and you haven’t called/seen your doctor, then I will refuse to see you as a client. The physical symptoms can be a sign of a much bigger and more acute problem that should be cleared by a medical professional with the proper training to help those situations.
Spirit attachment only has as much power as you give it. In the end, you have the control to break free and soar. Sometimes it may require a little outside help, but this should always be a process of empowering you. As always, if you don’t feel uplifted and inspirited/inspired when you leave an intuitive or energetic practitioner, then you should find a new one!