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Hello, I'm new to this site, just found it yesterday. I have a question...

I'm convinced that my soul left my body about 11 or 12 years ago and never came back. Is this possible? In all my research, I did finally find that according to old Chinese mysticism, it can happen but is usually accompanied by great physical illness (which I did have very much so at first). Physical (and mental) hindrance is still intermittent; it manifests usually as a deep rooted unshakeable anxiety. What I really want to know is, is there any way to get back my spirit? Since then it feels I've been, at varying levels, just "going through the motions"... not really alive...

Have you heard of susto? It's an "illness" that is believed to be caused by intense fright or traumatic situations in which the soul leaves the body. There are some "symptoms" of susto one can go through like insomnia, nervousness, anorexia (or extreme weight loss). I actually experienced something close to susto a couple years ago. My husband had to go to Canada to get his visa and was gone for 8 months. In that time I went through some great financial burdens, along with raising a child all by myself. I lost over 55 pounds, I couldn't sleep, eat, or even smile. I basically shriveled up into a tiny shell and began to die. It's possible to say the least, although I don't think your soul left you per say, only that a part of you has detached itself due to the inability to deal with something.

The way I got through this (which actually took a year and a half to over come) was that I had to actually "push" through and continue my daily life and old practices despite how hard it was. It was tempting to basically give up, but I began to slowly will myself to heal. I would stress extreme caution though, in this vulnerable stage more malicious entities are drawn to you in this weakened state. Not that they want to possess you or anything, but that by your weakened state they are more apt to gain an upper hand and begin to 'feed' off of you. I would recommend immediate healing for you if this is the case.

Jenfucius stated about shamans and soul retrieval. This is another possibility. A medicine man I knew once had some soul retrieval done for him by a fellow shaman. The shaman actually found an old man with a small boy in his travels. It turns out that the medicine mans' grandfather was holding onto a piece of him and refused to let it go. It was nothing terrible, only that his grandfather loved him and wanted to keep that part of his grandson with him. I would do some "soul searching" if I were you. Or do some soul retrieval yourself if your adept enough to handle that.