Acne -the metaphysical root cause

When acne comes it's never by accident. It's been a long time coming. It's like a dam. There has been pressure and overtime the pressure built up and has burst the banks resulting in the painful eruptions.

Emotionally your bursting at the seems, the pressure you feel, that you'd rather others not know about, the pressure your attempting to alchemise by working harder is not going unnoticed by your body.

On a physical level, the rigid forcing has depleted your mineral and nutrient levels, your blood is acidic and your bones are being leached of minerals to balance out the acidity in your blood. Your likely consuming an excess of sugar to compensate for the lack of sweetness you feel in your life because your too busy trying to stop your world from caving in.

Relationally your probably taking on other people's stuff, your overly responsible, the world waking tomorrow feels like yours and only your responsibility. If the floors don't get cleaned, who else is going to do it, so you martyr.

On an emotional level you feel like a failure, your desperation leads to bad decisions, you inadvertently backstab those closest to you in an attempt to stop your ship from sinking, you mean well but your in survival mode, your on a hamster wheel and you have no idea how to get off. So you stay on, if you don't stop running maybe your legs won't feel tired.

Acne on the face is a cry for help, can't they see I'm hurting, im struggling, someone save me?

Acne on the back and shoulders, means the weight of the world is on your shoulders, your trying to carry it all yourself, it's less overt, less in your face, your starting to hold the pain independently, you've learnt that no one is listening, no one is coming to help.

Acne on the bum/buttox is complete martyr. Your embarrassed, fiercely independent, don't like to ask for help and maybe when you do your seeking it from the people who'll never help you or they'll make you beg and then give you peanuts. You feel alone, abandoned, you feel like no one cares, no one's going help you, no one's coming to save you and you feel like a broken record. Your stuck in ground hog day, the loop of misery. You put on a brave face but it hurts, you want things to get better, your desperately looking for a solution and every time you think you've found one, another round of fuckery comes to smack you up the arse.

Acne is brutal, it's a signpost of trauma, the ubdigested life and emotional experiences that make life less than easy.

Moving forward and healing from acne. Is about giving up, honestly? no!

But it is about surrender (which can feel like giving up)

It's surrendering what no longer serves because all the forcing hasn't got you anywhere anyway. It's about stripping back and letting the dust settle, breathing, moving, and learning to exist without the constant forcing. Sitting still for long enough to hear the still small nudges of your inner guidance, and witnessing your inspiration raise your life energy and fill you with light again.

Feeling full of light might only be momentary but the more you stop for a minute and allow your inspiration to flow again, the more, bit by bit you'll be filled with the light. The lightness that has you skip for a

Moment on the pavement and do an excited giggle as things start coming together rather than falling apart.

The lightness within draws you to joy once again, friendships start feeling nourishing again, laughter, joyfulness, playfulness fills the air, your heart fills with love, shit still happens in your life sometimes but it doesn't feel as heavy and before you notice three months has gone by, the mirror has barely seen you and you realise the acne is no more.

The shadow has lifted and you didn't even know it