Some of the messages in the Archives were written by people in the early stages of recovery when they were experiencing rather intense "highs." You may get the idea this is what normalcy is. It is not. Normalcy is when the mood swings are gone, and you have natural feelings of anger and grief when appropriate.

 

These "highs" are due to the excess noradrenaline that is released during the detox crises. As you periodically detox this excess noradrenaline, you will no longer get these "highs."

 

Also, some of you may never get them, especially if you are using the RST while still on an antidepressant. Whether you get these "highs" will also be individual and depend on the intensity of the detox crises (the excitatory nervous symptoms), and how much effort you put into redirecting when you are experiencing these detox crises.

 

When you become post flood and have fewer detox crises, you may get discourged by thinking you should still be getting these "highs." If you still crave them, this is a signal that more repressed anger needs to get out, so it's a time to do some more redirecting.

 

We will have to blame God for creating us this way, so that we are attracted to these "highs' in order to heal. It's seems rather sneaky to me.

 

Normacly means having a sustainable quiet mind, i.e. when you are abused even in a minor way, you be able to process the anger and use the RST to restore your peace of mind.

 

Stay well,  Ellie