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Thank you, @AwakenedSoul444! I will talk to my doctor about it. He's a psychiatrist, but he understand a lot about spirituality. He says I have to ground myself, but I never took it seriously. Now I'm willing to earth myself more, but still don't have too many techniques on how to do it. I'm going more to nature, I walk barefoot, work with earth and it calms me down a little bit (I'm in city right now, but I'm going to countryside whenever I have the opportunity).

I'll send you a PM on how I activated it. I didn't know about the diet. I'll just check this book. Edit: just found this website: https://biologyofkundalini.com/

It's easier the neighbourhood be a potential danger to him than otherwise.

I had tried some breathing exercises similar to Holotropic Breathwork and Shamanic Breathing. They may make you want to scream and cry desperately. I screamed a lot when I had done Holotropic Breathwork (I screamed like a savage). Even Julien Blanc's pranic breathing makes me cry. It's pretty normal breathing exercises make you cry. But you may want to do it with someone you trust in order to hug this person if needed and have some support. Your stuck emotions are probably emerging, so seek help of a friend or even a trusted therapist. Sometimes seeking help of family is a problem due to the emotional baggage, but if you have a trusted family member that wants to REALLY help and stay present with you, don't hesitate to contact this person.

I had the so-called psychosis in 2015. Every psychosis is a spiritual emergency, but not every spiritual emergency is a psychosis. When we can't observe our ego, we tend to get into psychosis, but, when we can observe our ego, the spiritual emergency tends to be calmer. The approach to help him also depends on his paradigm. If he's utterly Blue or Orange, a psychiatric hospital may be a good choice. If he's utterly Orange or Green, maybe some specific places such as Soteria houses (if I'm not wrong, there are Soteria houses in Germany, like this one: https://www.zfp-web.de/) and programs such as Open Dialogue are a better choice. Remember that your friend is a reflection of your own fears. Depending of his "psychosis", he's facing deep layers of fears, maybe even related to his childhood traumas. You mentioned he was afraid of being raped, so there's a good chance of him being raped when he was a child. Unconditional love is the answer for these cases, so you'll have to stay really present with him, but, and that's a big BUT, take care of your own fears. Be safe too. I hope this helps Edit: you may want to take a look at these materials: The book Rethinking Madness by Paris Williams, Ph.D (the PDF is for free: http://www.rethinkingmadness.com/); Every Daniel Mackler's documentaries; Sean Blackwell's videos about healing bipolar on YouTube (it may seem that bipolar is a different thing, but it's very similar and also helps to heal other types of mental conditions); The book Am I Bipolar Or Waking Up by Sean Blackwell (the PDF is for free: https://www.bipolarawakenings.com/); Materials of Stanislav Grof (he has some old views about spiritual emergency and psychosis, but it's still worthy to take a look); Some videos of Laura Delano on YouTube; Will Hall's website has some resources: https://willhall.net/.

What I can say is: "take it easy. Few people on this world are truly happy. You're not alone." I don't consider myself overly happy, but I had worst days where I didn't talk to anyone. Feeling my emotions helped me a lot, because I can feel the contrast of life. Anyway, I still feel the horizon is far away. Edit: why being unhappy is so bad?

Please, I hope people don't misinterpret it as an attack. I'm only describing what I'm feeling. After watching many Leo's videos, I've noticed that I have a slight discomfort when I do it. It's kind like a lonely vibe. Tons of Leo's ideas are important like the PUA rant, the whole spiral dynamics series, ideology, raising rockstar kids, meditation videos, etc, but I still feel this lonely vibe that comes from these videos. I would describe the videos this way: they lack happiness. Personal development also seems to be egotistical. It's not that you shouldn't work on yourself, but if you reach a point where you don't read even a fiction book anymore you're doomed to sadness. It's not because you're avoiding taking action, but because a fiction book connects us with other people. I'm not sure of that, but I think it is simple psychology: connect yourself with things you like in order to connect with people (of course you can have strong bonds with other people by other ways). Being enlightened may be awesome, but it doesn't make you different from other people. The happiest moments I had in my life I was sharing with other people, helping them, and having fun with them. I can't feel it coming from Leo's videos and materials. They seem not to be human. Sorry if my post seems to be negative. It was not my intention. Just what I'm feeling.

I understand that patriarchy is a problem, that many men took a lot advantage of women during history, but I still can't digest the "Toxic Masculinity" terminology the way it's portrayed nowadays. I used to hang out with maybe Green guys who were into feminism and into very woo-woo stuff and I also used to go to men's circles. When I tried to talk about Shadow Work with these guys, they generally remained quiet or said things like: "the light is the answer, I hold with the light because it's better." Maybe they don't understand the idea of Shadow Work, but I have the feeling they don't like the idea of integrating their shadows. It's like if you integrate your shadow, you become a toxic man. I think it's a huge problem that we face nowadays and no wonder guys like Jordan Peterson are getting famous. We have a huge lack of masculine figures. I see these Green guys abusing of spiritual substances and complaining about the government all the time (they generally hate Bolsonaro and Trump). I don't think Bolsonaro and Trump are overly good guys because they display a lot of toxic masculinity, but they are also a huge opportunity to integrate our shadow. Instead of cursing Bolsonaro or Trump, it's far better to analyse their behaviours in a way that can benefit us. I wonder if these men's circles that spreads the terminology "Toxic Masculinity" are really doing some good. They defend the idea of being a social justice warrior, so they ask you to alarm other men about their toxic masculinity and give them the example they should follow. I find it really obnoxious. The "Toxic Masculinity" terminology seems to be used nowadays for masculinity in general, instead of a thing that really harms women and the world.

Is it accurate? I heard from some women that they don't get that bond and love having sex with different guys. But they may be "lying" to me or to themselves. Do you know a good book about this subject?

I've been eating very badly last months, but yesterday I decided to cut sugar. I remember keto diet made my mood get slightly better and I lost a lot of weight (10 kg in 2 months). I was reading a book by David Perlmutter and Kristin Loberg when I did it. These days, I've usually been eating whole grains, beans, wild rice, salad, meat, chicken, fish, eggs and dairy.

I used to listen to him when I got very depressed and when I broke up with my ex-girlfriend. He has a very soft voice and can make us feel calmer.

I relate to you. I have talent for drawing, but that's not my passion for sure. I get bored with it despite I'm able to create good stuff that people love. I'd rather be teaching or creating YouTube videos instead of drawing. Sometimes I enjoy drawing, but I do it as any other form of mindful activity, not a true passion. And this little enjoying for something might be very confusing because you think: "Oh, I kind enjoy doing it, so it may be my passion." After doing it for more than 2 hours: "Damn, I hate it! I can't stand doing it anymore! I thought it was my passion!" Then some time pass and you want to do that same thing again (because it's just like any activity that you may have some interest, but it's still NOT your passion) and the same loop happens. And if I use this logic that anything I enjoy doing is my passion, I would be passionate for teaching, helping people, creating videos, drawing, sculpting, reading and writing. I would have many passions. It's a difficult thing to define and no wonder Cal Newport wrote a whole book about it. I heard several times from many artists: "If you get bothered, it's not your passion." I hope it helps you.

Thank you for your perspective, @Commodent. I will take a look at Mackler's videos and materials with a more open-mind.

Yeah, there is a guy here in Brazil who has a famous YouTube channel about libertarianism (anarchocapitalism) and I can't digest his ideas. I think libertarianism lacks a basic foundation and this idea of "no violence" is not accurate. It's in fact naïve to think that everybody would agree about this "no violence" stuff. From a psychological perspective, men have an inner warrior that, out of balance, can become a shadow warrior and even kill people sadistically. Men also have an inner king that, out of balance, would become a tyrant. So how these out of balance archetypes would work on a libertarian society? I don't know how because I never saw a perfect society where everybody is balanced. I'm aware of my potential to evil, so I wouldn't think a libertarian society would fit me. If there are perfect guys out there, okay, maybe it works, but I never met any of them.

@Yog, I enjoy your imagination, sir. Have some sleep by the way.

That's a very interesting perspective. I wouldn't say it's paranoid. I would say it's clever. I think that not receiving a lot of ads and manipulative feedback is great too.

I haven't watched for a while because the last ones I watched stretched my mind too much. Teal Swan also stretched my mind too much, so I had to take a break. Maybe after his Spiral Dynamics series things became more repetitive. But remember that you can take knowledge from many other teachers and sources (it's even advisable to do so).

I was thinking about that these days. Just Gmail is a bit difficult to stop using and sometimes I would need to use Google, but not all the time.

I tried to have an open-mind about libertarianism, but I still can't figure out how it would work.

I like him very much and I have watched some of his documentaries about mental disorders. He posts some articles in Mad In America website, but I have a strong feeling that he holds too much resentment towards his parents and he lets it affect most of his opinions. I'm not sure about his views about psychotherapy and coaching because they don't seem to be very accurate. He advocates self-therapy and seems to forget that talking to another human-being may be much more effective for healing. Buy, yeah, I find his documentaries awesome. By the way, they are on the internet for free (what's very nice from him). Obs.: he has a video about Jordan Peterson, so maybe people here would be curious about Mackler's opinion on it.

"No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell." - Carl Jung

They have been censoring YouTube a lot too. I see many YouTubers complaining about their platform these days. I think it's a huge opportunity for another company to beat down Google, because there are many people disatisfied with their services.

Once I thought I was a psychopath, but I would say I just haven't integrated my shadows properly (for example, I felt that if I said "no" to a person, I was being a psychopath). I do feel guilt, shame and regret, but I still have a hard time with enlightenment. Maybe the most near of enlightenment I reached was during psychosis, what I can describe as an "I'm everything and everything is me" moment. What I conclude is that I have very little understanding about psychopathy. They say it's caused by traumas, but people with schizophrenia and even bipolar disorder had many traumas and they still can overcome them. Maybe there are many other factors such as biological, psychological, emotional and spiritual ones.

It recalls a video that Teal Swan's point out that guys need to make women feel safe. If I understood it right, she suggests integrating our shadows in order to do it. There's a book she recommends called King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette. The books points out that, yeah, there tyranical women and men, and that men shouldn't be blamed for all bad things that are happening on Earth. But, I have a question about this guy's video. Why a real man wouldn't be bothered about the way "Toxic Masculinity" terminology is being used nowadays? This book that I mentioned describes a man who had problems with women treating him badly due to his masculine behaviors in job and then he gets in touch with the masculine energy in order to overcome it. He then finds another better job. So I don't think a "real" man wouldn't be concerned with the "Toxic Masculinity" term the way it's being used nowadays.

Sorry, I just didn't notice your last question. I just take some precautions on clubs that some gay people go to (some guys are really repulsive). It happened of women trying to harass me sometimes, but I wouldn't say it's a big deal (and it probably happens with a very low frequency if compared to women). I tried the POV exercise, but I'm trying to understand what you want to teach me.