The Monster under the bed
- kathy pettet
- Jan 26
- 4 min read
I can recall as a child crying out for my dad or mom to come check under the bed for the boogey man monster, or as my mom would say, "giant dust bunnies." Somehow, when we are children we believe in creepy monsters, things moving toward us in the night, and the unknown dark creatures that lurk below us.
I'm sure, many of you, like myself had experiences in dreams, or sleep walking, or the place in between waking and sleeping, the veil in which dimensions are thin, and access is easy between worlds. Usually, we outgrow these fears, or make sense of them somehow, such as angles are protecting us, loved ones stopped by for a visit, or darkness leans in toward us when we question our integrity or honesty. Like, did I tell my mom the truth when I said I ate 2 pieces of candy, when I know I grabbed 3?
We don't need to store a lot of guilt, shame, anger, worries of not being enough, or feeling rejected when we are 5 or 6 years of age. However, somehow like dust bunnies our emotional turmoil can seem to grow with more experiences of the same stuff we hoped we would never encounter again.
They, in a sense, become the monsters we are running from, don't want to look at, and we harness fears, that include self-doubt, hesitation, the belief in limitations, or the agonizing "not enough syndrome." How many monsters are you hiding under your bed?
Why do we want to address these monsters? The primary reason is that a) they take up a lot of space in the mind, and b) they attract are represent a high degree of negativity that you take wherever you go.
It is important to organize our energy by first being as present as you can in every moment. When we are not present in the moment (when we are, we are 100% in our possession of our energy), then we leave windows and doors open for other energies to occupy our vibration. Essentially, lowering it. Uninvited guests, so to speak.
This is also why it is important to not buy into the world of social medias capacity ot hijack the moment from us. It's really a good engine that chugs into our energetic station, lights us up with things to think about, namely fear based jargon, and before we know it, we're on the next train claiming a side, or a position against another.
Doesn't that seem strange to you? Beyond the human connection, which can be fun, inspiring and entertaining, there's another quality about economic downturn, impending wars, ICE, climate engineering, what bad guy is on the loose, supply chain issues, food shortages, lack of CO2, trees dying, yikes, and can really cause secondary trauma. That is, trauma in the 2nd degree. Our cells, cortisol levels, and strong emotional reactions can challenge us to stay centered, focused, and harmonic.
All of this to say that we become obsessed with finding answers out there somewhere. Tuning in ,and tapping into "news," whether alternative or mainstream, is geared toward getting us to pay attention to what hasn't happened yet, or amplifying a narrative to gain likes, reactions, responses, and many times engineered to start conflict.
These are the monsters under the bed. Worries about tomorrow, not having enough, or whatever the activation is in you, and it can be personal as well. Personal monsters can be old wounds that get reopened, or a current rejection, loss in status, or just the sense that something in you isn't getting what it needs or wants. It's a nasty cycle of false relationships (out there), yea, we're all in this together, to the realization that your are not in any club, because club memberships is based on agreements.
If you don't agree, your'e out. So many people have had hard lessons in being cancelled, ridiculed, outcasted, ignored, dismissed, and mostly because of taking arms on an agenda (and yes many truther's are expounding obvious truths), but the agendas are algo- rigged to cause hurt, pain, and isolation.
So, the new monster under the bed is the primary question of "Am I okay?' Who will tell me if I am? Feeling okay means that you are centered, you'e not out there searching for what's going to happen tomorrow, or the next year (no one has been right yet), or what end of each cycle of the nature of life are we in. You are okay, just off course.
I can say in a counseling practice everyone wants to know they are okay. People want to be accepted, understood, feel free to express whatever in a safe environment, let go of the past, drop the shadows, stop searching for the right thing, stop blaming everyone who cost you your happiness.. My job, I think is not only to suspend judgment, but sometimes to let people know that I will help them look for the monster under the bed. In fact, we will go together, life up the bed covers, take our flashlight, and special monster zapper, and have us a good look.
Let go, you are okay.
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