Why Spiritually Sensitive People Sometimes Feel Abandoned Between Realities
There’s a phase in spiritual transformation that almost nobody talks about.
A strange, disorienting period where everything that once guided you suddenly seems to go quiet.
Your intuition feels different.
The signs stop appearing the way they used to.
Your spiritual connection feels distant.
The synchronicities fade.
Your inner knowing becomes harder to access.
And for many spiritually sensitive people, this creates panic.
They assume something is wrong.
That they’ve lost their gifts.
Lost their connection.
Lost themselves.
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When the Guidance Goes Quiet
I know this phase well because I recently went through it myself.
For years, I lived deeply connected to my intuition. I could feel energy clearly. My sessions flowed naturally. I trusted my knowing.
Then suddenly…
silence.
At the exact same time, my entire life began reorganizing itself.
I had left a soul-draining job that no longer aligned with who I was becoming. Financial uncertainty surfaced. Old structures collapsed. My nervous system felt stretched between realities.
And the strangest part was this:
I could no longer “see ahead” the way I used to.
Spiritually sensitive people often rely heavily on intuition to help navigate life. Many of us become accustomed to sensing direction before physical proof arrives.
But during this phase, it felt as though the guidance system itself had gone offline.
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I Thought I Had Blocks
At first, I believed something was wrong with me.
I thought perhaps fear, trauma, stress, or financial anxiety had somehow disconnected me from my gifts.
I began wondering if I had blocks.
And honestly?
Many spiritually sensitive people immediately assume this when their intuition changes.
But eventually, through both my own experiences and those of clients, I began to understand something deeper.
Sometimes the silence is not punishment.
Sometimes the silence is initiation.
The Space Between Realities
I now think of this phase as Radio Silent Mode.
The crossing between realities.
The space between an old identity and a new embodiment.
In many ancient initiation stories, a person eventually leaves the safety of the tribe and enters the forest alone.
They are no longer who they were…
But they have not yet fully become who they are meant to be, either.
No one can walk the path for them.
No one can take the test on their behalf.
At some point, they must choose consciously.
I believe spiritually sensitive people often experience something very similar during profound periods of transformation.
There comes a point where the signs quiet down.
The constant reassurance fades.
The spiritual hand-holding stops.
Not because we are abandoned.
But because the soul is learning how to stand fully within itself.
The Teachers Are Quiet During the Test
There’s a phrase that kept coming to me during this phase:
“The teachers are quiet during the test.”
And honestly?
It can feel horrible.
There is grief in this space.
Fear.
Disorientation.
Loneliness.
Moments where you genuinely wonder if you imagined your gifts entirely.
Especially if your intuition had previously been one of the main ways you navigated life.
But looking back now, I can see something important.
The silence forced me to trust myself in a way I never had before.
Not my signs.
Not my predictions.
Not my psychic impressions.
Myself.
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I had to move forward without certainty.
I had to become willing to build a life aligned with my soul, even if no spiritual confirmation arrived first.
And honestly, that was terrifying at times.
Because many spiritually sensitive people unconsciously use intuition as a survival strategy.
We try to “see ahead” in order to feel safe.
We want reassurance before we leap.
But this crossing asks something different of us.
Presence.
Embodiment.
Trust.
Instrument flying through the fog.
And strangely enough…
once I fully surrendered to the crossing…
Things began moving again.
The Return of Coherence
Support appeared.
New opportunities emerged.
My sessions deepened.
My work evolved.
And my connection returned in an entirely different form.
Not as constant external validation…
but as embodiment.
Since then, I’ve started recognizing this same pattern in many clients.
People who feel fragmented.
Disconnected.
Exhausted.
Emotionally untethered.
People whose old lives no longer fit.
People standing somewhere between survival and coherence.
And often, hidden beneath the fear, is the quiet belief:
“Something must be wrong with me.”
What If Nothing Is Wrong?
But what if something else is happening?
What if the silence is not abandonment…
But transition?
What if your soul is reorganizing itself around a higher level of coherence, embodiment, authenticity, and alignment?
What if you are not disconnected…
But crossing a threshold between realities?
Perhaps this phase was never meant to teach us dependence on signs.
Perhaps it was meant to teach us trust in our own becoming.
And maybe…
just maybe…
The silence is not the end of your connection.
It is the moment before you finally learn how to embody it.
If This Resonates
If you are moving through a season like this right now, please know you are not alone.
I wrote a book about this work, and to support the journey, which you can find here:
Crow Medicine: Bridging Spiritual Awakening and Real World Survival
Crow Medicine: Bridging Spiritual Awakening and Real World Survival: Crielaard, Sue: 9798252924700: Books – Amazon.ca
This is the kind of work I explore through my writing, Akashic Reiki sessions, and dimensional coherence work with spiritually sensitive people navigating deep transformation, nervous system exhaustion, awakening, and soul embodiment.
If you feel called for some support, you are welcome to book an online session. Book here.
Sometimes the most healing thing we can discover is that others have walked through the forest too.
