Why Healing May Feel Impossible: What Happens When Life Force Diminishes

If you've ever felt like you're doing everything right to heal — and still not making real progress — you're not alone.

When you’re living in what I call the Void State, the problem isn't your effort. The problem is that your system is missing something deeper: the life force energy needed to integrate healing.

Working Harder Isn’t the Answer

In the Void, even the best practices — healthy eating, exercise, therapy, spiritual work — can feel like pushing a stalled car uphill.

You might:

• Start a new routine only to feel worse, not better

• Go to therapy or energy sessions and feel no lasting shift

• Try supplements, treatments, or self-care routines and feel like nothing "sticks"

This isn't because you're doing it wrong. It's because healing requires more than action. It requires capacity — a foundation of life force energy that allows change to land, integrate, and grow.

When life force is depleted, your system is still protecting you. It's just not in a state that can easily accept new growth yet.

The Garden Metaphor

Imagine trying to plant a garden in dry, cracked soil.

Photo by Nora Jane Wong

You can scatter the seeds.

You can water them diligently. You can hope, pray, and visualize the harvest.

But if the soil itself can’t absorb the water, the seeds can't take root.

The problem isn't the seeds.

The problem is the foundation they’re trying to grow in.

Healing is the same.

When your energetic "soil" — your life force — is depleted, healing tools can feel like seeds scattered on dry ground. They might hover at the surface for a while. They might sprout a little. But they won't thrive until the foundation is nourished.

What This Looks Like in Real Life

If you're stuck in the Void, you might notice:

• Therapy sessions that feel insightful in the moment, but the changes don’t last

• Energy healing that feels good temporarily, but quickly fades

• Physical therapy or movement practices that don’t seem to "hold" improvements

• Spiritual practices that feel dry, disconnected, or even overwhelming

• Wellness routines that you logically know should help, but feel strangely ineffective

• Recovering from injury or stress is slow or stagnant
  

It’s not lack of willpower. It’s not lack of "positive thinking." It’s a simple matter of capacity — and it can be restored.

You’re Protecting Yourself — Not Failing

When life force is low, the body and energy system focus on survival. Growth, change, and integration require resources — and your system is simply saying, "I can't afford that right now."

This is a natural, intelligent survival response. A stress state.

And just as seasons shift, life force can return.

Sara McRae | Creator of HigherCx™

Wellness practitioner, teacher of Touch for Health, and guide for recovery from Long COVID, trauma, and the Void State. Exploring resilience, energy, and conscious integration.

In my next blog, I’ll share more about the hidden causes of the Void — and why so many people are carrying invisible burdens after the pandemic.