I jumped a little too far into the world of witchcraft

I’ve always been interested in witchcraft and paganism, and I’ve recently realized that this is the right path for me. It’s been about a year of reading a lot and slowly introducing things into my daily life. <br><br>I just recently jumped into practicing shadow work a little too much a little too fast. I started doing a lot of mirror work and talking with my shadow, and I feel like I made some kind of breakthrough in two mirrors where I was able to see and talk with my shadow more clearly. <br><br>It’s been about a week, and I feel better and a little more balanced, but I’m also feeling a lot of discomfort and an extreme weight in my heart. I can see how I’ve been hiding all of my flaws and keeping them inside of me, and that makes me feel a lot of guilt and shame. It feels like I’m coming to terms with all of the bad things I’ve done to myself and others. <br><br>I can also feel a lot the emotional pain I’ve been running from, and it feels like all of that pain is inside of me and will never go away. It feels heavier than all of my happiness, and it’s an extreme weight that I can’t carry by myself. I’m having a hard time being able to see how I can take care of myself when the pain I feel is so strong. I want to run away and hide, but I know I have jumped this far already. <br><br>How can I feel this weight and take care of myself? I feel like this is all a result of me jumping into all of this a little too fast.