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Group Cleanse Support Topic: Psychological and Emotional Effects (My Experience)

This page is a Support Topic Page for The Psychological and Emotional Effects for our Master Cleanse Group Cleanse. Please check that page for details on our Quarterly Cleanses and our Individual Cleanses.
To learn more about the value of Group Cleansing, check out this report.

The Group Cleanse will not only give us the forum to support each other, doing The Master Cleanse together, but it also enables us to track our experiences by setting standards to the conversation. If we all just posted random thoughts we would get a lot less value from the comments. But if the comments are structured, and relevant by time and topic, we can gain even more insight, more quickly and more effectively. Therefore we ask participants to start and finish the Master Cleanse on the same dates.

This page is the place for participants in the The Master Cleanse Group Experience to post their daily entries. To post, simply leave a comment. You don’t have to be logged in to post. Please provide 100 words each day – don’t worry; that’s not that much. The paragraph below, for example, is 100 words.

What is going through your mind? We have thoughts that seem out of control when we are in our daily grind – many of these revolve around food. We may also feel stress that in turn causes us to eat, to have emotional reactions. Many people report feeling in more control while doing The Master Cleanse – alongside a sense of clarity. Do commercials about food drive you crazy? Are you more patient than ever?

If you are not participating, you can follow the post to get inspiration to try the cleanse or answer the most basic question: Is The Master Cleanse right for me?

Keep it simple, just talk in your own language about your daily experience. The more you are yourself, the more others will connect with you – and the more you can connect with what they are saying – which is what we want after all, a strong support network through a group experience.

If you haven’t yet, go ahead and register for the Group Cleanse to get our “Guided Cleanse Experience” email sequence timed to correspond with your registration and the important days as the come up during our scheduled group cleanses.

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  1. Charisma

    Day One- I had my senna tea last night , as well as my swf this morning, feeling ok.I have two of my colleagues doing the cleanse with me which helps a bit. My first glass of lemonade was at 10, I will have my next glass at 12.

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  2. Gale Windy

    Good morning fellow fasters. This is a good day to start Day #1 of the lemonade fast. It is a cold -6 degree wintery day with snow up to my knees. I am in a good state of mind sitting looking out the dining room window with a glass of lemonade in one hand and a hope in my heart for good results. I wish all of you the best experience and intentions. Here’s to us starting and finishing with all our expectations fulfilled. ps.(I sure wish this page had spell check :)Cheers to a new beginning.

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  3. Mindy

    Lemonade Diet Day 1 – I can’t believe how much of this morning and last night is filled with fear and I’m pretty much disgusted with myself. Let me back track and tell you that my biggest obstacle in my whole life is myself. I have been a perfectionist since I was very young and am very hard on myself. Getting mentally ready for The Master Cleanse has been a mental rollercoaster of me feeling confident I could complete the Group Cleanse and then worrying that I wouldn’t finish and be upset with myself.

    My second worry is that I was going to completely anger my bowels and be stuck on the toilet for the fisrt half of my day after the SWF. I keep trying to tell myself that the elimination of all of the toxic buildup in my body will be a goood thing but I don’t know if I fully believe what I’m telling myself.

    Regardless of all of that…I choked down my Smooth Move last night, which I thought was disgusting because I’m not much of a tea drinker,and went to bed thinking I would wake up out of my sleep and have to run to the bathroom. Not the case.

    I woke up after 4 hours of sleep, did my SWF and now I’m waiting. And waiting…

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  4. Hell

    Lemonade day 1

    I have to admit that waking up to snow and a really really cold house did make me instantly think ‘hot breakfast’ My children had crumpets and hot chocolate for breakfast and i had some crazy voodoo lemon drink ;)

    To be fair i usually dont have time for breakfast i only wanted it because i knew id decided i wasnt having it! I actually enjoyed the lemon drink this morning, i dont feel hungry right now but ive not usually eaten by this point anyway.

    Work will be a test. I have a boring office job which i dont really enjoy and found myself snacking to pass the time. I used to eat grapes and seeds and take a bunch of bananas on a monday to last the week. I think i will miss these though! I am posting off my college application today, i want to go back and retrain, im 30, if i dont do it now i never will!

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    • Mindy

      Good luck on your first day of the Lemonade Diet. Today is my Day 1, as well. Be proud that you are trying to go to college. I’m 33 and graduate with my Associates Degree in Web Development in March. You can do it! :)

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      • Hell

        Thanks Mindy, it seems 30is when it all starts, people did keep telling me that! And congratulations

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  5. Jasmin

    Ease-in day 3;) 9pm

    Yay ease-in day 3 is just about done, getting all ready for bed, everything is prepped an ready to go, got my lemons, cayenne, water, salt, jar, juicer, cutting board an maple syrup all waiting for the morning. I’ve had my laxative tea for the night;) also bought some nice tulsi tea today to have with me at work. I emptied my kitchen of all food that I could see as I have open cupboards an my kitchen is a kitchen/living room, so it’s generally where I spend most time, an the last thing I need to be thinking about is food food, or be seeing all the time, so it’s all safely tucked away now.
    The word given by the Angels today was ‘Surrender’
    Which is so perfect, so I went for a great beautiful walk in the fresh cold air today an listed everything I am surrendering and I am surrendering too.
    ‘I surrender to this cleanse and every emotion that this cleanse brings me’
    Because I know it’s gonna be an emotional one.
    I also saw another women on her is going for the number of days (her-33) of her age,an thought that was fantastic, dpi am thinking the same, 25 for me. Gonna see how it goes. Today overall I’ve been feeling pretty good, not much headache-ness just a little light headed. Had a bit of a low morning, but was able to dance it off.
    Happy healing;)

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  6. Nora

    Ease-In Day 3 11:41am

    I woke up this morning with a slight headache. It could be due to dehydration since I know I didn’t drink enough water yesterday. I am really not looking forward to that pain in particular. It’s not even that bad, but since it’s something I’ve suffered from as a child – headaches hold a particularly awful association. They’re not even migraines! But still, I dread the moment that they will hit. I think it’s this type of pain that partially stopped me from my first attempt at the Lemonade diet 5 years ago. I associate headaches with hunger and “needing to eat’ so I will need to be especially aware of my reasons behind doing the cleanse this time.

    I worked through this morning’s headache by doing a little meditation as I still lay in bed. I just told myself that I needed to let go of the stress associated with having a headache. I focused on the areas that were most painful (neck, shoulders, sinuses) and started to let go of the stress. Once I started doing that, the headache began to dissipate. I also did some deep breathing and the extra oxygen helped.

    I did the best I could with my meditation, it’s not that easy with someone else in the bed next to you…LOL – of course he didn’t know what I was up to, and his fidgeting didn’t help – but what little I did sure helped.

    I finally hopped out of bed and decided to make my first juice of the day. Carrot, apple and ginger. Crisp and yummy. I made a cup for my boyfriend and he loved it too! I’m looking forward to my future juicing adventures!

    I am also experiencing some PMS symptoms. I get emotional at random times and for random reasons. I will be in the thick of the lemonade only phase next week when my period hits. I am fearing the worst but hoping for the best with that.

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  7. Heidi

    So I started my cleanse a little earlier than the group cleanse. I am on Day 6 llemonade diet. I’ve been to hot yoga once , on Thursday night . I had no problem doing all the postures but I didn’t sweat very much. And I started crying a little . It was very strange. I really don’t love the cramping of the tea at night but its all part of the process I guess. This is my 4 Th cleanse. But my last one was almost 2 years ago… So I’m feeling the detox. I’ve had a runny nose and bad headaches. Which the headaches have stopped. But also I’ve been so tired and usually by day 5 that has changed. I also have like a rough dry skin type of rash on my face , it’s not visible but I can feel it. Any way I’m glad I’m doing it! Still going strong!

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  8. Neesha

    This is my first time doing the cleanse. I just went and got my supplies. I picked up smoking last September (despite having asthma) to curb my appetite. It does work, but the habit is an unnecessary addiction and has become very costly. I’d rather quit while I feel that I still can. I’m coming off of my medication for bipolar disorder II (with my doctors help and consent). I hope that this process will help the detox. My psychiatrist wants to see what my symptoms are like without any medication. Previous physicians have over medicated me before. I have been on psychiatric medication since I was 17 years old and I’m 26 now. It’s time to meet me unmedicated. I am worried that I will become sick and have to go to the hospital, but coming off of the medication was planned before I even thought about the Master Cleanse. The medication also made me gain 50+ pounds and that has messed with my already fragile self-esteem.

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    • Nora

      Good luck with your de-tox Neesha. I’m rooting for you!

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    • Jasmin

      All the power to ya sista! You are truly courageous;) hope that you can find peace and that you get through stronger!
      Peace an happy healing;)

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  9. Jasmin

    Ease-in day 2 :)

    Yay day 2, Ian feeling in a great head space for this cleanse, I am excited. Yesterday I woke with a mild headache thinking maybe more water as I tend to not drink enough most days. But the headache stayed with me all day just here an there. I made it to my hatha yoga class last night (first class in a LONG time) it was really great, hard because my body feels so weak from me ignoring it for so long.
    Sustained myself with a yummy smoothie, little fruit salad, bowl of veggie miso soup, teas, lots of water, and orange, and after yoga I went to an event called jusdance which I have fallen in love with. And that was wonderful all heart opening!
    I came home really hungry though, an I’ve had the bad habit sometimes to eat at night, which is no good an a habit I will like to get rid of forever. I was really hungry an had some fruit out so I made a yummy fruit salad with orange, apple, coconut and maple syrup. So satisfying.
    Today I got up, so tired to go to my first kundalini yoga class, an it was amazing, only that I grabbed tea, water an managed to make a small glass of smoothie to go.
    So my tummy got hungry in class, I took a few min. Out to finish my smoothie, it helped. I’ve been running on smoothie, tea, water an now finally having a big salad;) a happy salad!
    Happy healing

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  10. Nora

    Ease-In Day 2 9:05am

    I’m excited about the day. I have my hot chocolate at my side and looking forward to visiting the local farmer’s market to peruse and keep comparison shopping. If I am anything, I am a major bargain shopper. I won’t go on that couponing show–but I hate paying full price or an exorbitant amount for anything!

    This morning, I trying to figure out what the ache in my stomach is? Is it hunger or thirst? After my chocolate, I suspect, that both issues will be taken care of. I will also down some water before heading out the door.

    For a moment, before rising, I considered going to a restaurant for breakfast. I went down the line of all my usual spots and only one of them would be able to offer me something akin to the words “live food” and “healthy.” And even then I’d have to reject half the things they put on the plate. Therefore, I opted to go to the farmer’s market to gather my veggies for my soup and juices as I had planned last night.

    I tell ya, if I wasn’t on this thing: I’d self sabotage in a hot second. I lay in bed remembering why I am trying to make this life change. I think having my list handy might turn out to be my saving grace.

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