Many people who come to AD ask questions for trouble they are facing. They tend to be obviously of meta-physical nature. However, is not it the way it actually should be?

I can't remember any of books on shamanism that I've read which did not mention sort of initiation - facing the typically negative influences alone. What I am wondering about is whether this is sort of modern practical initiation to the shamanic-like transition.

I mean, the life, when becoming meta-physically oriented, may not be the same any more. This is something I heard many times before this started to happen (although I had always some of experiences of that sort). And the challanges may repeat in different stages of your life until prepared.

Any ideas or experiences to share? (I have many, some of them I write about on AD: for example I am for the 2 recent years frequently haunted about e.g. death of either myself or someone from my family, all kinds of illnesses etc. - nothing of these "prophecies" happened).