Through long time meditating I have developed a very acute awareness, especially to sound & light. When I attend a concert or loud sporting event the “sensory overload” is so great I often have to leave. Is this common with raised consciousness?

I work in a multinational company. My issue is that though I am well placed, having almost all that a normal person could aspire for, I am not happy, I always have a sense of a feeling that all this is very transient and as a result I’m  in perpetual anxiety not knowing about what.
I also tend to disbelief people (I don’t take  anyone at  their face value) and  I’m always trying to  find meaning in between the  lines. I’ve tried to consciously stop many times, but have not been successful. Help!

What I want to know is if there is really something called soulmates? I am asking this because I have gone through a very eventful life in this connection. For almost eight years I suffered from insomnia due to emotional turbulence related to a person I thought I didn’t know too well. I used to almost go into altered states of consciousness and feel pain at the level of my soul. I went through a lot in this period to convince me that it is true. I think there is some deep karmic connection of our past lives and feel I have hurt this person a lot and hence it is coming back to me.

When your unconscious mind creates stress, fear or anxiety it does so for what seems, at the time, to be a good reason. Unfortunately, the more I think about it now I wish I knew better. Hating how one mistake can change the entire outcome of your life. Is it poor planning, bad karma, timing or simply not meant to be. I hope I’m making sense. I would appreciate your input.

I struggle with believing in God since you can’t see him or her & there are so many other religions out there even with a step mother whose a minister in a Methodist church I still struggle to have faith. My step mother is in Florida & I live in North Carolina she’s isnt much help at times. I think it’s because she’s giving me advice in the past & I listened to her but didn’t follow through what she had told me to do. I feel at times I have no one but my fiancé who cares about my life & my kids’ life here. I know I am not alone but it sure feels that way some days when all others I know won’t return phone calls or respond to emails I send. I know I have issues & life is nowhere near perfect for me but I am trying to live the only way I know how to. How can I get the peace I deserve & feel that I am important?