A little story. I recently bought a bag of "protection" crystals from another site. I put that word in quotes because some of the crystals have uses outside of protection and I may utilize some for something other than protection. Anyway, without going into too much detail, I got them because there is a negative influence at work who recently made an accusation that could have gotten me fired or at least suspended. I essentially wanted these stones to protect me from her aggressive influence.
I selected from the bag a hematite for my left pocket and an obsidian for my right. When I took them in my hands from the new bag I could feel the energy buzzing through me, so I figured that they would be alright to use right away without charging them for a little while. So far they have worked VERY well. This woman hasn't even come out to look at me, and I return the favor by not going near her room. At this point I should mention that I work in a nursing home taking care of elderly (dementia) people. When I went into another difficult lady's room (not the lady I initially was using the crystals for protection from), her reaction made me a bit uncomfortable. When I normally help her, she usually says "ow" at everything- including simply removing the blanket from her, and she generally repeats herself getting louder each time (what Seems like her way of demanding an apology). Usually nothing I say will console her or make her feel better, and she will simply look for more reasons to get mad at me and have an excuse to degrade me. Unless I can get done very quickly, this will either result in her eventually screaming "ow" or "your hurting me!" or her insulting me in some way (the day before she said i talk like im retarded). Well this day, with my stones/crystals in my pocket, I approach this woman and start working with her and she starts with her ow ow ow, but this time when I spoke to her she got quiet. For the rest of the time that I was in her room she didn't say much else- as if my words had silenced her. Then I went to work with her roommate, and the first lady is just STARING me down the whole time. I gethered my supplies- stare, I put the roommates bed up- Stare. I became increasingly uncomfortable at the amount of staring she was doing- and she didnt seem to be blinking! I pulled the cutrain for privacy of the roommate, but also out of sheer discomfort from having someone seemingly stare into my soul in a half dark room (I work 3rd shift and try not to make more of a disturbance than I need to while they sleep). Then when I was done working with the roommate and pulled the curtain back- SHE WAS STILL STARING! For a moment I thought she might be possessed the way she was staring. As I gathered my supplies and the trash and put the bed back down, her dark eyes observed my every action until I was finished and able to leave the room. When I checked on her later she was asleep, but I wondered just what about these stones would cause such an uncomfortable reaction. Or just what about her would cause it.