I'm going to do my best to articulate my experience as it ties directly to this article.  I had to read this article a couple of times before I started writing.  So much of it lines up with some of my direct experience over the years.

As I'm on this course about complex post-traumatic stress disorder (may also be related to trauma experienced from the previous Shift).  Many things are clicking within and without my being.  It feels like the gap is closing.

"A grey has no emotional body, and so they struggle to assimilate emotions".  

I feel that I've touched this pain of existence you speak of in this article.  It feels so heavy and overwhelming at times.

"Unable to express emotion, the Greys were purposely hooked in by the Pain of Existence, their sense of abandonment, and fear of the void".

To me this speaks to the narcissism epidemic that is spreading across the globe.  It has a Greys energy feel to it and at times it feels like the other has become a machine or a robot.  Maybe this is what you're talking about Open, Greys shape-shifting into a synthetic "Tall Whites" energy moving with the Shift in order to continually harvest energy from awakening humanity.  Narcissism is a maladaptive trauma response; the person disconnects from their soul at a very young age in order to survive childhood.  This manifestation may be an imprint from previous lives(karma).

What does it feel like to be around someone for long periods of time who holds this energy configuration within their being.  It feels like you mentioned in the article above, "how it can steadily creep over you as a blanket of inertia, that can lead to depressive emotions and negative thought loops".  For the longest time I thought it was me, which sent me down a path of seeking and searching for answers.  What I was touching was the Pain of Existence through the other.  I held if for as long as I could, until the intensity got too great.  Something had to give to move this energy that I was experiencing internally.  Boom, like the eruption of a volcano the energy burst through my being.  Disorientation ensued after the initial rupture.  To me the Pain of Existence is this existential emptiness.  It's like floating in the great abyss with no purpose, existing in human form but hollowed out on the inside.  Beings who have this configuration have this insatiable appetite for awakening conscious.  It is the fuel that sustains their very existence.  The world is full of people walking around with this energetic configuration.  As I've awakened to it in my intimate partnership, I can see it more clearly in those around me.

Which brings me to my next realization and that is in order for me to maintain and continue to step into soul sovereignty, I need to learn how to protect myself and my energy field from these subtle and unseen forces.  My experience has created greater awareness within my being and with that I move forward with grace and love.  

"They live and complete their lives, by manipulating and controlling their human hosts.  As unpleasant as it sounds, that's my estimation of their purpose".

In conclusion, I know that a lot of people in this community know what I'm talking about in my sharing.  May it shine light on your experience, and we continue to evolve and emerge out through these times.  I'll end with this, my direct experience with these energies has been a catalyst to my evolutionary journey.  I needed to have these experiences to wake up to the divinity that has lied dormant inside my being.  I now look at things not as good or bad, right or wrong, just experiences that bring me closer to the home within my being.  In this place, self-acceptance and self-love reign, I see the world with new eyes.  

And for that I'm grateful❤️

With Love and Gratitude,

Chad🙏

"All In"