I’m not just referring to when we are psychotic and everything becomes coicindiences I mean in everyday life when we are not psychotic too
Do you think there is any special meaning behind it.
Anyone?
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It seems like God’s love manifesting in the environment. But I don’t like being spoiled by it, I start to feel guilty.
Also it theoretically shouldn’t happen as much if your brain is healthy.
I remember a tv program that said “Never believe in coincidence.” It was a private eye series.
Anyway, I’m glad you are back on the forum.
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Schizophrenics tend to make coincidences out to be more meaningful than they are.
“Delusions of reference” is an actual symptom.
It’s like we expect coincidences NOT to happen at all. And then when they happen it messes with us.
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Aw thanks @PinCushion.
I’m kinda glad to be back too
Do you believe that coincidences have some kinda special meaning yourself?
Me myself I’m not sure yet, though I’ve started to read up a bit about Carl Jung and I think he might have a strong opinion on it which will be interesting to discover.
There was a time in my life when I felt like I experienced some strange synchronicities or coincidences but nowadays it’s not so much like that anymore. But I used to be absolutely fascinated by those that I experienced that I had even written them down to keep a record.
Now after having gone through psychotic ‘coincidences’ I have become much more wary of it all, even G himself. Aswell.
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It would be easy for me to mix them up with hallucinations.
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Before psychosis I used to believe that G reveals them to people at difficult times for hope.
Now I’m not so sure atm. What I believe
OK fair enough.
I used to think that too.
Now I’m thinking if I heal my physical health and my thinking patterns then I may be able to cope with ‘coincidences’. And possibly G.
Without that slipping into psychosis. But idk. It’s just a hypothesis or theory
When you’re stressed, you sync more. If you are always stressed, you sync a lot.
It’s because stress causes brain inflammation which generates excess adrenaline that doesn’t clear out properly, which oxidizes and forms adrenochrome. That causes you to have an LSD like trip while you are inflamed, which is like opening a spiritual door to the divine. Then you start syncing.
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Ah OK that is very interesting I like to hear that.
Sciency stuff is very useful.
Yes it was always when I was stressed funnily enough. Emotional stress.
Carl Jung even talks about how our mind itself can kind of manifest itself in the outside world. It’s so fascinating if it is real but idk… He talks about something called unus mundus where mind and matter are one. I haven’t grasped it yet though. But it is something to occupy my future time with.
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Jung was just a psychiatrist. Just a man with really whacky views. Whacky views are pretty common.
If you want to go through life being entertained and fascinated by coincidences though , best of luck with that strategy.
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I don’t know man, you have to strike a balance when you have sz/sza between the beliefs you had before you were sick and the realities of what the disease can do to your thinking. There’s nothing wrong with believing in fate in its own right, but too much of that belief to where it becomes an obsession can be dangerous, and people with diagnoses like ours are vulnerable to that.
I run into some serendipity now and then, but 9 times out of 10 I chalk it up to coincidence.
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Yea I understand what you are saying.
I have been put off by that stuff ever since psychosis but now that time has passed since then I want to give it one more chance, but in a more reasoned way. So not too airy fairy as before. Doesn’t mean I accept that stuff right now but I may do.
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I experienced synchronicity’s a lot throughout my life. I get them sometimes as an adult now. I think it’s G’s way of warning us of something bad and steer us away from it.
Sometimes the synchronicity is too pervasive that it demands inspection. Like a book I’m reading. The author’s three initials are the first initials of my name and two close family members. I didn’t know this til I received the book. On top of that, the three of us watched a series based on the book some years ago. It’s like the beginning of the movie Magnolia.
I feel selfish or self-indulgent if I read into these coincidences too much.
I have to pull myself away, I think it’s not good for sz
yea that might be a good point for me too consider. but I don’t think there is anything wrong with feeling special, at the end of the day, everyone else can also notice coincidences if they want, to make them feel special too, so that wont make you the only one?
I think if you seek validation from the outside world all the time it makes you confused and lost.
It’s okay in controlled amounts, but if you’re creative and stressed out you start seeing messages everywhere and it’s just chaos. Being guided by a storm of stimulation, it’s not coherent.
@anon90843118 have you seen Magnolia? The movie and soundtrack provide some perspective on the topic
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nope, but i’ll have a look into it…cheers.
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