What if the people working in psychiatric, said to you, there is nothing wrong with you, you are not psychotic, you are a spiritual being
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Iâm both.
666/999
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We are all human. Condition may be not the same, but mostly OK I think.
Definitely psychosis in my case.
Itâs bs! I donât think anyone would want to be psychotic. There is no benefit as in âan awakeningâ. My experience was and is a complete nightmare. Sure there were religious parts of it but nothing that would bring anything to humanity. Psychosis is and will always be an illness.
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I do think that often people who do spiritual work become psychotic.
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My view of spirit is more like will power or will to live.
I dont believe in the âspiritual awakeningâ or the âwokeâ stuff.
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I think the only benefit to my psychosis was that it had me reevaluate my values and beliefs. Beyond that it was mostly destructive and bizarre
I would say 1 in 50 its a spiritual awakening
Iâd know that my doctor is an idiot and that itâs time to change things up by getting a responsible physician instead.
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Iâve experienced both psychosis and spirituality. In my experience they are not the same at all.
-Albert.
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I donât know what the position is on being spiritual. That of spirit? And being. A being in time. That of semantics. That of philosophy. That of religion. Depends what your belief system is I guess and insightful of the usage of wordings. Sorting through some of my delusions has helped to figure out what a better likeness is to delusion though. But how far does anyone want to go? In unraveling a delusion? Takes alot to figure out. As some seem to be psychological and socially relevant in terms of abuse, rejections, socio ecomomic problems of meaning reaching cartharsis and mental break downs. And others seem to say its more organic. In terms of chemical conponents of brains going haywire, but there are many influences to that happening. There are alot of nuances. I donât know. It all is rather huge and complex. I still havenât figured out what I believe a spiritual path is. But I think the ethos can be a kind one. Anti-reductionism. A candle in the wind comes to mind. Its also difficult figuring out what a disease actually means in terms of sociological factors - how a person can be defined in totality as diseased. And psychotic. Calling someone psychotic has the same implications with that of being said to be diseased. It seems. So what if the Dr changed the wording. To say a whole lot more. Like how much horror someones been through. It doesnt seem very empathic to just name someone an idea and not explain it to the patient. Which it seems Drâs do. But maybe necessary. I guess.
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The idea that its a spiritual awakening was an argument I explored as a youth conflicted by my diagnosis. The belief that its all in the mind or a âspiritual awakeningâ was harmful toward my recovery and put me in worse situations than before by not also addressing the needs of mental health. I found that you can be both spiritual and not blame your shortcomings/symptoms of mental illness for spiritual crisis.
Most people question the spiritual at some points in time, called dark night of the soul. Its not the same as unraveling into psychosis or schizophrenia. There are real biological and genetic factors which cause the deterioration of sense of self and cognitive decline felt in schizophrenia.
But spirituality has been immensely helpful as a tool toward better recovery for me. Such as buddhist principles of peaceful mindset, meditation and learning the philosophies of consciousness, perceptions, and non-attachment to materialism or desires. That I can exceed as a spiritual person without substance abuse, without entheogens or mushrooms, without even trance work or shamanic stuff. I have explored various safe techniques, self hypnosis, biofeedback, CBT.
You can be spiritual without blaming your hallucinations on a supernatural or spiritual force. You can also use your mental fortitude and prayer or âhigher selfâ to cope with and navigate the aspects of being human and having a mental illness like this oneâŚyou just need to learn to discern, and discernment itself is progress when the disease causes loss of discernment.
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Iâve got more chance of giving birth to a unicorn , than it being a âspiritual awakeningâ
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I think I had/have had both
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If spiritual awakening means more suffering, then no thanks. Not for me. Iâve chosen the old-fashioned way to deal with the world. I take my meds and I try to do what everyone else around me is doing.
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What if? It would cause me more harm than good.
Be careful what you wish for.
I am a spiritual being. We are all spiritual beings, being spirit, but that doesnât mean I donât suffer from psychosis. There is a difference between recognizing your true nature as spirit and thinking youâre Jesus. One is a spiritual awakening and the other is psychosis.
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How do you know its true?
Still think I pissed off a wizard.
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