There’s a spiritual path I’m on. I was looking into online courses for that path. On the belief group’s main website on the page with questions about coursework, it specifically says the course isn’t for you if you have schizophrenia. There’s no drugs or psychedelic herbs or anything like that involved. It’s an online course. So strange. I’m trying to figure out if it’s discrimination or not.
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I’ll go one better. When I was into that stuff, I asked for the forms to apply for a course (this was about 2003), and when they sent me the forms, it said people with a physical disability couldn’t go on the course.
I thought if this is their idea of spirituality, then I’m better off without it !
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Wow @everhopeful ! That’s terrible!!!
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My church doesn’t prohibit, but they are reserved very much.
With a reason.There are religious psychosis, and normies are never sure what you are about.
I realized this site policy about religion is right.
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They’re protecting people that suffer from those delusions. It’s very easy to get too wrapped up.
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Ok. So even though there’s no drugs, you think they’re more worried about religious delusions @ZombieMombie ?
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I know certain forms of meditation etc can arouse delusions in people who are sensitive to it. Maybe it is something like that?
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That is the most likely scenerio.
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I was looking to join a druid program that stated the same thing. My guess is that they have had some issues with people suffering from delusions and they don’t want to cause harm to them. There could be some liability issues as well.
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Yes. This coursework recommends meditation @anon21280033
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@Squanchy , I see. Wow. I guess I don’t think about spiritual delusions but I can see how it’s an issue.
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I went to a mindfulness center based off a religion / spirituality. Looking to something to help me even though I was science based. I attended regularly for a couple months. There was little talking. Just listening. Things made sense.
As my participation progressed the meditation practices increased and included a person talking us through these certain ideas. Something started happening 5 minutes in and I started feeling sick. And trapped and couldn’t move. As she kept talking I continued to feel sicker and sicker and then started feeling like my meds APs were poisoning me.
It was so bad I somehow removed myself before it was over, stopped taking my meds and ended up in the hospital.
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Oh wow @Kxev ! Who knew meditation could be bad for people with schizophrenia?! I had no idea! Thanks for sharing your experience
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Zmgal, I used to attend a recovery college at the psych hospital.
There was a Mindfulness course and it was recommended for sz ppl not to attend because it can trigger them.
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That’s so interesting. I meditate often and have never noticed being extra paranoid but then again I’m told I’m still psychotic and have been since 2008. I wonder if that’s why?!?!
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Yea that might be why. Then there’s also the fact that it probably doesn’t trigger every sz person but there’s more susceptibility.
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Its to protect you from getting spiritual delusions
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Thanks @LevelJ1 . I’m going to talk to my pdoc and therapist and see if they think it’s safe for me to continue. Maybe they can monitor me. That’s what I’m hoping anyway
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Medition helps me a great deal and in many ways is a life saver specifically in relation to coping with positive symptoms because I can step back from delusional ideas, I just wanted to say this because I dont want everyone with sz to get the idea its bad, but maybe for some people some types of meditation can play into delusions. I do zazen which is very bare bones. I am sorry its gone bad for you though.
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I don’t know that it has. After meditating I feel refreshed and clear minded so that’s very positive which is why I do it. On the other hand, I still believe I’m being watched and followed. So I’m not sure what to think.
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