Sky: And I wonder why you are using PTSD as an example in this forum...

Primarily because of this... This principle also applies to individuals experiencing other types of dissociative psychological conditions, such as schizophrenia.

This... Metaphor featured very strongly in my own experience -- so strongly that I've often said it is the "universal language of schizophrenia". Mystics and trauma victims also speak metaphor, in part because their personal experience is simply "too big" to be conveyed by any other means.

This... The Trauma Model.

This... Susan Lien Whigham

This...Spirituality & Trauma

And this... Psychosis, PTSD, and Story as a Vehicle of Healing

Sky: The way it is written in that short sentence sells it short. Thanks for letting me input here!

I'm very much in favor of clarification of terms, particularly when there is a crossover of information that could be beneficial to more than one group. Thanks for sharing.

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See also: <a href=http://spiritualrecoveries.blogspot.com/2006/05/how-to-produce-acute-schizophrenic.html">How to Produce an Acute Schizophrenic Break</a>