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Old Nov 19, 2019, 08:03 AM
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I had a friend who had trained as a shaman and took me on a visit to the underworld (not bad) to get a spirit animal....it stuck with me. For me I don’t think I stuck to dominant themes so much as the unknown, things my brain was still not 100% on. Sandra ingerman has some great books and videos on shamanism and its entirely neutral there is no evil. Maybe check one out and see if you can redirect the psychosis?
This is so interesting to me. I have done random research binges about spirituality when I have been awake for long periods of time as I needed to pass the time. (I refuse to just lay in bed when I cannot sleep, my mind will devour me if I do that.) I liked many conceptions of the underworld that I learned about, the themes of transformation/cycles of life, death, and rebirth are utterly fascinating.

I wonder if a part of what makes psychosis so frightening is the mind trying to resolve the universal fear of the unknown ... I wonder if what I conceptualize as "evil" is what I cannot understand and thus what is unknown to me.

I like your idea of redirecting the psychosis. Far too many simply want to focus on eliminating it ... and that option is not feasible for me. But directing it in a less frightening way is at least in theory far more realistic.
Thanks for this!
Angelique67, SlumberKitty, Sometimes psychotic