I read this book. The best autobiography and it resonates with the quote “The psychotic drowns in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight.”https://twitter.com/Yuanmeng_PAN/status/1151631131806261254 …
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So was her brain tumour a factor in the depersonalisation thing, or was that a coincidence?
Also, I’m interested in what you mean by ‘misdiagnosed saint’; do you mean that as a critique towards the medicalisation of what otherwise might be handled in more holistic ways? (I’m thinking of shamanic approaches, culture bound syndromes etc)
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She can be considered a siddha in one cultural system, but she is a hopeless patient in another system. We do not know whether her tumor caused the depersonalization symptom, but she did find reconciliation with her horrible experience after adopting another cultural model.
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That’s so interesting, especially if she did find reconciliation. This is sort of what I mean when I prattle on about psycho-social reflexivity. Sociocultural contexts are more powerful in shaping experience than we often give them credit.
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