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Interesting video. In many non-western countries, experience of psychosis is typically not seen as problematic and people are less impaired in terms of their lives. And in some cultures, it marks one out as a shaman or healer:
Last year I learned about a psychiatrist who himself had schizophrenia, Dr. Daniel B. Fisher, and how he recovered from it. He was not a religious person but its clear he understood his psychotic break as an existential crisis that had been manifested as delusions. He seemed like a compassionate person that had finally found his life's purpose helping other people cope with mental illness through self-advocacy.
Last year I learned about a psychiatrist who himself had schizophrenia, Dr. Daniel B. Fisher, and how he recovered from it. He was not a religious person but its clear he understood his psychotic break as an existential crisis that had been manifested as delusions. He seemed like a compassionate person that had finally found his life's purpose helping other people cope with mental illness through self-advocacy.
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