A Socially Influenced Psychospiritual Crises

Spiritual Bypassing & The Dangers Of Altering Your State of Consciousness —

Half of the sufferers of psychosis believe what’s happening to them is a spiritual phenomenon. Many spiritualists who are presumably undiagnosed with mental disorders will agree with those suffering from a crisis that altering your state of consciousness can be a rewarding healing process; almost like a golden ticket out of your illness. I will argue that it simply covers the issue with rose colored glasses as a form of spiritual bypassing, creating a more dense problem for the future of their recovery. Many people enter the awakening journey or psychotic crisis from a traumatic event or experimenting with psychedelics and hypnotherapy, however there should be caution moving into dimensions of enlightenment based on someone’s mental state. LSD-induced schizophrenia, ketamine-induced depression, hypnotherapy-induced psychosis are all very real consequences of taking too much of the wrong substance or therapy without careful evaluation of one’s past, yet the intent was to spiral up into enlightenment without doing the inner-work first. Let’s deep dive into the signs of psychosis and early warning signs of mental instability to heed warning to these intense therapeutic modalities when self or mindlessly administered.

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If you believe you’re in a crisis please contact SEN, Spiritual Emergence Network & link up with a spiritual Professional Mental Health Counselor.