Carl-Richard

You got a warning for trolling a forum member.

I'm only 1 minute in, but my predictions are that MrGirl will make him look bad no matter what happens and that he'll make another manifesto, and then it'll fizzle out like the other stuff.

You can teach a preschooler (Purple-Red) basic arithmetic, but more abstract forms of math (algebra, calculus) are more Orange.

You're the one who mentioned your personal experiences, and it's directly relevant to what you're asking about. Your intentions for asking about it is obviously linked to it, so avoiding talking about it is unnatural. But sure, I'm not going to force you to do anything.

Omg what a mashup

Definitely LSD. When I used to do it, I would describe it as an exotic coffee.

Do you allow yourself to take a side?

I think you already got the answer that you were looking for. Just be honest.

It's ok if you don't want to, but you don't have to feel ashamed talking about your experiences (and I'm not saying you are). What are you looking to find out with these answers?

This is fucking insaneee

So this is what I would describe as "something else" (periods of grandiosity). My view, which is informed by my personal experiences, the experiences of my father who has bipolar type 1, as well as the field of psychology which I've studied, says that mystical experiences do not pertain to such reactions. To simplify it, you can have two types of mystical experiences: 1. the pure Being experience (oneness, ineffability), and 2. visual/auditory experiences (visions, speech, etc.). Talking to spirits would fall under the second category, but a reaction to that experience like grandiosity is not intrinsic to that experience, hence it's something else. Like I said in the beginning, mystical experiences and psychiatric symptoms can co-occur, but they're still different things (and it's not the qualities of the mystical experience alone that puts you inside the mental hospital, although it does overlap with some of the psychiatric symptoms and could keep you from getting out again).

That's what usually happens, especially with the conscious AI discussions, but really all discussions on here. Buckle up

I'm sorry. So yeah, it's true that when you're already inside, it's harder to get out. However, I would propose to you that it wasn't a mystical experience that put you in there. It was something else. Now, as for the question, do I experience recurring mystical experiences? Yes. It's more calming than energizing though.

Last question: was she only worried about you talking to spirits or was it something else?

Were you hospitalized because you were talking to spirits, or is it that they don't let you leave because you're talking to spirits? I can't answer that when I'm unclear what you mean by the concept.

My dad has, but it usually goes a few years between each visit. That's probably true though. But I don't think that e.g. if a schizophrenic who is not currently hospitalized started labeling themselves as a psychic and started talking to people's dead relatives that they would be thrown back in again.

Yet we're not in a mental hospital. It's usually when you end up acting very out of the ordinary, to the point where people fear for your safety, that you're likely to end up in a mental hospital. Talking to spirits just means you're a psychic. Nobody goes around throwing psychics in the mental hospital.

If you come back to the mental hospital every year and display symptoms which is consistent with the diagnosis, then it's most likely not a misdiagnosis.

Ok. I'll say it's possible to have mystical experiences and at the same time be rightfully diagnosed with a mental illness, and it's possible to have mystical experiences and not be diagnosed with a mental illness.

How do you end up in the mental hospital? What are the exact events leading up to it?

How so?

It's generally a healthy way of looking at things.

Same thing.

Duh.

Barely.