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 No.13487

Does anyone else feel like mental illnesses are actually reflections of the spiritual illnesses of a culture?

The common delusions are ones that are some legitimately important concepts. Being watched by a powerful entity or group, believing oneself to be christ, etc.

I feel a little crazy thinking it, but it makes so much sense to me. And now, seeing how psychedelics are proving to be powerful medicines for things like anxiety, depression, and ptsd, it seems like the only sane thing to believe now. The shamans would take psychs to commune with the spirits, but they had to learn to manage it at a young age. We don't do that for our spiritually sensitive people, so they never learn how to manage their sensitivity.

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 No.13488

do you suggest that the more surveliance the widespread persecutory delusions? any scientific proof for that?

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 No.13506

The most common delusions of persecution have more or less become reality in the age of warrantless wiretapping, PRISM, datamining, and CCTVs.

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 No.13842

Don't you find it weird that you're given vague answers when you're trying to find out what's happening?

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 No.13843

>>13487

I dunno if this is quite the same thing but I was recently reading an article about the 'sadistic superego'. Basically it discusses an ignored aspect of psychoanalysis: what if the Id is the one holding morals and the superego is morally reprehensible? This is a reversal of the commonly taught Freudian psyche, the Id is the animalistic and sadistic inner self and the superego pushes you to be civilised to conform to societal norms. But what if these societal norms are bad? An example would be protecting a persecuted friend in a racist society. The superego urges you to turn your friend in to the police like what occurred in nazi germany, however your more 'primitive' self (the Id) convinces you to protect your friend. Which urges should you listen to? It seems obvious that in a sick society listening to your superego will lead you down a barbaric path. I feel like in our neoliberal capitalist world the superego is the one pressuring you to indulge in hedonism and also work yourself to an early grave. The Id takes the role of the more rational part of your psyche, urging you to live a happy life on your own terms and not indulge in hollow pleasures. It is clear that your primitive self, the one you have been conditioned to ignore is actually the voice of reason. You could make the case that this is a spiritual illness.

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 No.14125

That sounds like a beautiful thing.

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 No.14759

>>14125

I agree

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