Guest guest Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Hi All, It's been an interesting week. Actually, it's been an interesting couple months, but this week in particular has brought together some significant changes for me, so I thought I would peel off another layer, decloak, and share. I work as a mental health clinician, and as I was finishing up some notes the other night, a psychiatrist in my office popped in to run a case by me. She said she had done an evaluation on a depressed 19 year old woman with hallucinations, but she wasn't sure she could call it a psychotic disorder. She said the young woman hears an ugly male voice in her head at night telling her to do things. It starts as she is falling asleep, but it also wakes her up in the middle of the night and talks to her in her dreams, telling her to do relatively benign things like rearrange her bedroom furniture in the middle of the night so that it will make noise and bother other people. She said that yes, she had screened her for substance abuse, trauma, dissociation, other types of hallucinations, head injuries and other illnesses, and that the only other significant problems were that she gets easily agitated and overwhelmed when she is driving or when she is around people who are upset or agitated, and that she copes by spending a lot of time alone. The doc said she started her on an antidepressant and a low dose of Risperdal, and wanted to know if I had any insights into what might be going on with this young woman. I said, " Yes, I do, but it's outside the Mental Health box. " The psychiatrist knows that I practice Native ways and do ceremonies. I've also been talking with her a little at a time about K stuff these past few years. So, I talked with her about entities. I explained how they're like mischievous children or prankster teens who get off on the negative attention, and that whether you call it an entity, psychosis or dissociation, the intervention is the same: Set clear and firm limits, ignore the negative stuff, and send them love them anyway. We talked about sexual energy and spiritual awakenings. We talked about Western medicine's divorce from this knowledge, which I think of as cultural amnesia stemming from the witch-burning days. We talked about empaths and boundaries, and ways the young woman can learn to take of herself. I also suggested that she might want to reconsider the Risperdal. She clapped her palm to her forehead when I mentioned the word empath. That made the pieces fit for her. We both came away feeling really good about the conversation. She was happy to have a broader frame of reference and some tools to share with the young woman and her family. I was happy to bring my two worlds together. We spoke about how important it is for us as mental health professionals to talk openly with families about sensitive kids, and not pathologize them or slap a hasty diagnosis on them or teach them to respond with fear. I felt really good after this conversation. Hopeful of making a difference for the next person, whole in bringing my worlds together, and grateful for the chance to have this interaction. Happily planting one little seed at a time. Peace, Shaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Hi Shaz, That sounds really nice what you did... Love Bruce , " shaktiaz " <shaktiaz wrote: > > Hi All, > > It's been an interesting week. Actually, it's been an interesting couple months, but this week in particular has brought together some significant changes for me, so I thought I would peel off another layer, decloak, and share. > > I work as a mental health clinician, and as I was finishing up some notes the other night, a psychiatrist in my office popped in to run a case by me. She said she had done an evaluation on a depressed 19 year old woman with hallucinations, but she wasn't sure she could call it a psychotic disorder. She said the young woman hears an ugly male voice in her head at night telling her to do things. It starts as she is falling asleep, but it also wakes her up in the middle of the night and talks to her in her dreams, telling her to do relatively benign things like rearrange her bedroom furniture in the middle of the night so that it will make noise and bother other people. > > She said that yes, she had screened her for substance abuse, trauma, dissociation, other types of hallucinations, head injuries and other illnesses, and that the only other significant problems were that she gets easily agitated and overwhelmed when she is driving or when she is around people who are upset or agitated, and that she copes by spending a lot of time alone. The doc said she started her on an antidepressant and a low dose of Risperdal, and wanted to know if I had any insights into what might be going on with this young woman. > > I said, " Yes, I do, but it's outside the Mental Health box. " The psychiatrist knows that I practice Native ways and do ceremonies. I've also been talking with her a little at a time about K stuff these past few years. > > So, I talked with her about entities. I explained how they're like mischievous children or prankster teens who get off on the negative attention, and that whether you call it an entity, psychosis or dissociation, the intervention is the same: Set clear and firm limits, ignore the negative stuff, and send them love them anyway. We talked about sexual energy and spiritual awakenings. We talked about Western medicine's divorce from this knowledge, which I think of as cultural amnesia stemming from the witch-burning days. We talked about empaths and boundaries, and ways the young woman can learn to take of herself. I also suggested that she might want to reconsider the Risperdal. > > She clapped her palm to her forehead when I mentioned the word empath. That made the pieces fit for her. We both came away feeling really good about the conversation. She was happy to have a broader frame of reference and some tools to share with the young woman and her family. I was happy to bring my two worlds together. We spoke about how important it is for us as mental health professionals to talk openly with families about sensitive kids, and not pathologize them or slap a hasty diagnosis on them or teach them to respond with fear. > > I felt really good after this conversation. Hopeful of making a difference for the next person, whole in bringing my worlds together, and grateful for the chance to have this interaction. > > Happily planting one little seed at a time. > > Peace, > Shaz > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 I am glad you had opportunity to speak with this lady about it. My heart goes out with all this people in mental hospitals that believe they are sick when entities or other kundalini symptoms  occur.  I am glad she had the opportunity to met you instead someone else who probably dug her up and ratify she is crazy!  Blessings Monica --- El vie, 3/5/10, shaktiaz <shaktiaz escribió: De: shaktiaz <shaktiaz Asunto: Talks with Docs, Bridging. Part 1 A: Fecha: viernes, 5 de marzo de 2010, 03:44 pm  Hi All, It's been an interesting week. Actually, it's been an interesting couple months, but this week in particular has brought together some significant changes for me, so I thought I would peel off another layer, decloak, and share. I work as a mental health clinician, and as I was finishing up some notes the other night, a psychiatrist in my office popped in to run a case by me. She said she had done an evaluation on a depressed 19 year old woman with hallucinations, but she wasn't sure she could call it a psychotic disorder. She said the young woman hears an ugly male voice in her head at night telling her to do things. It starts as she is falling asleep, but it also wakes her up in the middle of the night and talks to her in her dreams, telling her to do relatively benign things like rearrange her bedroom furniture in the middle of the night so that it will make noise and bother other people. She said that yes, she had screened her for substance abuse, trauma, dissociation, other types of hallucinations, head injuries and other illnesses, and that the only other significant problems were that she gets easily agitated and overwhelmed when she is driving or when she is around people who are upset or agitated, and that she copes by spending a lot of time alone. The doc said she started her on an antidepressant and a low dose of Risperdal, and wanted to know if I had any insights into what might be going on with this young woman. I said, " Yes, I do, but it's outside the Mental Health box. " The psychiatrist knows that I practice Native ways and do ceremonies. I've also been talking with her a little at a time about K stuff these past few years. So, I talked with her about entities. I explained how they're like mischievous children or prankster teens who get off on the negative attention, and that whether you call it an entity, psychosis or dissociation, the intervention is the same: Set clear and firm limits, ignore the negative stuff, and send them love them anyway. We talked about sexual energy and spiritual awakenings. We talked about Western medicine's divorce from this knowledge, which I think of as cultural amnesia stemming from the witch-burning days. We talked about empaths and boundaries, and ways the young woman can learn to take of herself. I also suggested that she might want to reconsider the Risperdal. She clapped her palm to her forehead when I mentioned the word empath. That made the pieces fit for her. We both came away feeling really good about the conversation. She was happy to have a broader frame of reference and some tools to share with the young woman and her family. I was happy to bring my two worlds together. We spoke about how important it is for us as mental health professionals to talk openly with families about sensitive kids, and not pathologize them or slap a hasty diagnosis on them or teach them to respond with fear. I felt really good after this conversation. Hopeful of making a difference for the next person, whole in bringing my worlds together, and grateful for the chance to have this interaction. Happily planting one little seed at a time. Peace, Shaz ______________________________\ ____ ¡Obtén la mejor experiencia en la web! Descarga gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads./ieak8/?l=e1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Thanks, Bruce : ) I'm hoping it will make a difference. It sure would be nice to spare needless suffering and instead help someone let their Light shine! Peace, Shaz , " BruceO " <bruce_oom wrote: > > Hi Shaz, > > That sounds really nice what you did... > > Love > Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Thanks Monica, and everyone, for your encouragement. It's not easy to go out on a limb and raise alternative perspectives, but hopefully a little at a time, face to face and heart to heart... Peace, Shaz , Monica <monikaeslava wrote: > > I am glad you had opportunity to speak with this lady about it. My heart goes out with all this people in mental hospitals that believe they are sick when entities or other kundalini symptoms occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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