What if psychotic experiences express historical and intergenerational trauma? DoesĀ one personāsĀ emotional crisis reach beyond their own individualĀ mind? CouldĀ synchronicities and meaningful coincidences guideĀ recovery instead of just being āsymptomsā?
Naas Siddiqui, a psychiatric survivor and therapist in training who founded the Spiritual Emergence and other Unusual Experiences student group, descended into altered states after withdrawing from psychiatric medications. She discovered how her Bangladeshi heritage shapedĀ her madness, and found a uniqueĀ pathway to use her visionary states to heal personal and family trauma.
http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/10/transmuting-historical-trauma/
