New Page in the tab section—Recovery from extreme states (psychosis, etc)

I will copy it here. I intend to have a bibliography added soon. I have added a reading list. And I will continue to add to it. It will always be in a tab at the top of my blog. However it will continue to grow.
Whether you choose to see psychosis or other extreme states of consciousness as healing crisis or the psyche or spiritual emergency hundreds of people find their way through them without meds or with meds only for a short time (usually coerced).

This is a collection of stories of people who have come through such episodes. Sometimes lasting months, other times lasting years. But they have all fully recovered.

This page will be continually added to as I find more information. I intend to add a book section soon.

This list is by no mean exhaustive.

David Lukoff’s story of psychosis and recovery

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Paul Levy’s Story of Transformation

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Another recounting from Paul Levy—visit his site and listen to the Madness Radio interview

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Sean’s experience with manic psychosis and the transformation that followed

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Sean’s understanding after a year of study

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The Doctor who hears voices—a documentary that chronicles the healing journey of a young woman in an extreme state being cared for a man whose been there himself–Rufus May

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Rufus May talking about his own story on Madness Radio–also transformed from psychotic to “ordinary” human being—that’s what we all are!!

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A post with multiple links looking at the wonder that is Pat Deegan’s life

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Documentary on the lives of two women who work through their psychosis

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Dr. Edward Whitney’s manic psychosis that resolved itself with a spiritual understanding

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Recovery through mind training —a journey of meditation in Buddhism—By Sally Clay

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SFJane’s Story of Recovery: Her blog is here. A healing brought about mostly by 10 years of daily intensive meditation

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Websites:

Spiritual Emergency

Spiritual Recovery

Successful Schizophrenia

Soteria House—drug free healing house for those in psychosis

Recovery from schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders —-Ron Unger’s blog—experiencer for extreme states and now a practicing Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Books to help understand the process our minds go through while in extreme states:

A Quiet Mind: A Mystic Journey OUT of Insanity, Sean Blackwell (free online!)

(I also have a copy in PDF format if you send me an email I’ll send it to you. This is Gianna speaking)

Trials of the Visionary Mind – John Weir PerryBeyond Meds › Edit Page — WordPress

The Stormy Search for Self, Dr. Stan Grof

Soteria, Dr. Loren Mosher and Voyce Hendrix

Spiritual Emergency, Edited by Dr. Stan and Christina Grof

The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle

Mad in America - Robert Whitaker

A Brief History of Everything – Ken Wilber

The Politics of Experience – R.D. Laing

Anatomy of the Spirit – Caroline Myss

THIS IS BY NO MEANS AND EXHAUSTIVE READING LIST