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Roger Waldram
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Hello. First I'll 'check in' with some personal info followed by an explanation of what on earth is 'anomalous experience', next I'll attach the model followed by a link to my blog that has the abstract from my doctoral thesis.
1. I'm a 62 year old insulin-dependant integrative psychotherapist. In my 20's I saw & heard stuff others didn't, stopped injecting insulin & had a near death experience. I was committed, diagnosed acute schizophrenia & 'treated' with largactil & ECT that I hated. After discharge I remained on insulin & made the changes needed including no anti-psychotic meds.
2. Homolous means the same so anomalous means not the same or odd, different strange & includes a full range of this experience with no psychiatric diagnosis-check out 'Varieties of Anomalous Experience' by Krippner & others.
3. Diagnosis rests on belief & perception so experience can be seen & treated very differently-my 8 years research was with now mental health professionals who had recovered & my question concerned 'madness' & 'spiritual experience'-I'm not talking about religious-stuff, seeing that as quite different. Here's the link http://www.vinepartnership.co.uk/index.php?page=blog Warning-there's a smiling picture of me on the 1st site page that I find spooky!
4. The model suggests we start off as a homolous being (? Mal-Adaptive=pleasing others), after stress-overload, linked-losses, life-crisis, drugs or ritual we enter an anomalous world. There we can't sleep or concentrate, see, hear or think symbolically & that's horrendous for us & those closest. Recovery includes sanctuary, good relationship, & using stress and feeling-management tools. Then we become more aware, capable and resilient.
As a rider to what I've said this is rigorous qualitative research but nevertheless subjective & may not be a good 'fit' for you-it can't be & was never intended to be a universal 'remedy'. However it offers a different perspective that can be integrated with current mental health discourse e.g. using medication to manage symptoms for the time being etc.
Now I'll try & upload the model-be great to hear from you here or on the blog..
All the best,
RogerView attachment Anomalous Recovery ref.doc
1. I'm a 62 year old insulin-dependant integrative psychotherapist. In my 20's I saw & heard stuff others didn't, stopped injecting insulin & had a near death experience. I was committed, diagnosed acute schizophrenia & 'treated' with largactil & ECT that I hated. After discharge I remained on insulin & made the changes needed including no anti-psychotic meds.
2. Homolous means the same so anomalous means not the same or odd, different strange & includes a full range of this experience with no psychiatric diagnosis-check out 'Varieties of Anomalous Experience' by Krippner & others.
3. Diagnosis rests on belief & perception so experience can be seen & treated very differently-my 8 years research was with now mental health professionals who had recovered & my question concerned 'madness' & 'spiritual experience'-I'm not talking about religious-stuff, seeing that as quite different. Here's the link http://www.vinepartnership.co.uk/index.php?page=blog Warning-there's a smiling picture of me on the 1st site page that I find spooky!
4. The model suggests we start off as a homolous being (? Mal-Adaptive=pleasing others), after stress-overload, linked-losses, life-crisis, drugs or ritual we enter an anomalous world. There we can't sleep or concentrate, see, hear or think symbolically & that's horrendous for us & those closest. Recovery includes sanctuary, good relationship, & using stress and feeling-management tools. Then we become more aware, capable and resilient.
As a rider to what I've said this is rigorous qualitative research but nevertheless subjective & may not be a good 'fit' for you-it can't be & was never intended to be a universal 'remedy'. However it offers a different perspective that can be integrated with current mental health discourse e.g. using medication to manage symptoms for the time being etc.
Now I'll try & upload the model-be great to hear from you here or on the blog..
All the best,
RogerView attachment Anomalous Recovery ref.doc