Regarding boxes and labels, speaking on my own experience :
One can find relief in recognizing the problem for what it is, connecting the dots, at last. For autism it could be "Now I understand why my social interactions are weird since childhood or why I feel so clueless about everything or what's going on from facial expressions to second degree humor to hierarchy etc.."
1/Understanding, reading or meeting with people that have had the same everyday problem as you did. Breaking the isolation and belonging to a group.
2/Better educate the entourage to create a more peaceful, tolerant environment. People (patients, parents, friends) sometimes needs a "professional diagnostic" to take it seriously.
3/Labelling permits social aids from the government. (In France you enter the network of "handicaped worker" = easier access to admninistrative jobs or might apply for financial aids)
I guess it's the same with people creating new "boxes" for gender, sexualities (a/sapiosexual) and such. Belonging and being recognized. From a spiritual healing point of view, this box might be just be what someones need for a while. It doesn't have to be separated to consciousness.
Of course there is a downside to it : that is being enclosed in it. But it's another path to take to push the bounderies and redefine yourself as you grow.
Regarding psychiatry :
Yes psychiatry is fluctuent because it deals with symptoms and labels are interconnected. Often a "patient" will tick more than one box. But there are many ways to deal with catalysts and the psychotherapy (working with the shadow self), behavioral therapies offered by western psychatry can fit in the lot. That applies more to anxieties/depression/phobia/addiction. Autism is not a psychiatric problem per se and psychosis stand out although those last two often are co-incidents with mental health issues.
Also, as said above, I think not getting metaphysical in hospitals is the better option. Unless it's deeply traumatizing and affecting life, sanity and in that case it might be easier to stabilize it with meds for a while.
+It's possible to undergo therapy without getting into spiritual believes.
C_A : or take a break for a while backpack-style ? Visiting some friends, couchsurfing/hitchhiking, going camping, no big budget needed. Even if it's just for a few days, take your bag, get this time for you (and entangle yourself from your mind by living in the present moment)
One can find relief in recognizing the problem for what it is, connecting the dots, at last. For autism it could be "Now I understand why my social interactions are weird since childhood or why I feel so clueless about everything or what's going on from facial expressions to second degree humor to hierarchy etc.."
1/Understanding, reading or meeting with people that have had the same everyday problem as you did. Breaking the isolation and belonging to a group.
2/Better educate the entourage to create a more peaceful, tolerant environment. People (patients, parents, friends) sometimes needs a "professional diagnostic" to take it seriously.
3/Labelling permits social aids from the government. (In France you enter the network of "handicaped worker" = easier access to admninistrative jobs or might apply for financial aids)
I guess it's the same with people creating new "boxes" for gender, sexualities (a/sapiosexual) and such. Belonging and being recognized. From a spiritual healing point of view, this box might be just be what someones need for a while. It doesn't have to be separated to consciousness.
Of course there is a downside to it : that is being enclosed in it. But it's another path to take to push the bounderies and redefine yourself as you grow.
Regarding psychiatry :
Yes psychiatry is fluctuent because it deals with symptoms and labels are interconnected. Often a "patient" will tick more than one box. But there are many ways to deal with catalysts and the psychotherapy (working with the shadow self), behavioral therapies offered by western psychatry can fit in the lot. That applies more to anxieties/depression/phobia/addiction. Autism is not a psychiatric problem per se and psychosis stand out although those last two often are co-incidents with mental health issues.
Also, as said above, I think not getting metaphysical in hospitals is the better option. Unless it's deeply traumatizing and affecting life, sanity and in that case it might be easier to stabilize it with meds for a while.
+It's possible to undergo therapy without getting into spiritual believes.
C_A : or take a break for a while backpack-style ? Visiting some friends, couchsurfing/hitchhiking, going camping, no big budget needed. Even if it's just for a few days, take your bag, get this time for you (and entangle yourself from your mind by living in the present moment)
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