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Depersonalization Derealization disorder
DIR By: rp
Date: July 4, 2025, 11:12 pm
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I have been feeling like I have this for the past few months:
HTML https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352911
Has any one else felt this?
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Re: Depersonalization Derealization disorder
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: July 4, 2025, 11:37 pm
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Only Western medicine is inferior enough to classify this as a
"disorder". Almost all ancient civilizations recognized this as
a side-effect of spiritual cultivation.
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_projection
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> Ancient Egyptian
> Egyptian teachings present the soul (ba) as having the ability
to hover outside the physical body via the ka, or subtle
body.[8]
>
> Amazon
> The yaskomo of the Waiwai is believed to have the ability to
perform a soul flight that can serve several functions, such as
healing; flying to the sky to consult cosmological beings (the
Moon or the Brother of the Moon) to obtain a name for a newborn
baby; flying to the cave of peccaries' mountains to ask the
father of peccaries for abundance of game; or flying deep down
into a river to seek the aid of other beings.[9]
>
> Inuit
> In some Inuit groups, individuals with special capabilities,
known as angakkuq, are said to be able to travel to
(mythological) remote places, and report their experiences and
important matters back to their community. Those abilities would
be unavailable to individuals with normal capabilities.[10]
Among other things, an angakkuq was said to have the ability to
stop bad hunting luck or heal a sick person.[11]
>
> Hindu
> Similar ideas such as the Liṅga Śarīra are
found in ancient Hindu scriptures such as the
Yogavashishta-Maharamayana of Valmiki.[8] Modern Indians who
have vouched for astral projection include Paramahansa Yogananda
who witnessed Swami Pranabananda doing a miracle through a
possible astral projection.[12]
>
> The Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba described one's use of
astral projection:
>
> In the advancing stages leading to the beginning of the path,
the aspirant becomes spiritually prepared for being entrusted
with free use of the forces of the inner world of the astral
bodies. He may then undertake astral journeys in his astral
body, leaving the physical body in sleep or wakefulness. The
astral journeys that are taken unconsciously are much less
important than those undertaken with full consciousness and as a
result of deliberate volition. This implies conscious use of the
astral body. Conscious separation of the astral body from the
outer vehicle of the gross body has its own value in making the
soul feel its distinction from the gross body and in arriving at
fuller control of the gross body. One can, at will, put on and
take off the external gross body as if it were a cloak and use
the astral body for experiencing the inner world of the astral
and for undertaking journeys through it, if and when necessary.
... The ability to undertake astral journeys therefore involves
considerable expansion of one's scope for experience. It brings
opportunities for promoting one's own spiritual advancement,
which begins with the involution of consciousness.[13]
>
> Astral projection is one of the siddhis ('magical powers')
considered achievable by yoga practitioners through
self-disciplined practice. In the epic Mahabharata, Drona leaves
his physical body to see if his son is alive.
>
> Japanese
> In Japanese mythology, an ikiryō (生霊; also
read as shōryō, seirei, or ikisudama) is a
manifestation of the soul of a living person separately from
their body.[14] Traditionally, if someone holds a sufficient
grudge against another person, it is believed that a part or the
whole of their soul can temporarily leave their body and appear
before the target of their hate in order to curse or otherwise
harm them, similar to an evil eye. Souls are also believed to
leave a living body when the body is extremely sick or comatose;
but such ikiryō are not malevolent.[15]
>
> Taoist
> Taoist alchemical practice involves creation of an energy body
by breathing meditations, drawing energy into a 'pearl' that is
then circulated.[16]
>
> Xiangzi ... with a drum as his pillow fell fast asleep,
snoring and motionless. His primordial spirit, however, went
straight into the banquet room and said, "My lords, here I am
again." When Tuizhi walked with the officials to take a look,
there really was a Taoist sleeping on the ground and snoring
like thunder. Yet inside, in the side room, there was another
Taoist beating a fisher drum and singing Taoist songs. The
officials all said, "Although there are two different people,
their faces and clothes are exactly alike. Clearly he is a
divine immortal who can divide his body and appear in several
places at once. ..." At that moment, the Taoist in the side room
came walking out, and the Taoist sleeping on the ground woke up.
The two merged into one.[17]
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Re: Depersonalization Derealization disorder
DIR By: Aucontraire
Date: August 12, 2025, 10:34 pm
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--- Quote from: 90sRetroFan link ---
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> Only Western medicine is inferior enough to classify this as a
"disorder". Almost all ancient civilizations recognized this as
a side-effect of spiritual cultivation.
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>
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_projection
>
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Ok no. There's a difference between "spiritual cultivation" and
being forced without your consent to lose touch emotionally
because of traumatic stress.
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