Exploring Spiritual Crisis and Psychosis

Dr. Tim Read is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author based in London. 

He joins us on the show to discuss the deep unconscious, complexes, being triggered, and why we need a new way to treat mental illness. We talk about the difference between spiritual crisis and psychosis; how modern psychiatry is broken; and why psychiatrists should undergo psychedelic therapy.

Additionally, we explore the difference between being in process and processing; how our triggers are an opportunity to step into our healing journey; the role of relationships in our healing; how to help shift culture and community to better support people in crisis; how to support people in psychotic delusion (without colluding in their delusions); and the point at which we should involve psychiatric intervention.

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Episode Breakdown

• (0:00) Opening
• (1:51) Overture
• (5:31) Patron Thanks
• (6:46) Interview begins
• (8:28) The deep unconscious, COEX/complexes, and being triggered
• (12:45) Why we need a new way to treat mental illness 
• (14:03) A bit more into COEX systems and processing being triggered
• (21:16) Being triggered distorts our perception of reality
• (22:40) Being triggered offers us an opportunity to heal (in process vs processing)
• (24:48) Getting stuck in a trigger
• (30:33) Triggers are an opportunity to step into our healing journey
• (33:30) How to process being triggered
• (36:30) The role of relationships in our healing process
• (40:40) How do we help shift culture and community to better support people in crisis
• (43:12) Why psychiatrists should undergo psychedelic therapy
• (44:35) Modern psychiatry is broken
• (48:10) A definition of Spiritual Emergency, Spiritual Crisis
• (51:34) The difference between spiritual crisis and psychosis
• (56:34) Mental illness is not biologically rooted (bipolar, psychosis, and schizophrenia)
• (1:00:07) Exploring the root of mental illness from a Jungian perspective
• (1:13:55) The deepest personal touches the transpersonal
• (1:15:36) The challenge of touching the transpersonal 
• (1:17:40) The point at which we should involve psychiatric intervention
• (1:21:07) Psychiatric medication can be necessary at times | don’t let ideology get in the way of common sense
• (1:26:04) How to support people in psychotic delusion (without colluding in their delusions)
• (1:29:59) It’s all about love | Love is the key ingredient
• (1:32:07) Follow-up links
• (1:34:00) Outro

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