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Fern Choe's avatar

Thank you SO MUCH for mentioning that meditation can cause psychosis. This rarely gets mentioned compared to how much people rah-rah meditation (which I love doing)

I didn’t get psychotic but during a 3-week meditation retreat in 2019, I was suddenly smack dab having a hypomanic episode - as in, I knew what I was seeing and hearing were just in my head and not for anyone else, but my whole physiology got jacked up.

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Scott Ninneman/SpeakingBipolar's avatar

Thanks for sharing your experience. I've never had that happen, but I think it's important to share all sides of the bipolar journey. It's nice to hear this from a real person because I never experienced it.

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