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[edensvessel]

Hello! I'm someone that experiences psychosis and actively take medication for it. The specific type of delusions I experience are delusions of grandeur, and the whole "spiritual psychosis" thing really, really grinds my gears.

You can disagree with someone without demonising people like me and adding to the stigma surrounding psychosis. Because of how often that term gets thrown around, people like me are infinitely more afraid of speaking about our experiences because we're so used to questioning every bit of our realities to begin with. I'm lucky enough to have it easier, considering I'm on medication and can access help whenever I need it. Someone else may not be able to.

Learn how to disagree with people without discrediting their mental state and throwing the burden on the shoulders of the mentally ill while you're at it. Polytheist/pagan spaces always preach about being mental health/neurodivergent safe and then turn around and throw around these terms, and I'm so sick of it.

People really heard the term religious psychosis and ran with it. Not everyone who disagrees with you has psychosis. People have different practices and that's perfectly fine also you as a random person on tumblr or tiktok have no right or authority to say that someome else has psychosis. You can certainly recommend seeing a professional but to label someone with a severe mental illness is ridiculous

[edensvessel]

there's something so special about being so distant from my heritage for so much of my life and then reaching out to a deity from that heritage and instantly feeling at home and safe enough to reconnect with that culture

i'm looking at you, krishna ji

[edensvessel]

Do you maybe have a song you associate as your relationship with any of the deities you work with? If so…deep dive into why? /vnf

- Dad

HELLO DAD !!! I adore this question because I do have a few

King Asmodeus

　✦　The King And His Sword by M.M. Keeravaani

While this song is part of the soundtrack for a movie duology (my FAVOURITE movie duology go watch Bahubali right NOW) I feel like listening to it accurately describes how my bond with King Asmodeus is. You don't have to watch the scene that specific track is from to understand why (though for other reasons I think you should solely because the scene is so cool). It's the way the music progresses. That, paired with the title of the track (considering He calls me His vessel), and the overall vibe...Yeah. If I go to explain any deeper than that then we'd be here all day and quite frankly I don't think it could fully capture it even if I did, so I'd recommend to take a listen. If you get it, you get it.

Lord Apollon

　✦　There is a Light That Never Goes Out by the Smiths

Lord Apollon has given me this song many times whenever He's comforted me or otherwise. It feels like I'm dancing with Him every time I listen, especially during the last chorus. It's a song that instantly reminds me of Him, because in my head, it's like the song is me singing about Him up until the last chorus, which always feels like it's Him speaking to me.

Shri Krishna

　✦　Mamta Se Bhari by Bombay Jayashri

Another M.M. Keeravaani soundtrack on this list (hell it's from the same movie) but this song very accurately encapsulates what our bond has been like so far, given the overall vibe. On top of that, He's been helping me reconnect with my culture more and more, so a song from my culture, a song that happens to be part of a movie that's a big part of my childhood, is fitting. The praises sung about the protagonist of the movie, Bahubali, are also very similar to how I see Shri Krishna.

THANK YOU FOR THE ASK I LOVE MUSIC it was very tempting to put a Sleep Token song on here but honestly these songs just cannot be beat when it comes to how accurate they are

[edensvessel]

all of this could be solved if people just started clarifying whenever they're speaking about their own UPGs by the way. it is that simple

i feel like a lot of the takes on greek mythology i'm seeing are seriously lacking in contextual awareness?

[edensvessel]

guys you don't get it He speaks to me in the four desi languages i speak instead of in english!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's monumental to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there's something so special about being so distant from my heritage for so much of my life and then reaching out to a deity from that heritage and instantly feeling at home and safe enough to reconnect with that culture

i'm looking at you, krishna ji