thoughts on treatment of " insanity "

[kossai]

kossai is religious , flat out - some form of faerie pagan if have to put words . despite weirdness and apparent impossibility of experiences , there is no distress or danger in these , and do not see as disorder , delusion , or otherwise .
still , can not stand people who use religious position to look down on folks who , quote , " really do " have something wrong . will of course admit that kossai also probably do not do things perfectly , but think very important to : 

teach everyone about discernment . what experiences might mean something truly religious or magical , what experiences might be some kind of red flag for physical and/or mental health , what experiences might be dangerous regardless of origin - and how to understand subtle differences . 

allow everyone autonomy and self determination to label experiences . religion , delusion , simple quirk - yes , even if this label end up wrong . pain of mistakes is unfortunate , but to conflate all of these with each other also hurt everyone . there is no perfect solution to prevent all mistakes and pains , which is why also want for next point . 

destigmatise things like psychosis and schizophrenia . if experiences cause more distress and danger than originally expect due to roots in painful delusion , there should not be any stigma , or any lapse or loss of legal personhood , in this admission . anyone could be just one extremely traumatic event away from psychosis - this is not some moral failure , and not something which separate as inferior .

advocate for folks to treat and manage in any way which see fit . this means with or without therapy , with or without medications . this also means for world to build stronger communities , to allow for third spaces , to allow for hobbies and personal expressions - even if others fail to understand . 

learn what support should really look like . if there is no distress or danger , then attempts at " support " often just insensitive and nonsensical . and if there is distress or danger , some attempts at support can make things worse , not better . learn how to counteract distress , without feed into spiral . if physical restraint is absolute need for safety , learn and teach others how to do so with least risk of injury . 

and to understand that things in life will always be kind of messy . there is never just one perfect solution for all folks in all situations - what will help one might destroy another , and neither one is wrong to say so . learn to accept this . learn to accept autonomy and choices of others . learn that personal experience is not what everyone else experience .