I often have to deal with or try to help others that have a 'fractured self' and seem to have no 'model' or training in how to deal with that .
I spent New Year's Eve listening to and talking with a distraught mother that has spent a week in her car , driving to and fro, searching for her son, finding him and then driving him here and there , sleeping in the car and then shuttling between two regional hospital's psyche wards . He is locked up in one now . She has spent the last few days sitting around the ward , waiting for doctors who dont show up or promise to call but dont , defending him against wrong and bad medications and all of that nasty 'circus' in an overcrowded, understaffed very strange environment .
She has a lot learning and skills in a 'spiritual tradition' but they have no teaching or techniques to deal with this .
I noticed with another person , he is very 'spiritual' and lauded by people because of that . I found out that the number of Vipassanas he has attended is, well, at least excessive IMO . But then he had to return to his old family environment for a few days to sort out some 'probate business'. He returned a mess , 'invaded' totally shot down . In talking with him about it , he too had no idea how to deal with his problem .
And I have noticed some cases similar here too on DBs over the years .
Often , when its too late then they want the advice, the practices, the techniques . But it isnt an instant fix , especially by that stage .
But some have learnt to deal with it by themselves . At one stage I was reviewing some source material * and then I watched a doco on homeless people with psychiatric problems . One, this young woman , what a psychological mess , which led to a bad physical mess and life as well . But she managed to heal herself and f me ! I realized she had done the crucial things in the paper I was studying (it wasnt the first time I encountered this, in this paper , I had long experience with it in my practices and the paper was a pleasant surprise as it was from a psychiatrist that worked 17 years in a state mental institution and he 'discovered ' the same principles and ways to deal with these issues , within a medical clinical environment ! ) , she did it with the help of her dog / companion . I wont go further into that , but its a demonstration that with the right underlying principles and realizations , the 'outer clothing' of 'management ' is less significant .
I have been enjoying reading and seeing the way Bindi manages it .
* This isnt really starting point , the following is for people that have got into deep 'trouble' with it ;
http://www.theisticpsychology.org/books/w.vandusen/presence_spirits.htm
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