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Summoning the voices in your head
Nov. 2nd, 2024 11:00 pmhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/oct/29/acute-psychosis-inner-voices-avatar-therapy-psychiatry
This is fascinating. A new psychosis treatment that involves creating a computerized avatar of the "voices in your head", which the therapist then roleplays. Apparently astonishingly effective.
I'd call it sorcery. It's a novel formulation of "Only summon that which you can put down"; This is summoning an already-present demon *further* into reality, explicitly so that it can then be banished.
There is definitely some black magic mixed in with it of course, because this is being developed in a capitalist society. The procedure is described as "cost-effective" before they discuss its health effectiveness. Similarly, the article's author was not allowed to view some materials because they were "core IP".
Still, if the basic effect turns out to not be snake oil, this could be a huge benefit to humanity.
This is fascinating. A new psychosis treatment that involves creating a computerized avatar of the "voices in your head", which the therapist then roleplays. Apparently astonishingly effective.
I'd call it sorcery. It's a novel formulation of "Only summon that which you can put down"; This is summoning an already-present demon *further* into reality, explicitly so that it can then be banished.
There is definitely some black magic mixed in with it of course, because this is being developed in a capitalist society. The procedure is described as "cost-effective" before they discuss its health effectiveness. Similarly, the article's author was not allowed to view some materials because they were "core IP".
Still, if the basic effect turns out to not be snake oil, this could be a huge benefit to humanity.