Current Events > What do we think about India Syndrome?

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"There was the American woman in her 20s who had been traveling in India before withdrawing from contact with home one of the more severe cases Mittal has seen. After months of searching, she was found living in an ashram in Rishikesh and performing erotic, half-naked dances each night. When confronted by Mittals team, she was adamant that she was an apsara, a female mythological spirit who tempts yogis and priests to test their resolve in celibacy. She assured Mittal that she was fine and that this was her path, but she appeared to be in a trancelike state." - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jan/13/india-syndrome-lost-in-the-valley-of-death-harley-rustad

Know anyone who's had it?

So a combination of underlying and undiagnosed mental health issues with the kind of hippies who go to India or SEA to "find themselves" and constantly babble about how superior it is to the west?

Sir_Gawain posted...

So a combination of underlying and undiagnosed mental health issues with the kind of hippies who go to India or SEA to "find themselves" and constantly babble about how superior it is to the west?

The American Psychology Association - says no: https://dictionary.apa.org/dissociative-trance-disorder

Timmyjinkle posted...

The American Psychology Association - says no: https://dictionary.apa.org/dissociative-trance-disorder

so it should only be considered mental illness if being in a trance is abnormal to the culture?