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Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by themodelplumber on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:22AM (#28415885)
I'm glad you pointed that out. There are many related therapeutic functions.

While journaling I have a random personality picker which draws from a list of subjectively helpful archetypes. From favorite actors to inner child and future self, and more. Then I interview them or converse with them intuitively, with the aim of exploring the situation or problem from a new perspective.

Related is a theory that by taking the perspective of a given personality, we essentially become that personality (not person, but personality) for however short a time period, giving ourselves access to their tools for problem-solving...

Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by a9h74j on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:25PM (#28420929)
There are references around to "Inner Council Work", including a suggested exercise where you walk some path [in your mind] to a cabin, where at a table you sit with representations of you at different ages. In this exercise, you converse with whichever age seems to have something to say.

Discussed in Stephen Buhner Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm.

Re:Many young people diagnosed with Tourette’s after watchin... by evv555 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:45AM (#28416076)
Beyond therapeutic I would argue that this capacity is at the heart of great literature and its psychoactive potential.