Spiers, L. (2021) Dreamy States and Cosmic Wanderings: An Autoethnographic Narrative of Spiritual Experiences In Epilepsy. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research. 10(1), pp. 50-77.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Abstract: | The medical model attributes religious and spiritual experiences in epilepsy to delusional or hallucinatory events, sometimes diagnosed as a form of ictal psychosis with its causation lying in epileptic symptomatology. Individuals with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy rarely discuss experiences with medical professionals, fearing judgement and pathologization. I problematize understanding these experiences in a strictly biomedical manner. A medical case study is replaced by autoethnographic narrative to describe and analyse spiritual experiences from a non-medical perspective. This approach emphasizes the phenomenology of the experience and its meaning for the life of the experient. Themes of illness, disclosure and stigma become transformative. Keywords: epilepsy, spirituality, autoethnography, illness, ictal psychosis |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | epilepsy, spirituality, autoethnography, illness |
| Creators: | Spiers, Louise |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences |
| Date: | 1 March 2021 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Page Range: | pp. 50-77 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Departures in Critical Qualitative Research |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Number of Pages: | 27 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2021.10.1.50 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/14485 |
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