Periagoge
Scenario

When Mental Illness and Spiritual Possession Present Similarly

My son was diagnosed with schizophrenia but my grandmother insists it's spiritual possession that needs traditional treatment, and I'm terrified of choosing the wrong approach.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Competing explanatory frameworks for psychological distress force impossible choices between medical intervention and ancestral wisdom.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African traditional healing traditions?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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