Fire Burning in My Head: A Psychologist's Self-Study Reveals How Madness May Enrich Your Life in Diverse Cultures (Paperback)

Contents: Part 1. Discoveries from a Self-Study of Madness: Tales from My Two Worlds ?Episodes of Madness: All of Exuberance, None of Depression ? Madness Has Enriched My Life ? From Psychiatry to Spirituality ? Glimpses of Enlightenment in the Midst of Madness ? In Search of Transcultural Spirituality-in-Communion ? Epilogue. I’m Getting There ? Part 2. Transcending the Clash of Opposites: Thematic Group 1. Normality Versus Abnormality: Madness as Creative Energy: Self-Observations ? Psychiatric Diagnosis and its Pitfalls ? Psychopathology of Religious Luminaries ? Thematic Group 2. Individual Versus Collective Madness: Societal Mental Health Crises in America and China ? Values Underlying Mental Health Practice ? The Trump Phenomenon and the Politics of an Unholy Alliance ? Thematic Group 3. Eastern Versus Western Culture: Two Ways of Life: Chinese and American ? Growing Up in the People’s Republic of China: Culture, Ideology, and Policy ? Family Pathology in Literature: Reinterpreting the Oedipal Myth ? Thematic Group 4. Spirituality Versus Spiritual Emptiness: Transforming Madness for Dignified Existence ? Spirituality and Spiritual Emptiness: Toward Transcultural Applicability ? References ? Appendix A. Multidimensional Evaluation of Spirituality (MES) ? Appendix B. Strategies of Coping ? Appendix C. Highlights of 22 Episodes of Madness, and a Free Association ? Appendix D. Expressive Dance to Music: A Royal Road to Holistic Health ? Appendix E. The Undiscovered Illness: The Opposite of Depression