That was the watershed decision I had to make concerning Rafe nearly twenty-five years ago: do I process his death according to World 48 or according to World 24? All around me the psychological and traditional spiritual models were unanimously advocating closure, “grief work,” “letting go,” “getting on with my life.” Something inside me said to

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I'm diagnosed schizophrenic, and the main barrier to re-entering the world after my first psychotic break was that I could no longer relate to the person I once was. My memories felt like memories of another person outside of myself, I didn't believe it was me. It was very traumatizing and I withdrew from everyone I knew and became catatonic for... See more