Strange incident

You know that sounds spooky. I have had several encounters over the years of similarly spooky content. A particularly strong memory was an encounter with a client who had medication resistant psychosis. In all the years we worked with him, there was only one incident in which he was lucid. In that window of a mutual connection I finally got to meet the man who had been conserved for decades since he was a young man. I was doing rounds and found him in a yoga (lotus) pose on his bed. This was amazing for him to have been in this pose which takes active practice and flexibility to achieve, but he was so relaxed in it. He looked at me and knew my name and asked me about Mildred. There is no way he could have done what he did or knew who Mildred is to me. And again an odd name. This same man would smoke and the wrens would sit on his finger. I am still astounded by the presence he had and am intrigued and spooked all at once.

There is more to this world then we understand. I believe some of our clients experience things that are real but beyond the reach of sciences understanding. In time perhaps we will understand. Meanwhile the mystery keeps life interesting.

There's more to life and more possible in a person's brain than we can imagine, I think...

This has happened to me.

I was working with some residential, very sick patients, teaching a mild exercise class. At the time, I was working as a sub contractor, and I was very unhappy with my contract. I was considering ditching the middle man and trying to negotiate my own relationship with the client. I happened to be thinking about how I might do this while teaching the class. A patient who was usually very confused and in her own world suddenly looked me in the eye and said, "Don't you do that. It will get you fired." It felt like I got zapped, it was such a shock. She was right too, I never was able to negotiate my own contract with the client, and although I wouldn't call it getting fired, I lost the gig entirely.

There have been more incidents with psych patients knowing stuff they shouldn't. One asked if I was pregnant as I was considering the fact that my period was late, silently.

I am generally not afraid of psych patients. But there was one time when a patient said, "Do you see that?" and the lights flickered, not in a way that happens from turning them off and on, but like a surge, with a simultaneous sound. There was a pause and then he said, "Do you see that?" again and the lights flickered again. It scared me. I have no idea why it happened.

So yeah, you're not crazy.

Most definitely NOT crazy.