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Absolutely! I read the article and she talks about "parts" being useful as a therapeutic concept. So even if Ella was faking, there is real trauma there that can possibly be healed by listening to the various parts that she presents

I agree with you that there's not a big difference between the two words and "religious" is off-putting to many people, including myself. I have a lot of religious baggage and trauma. In spite of that, or maybe because of that, I'm still drawn to learning about religions and consider myself agnostic. Across cultures there is an undeniable religious impulse. Humans collect stories and myths that help us make sense of the world.

Ursula and other RNs are offering us another perspective, another way to look at the idea of what it means to be religious in the modern world. I think this is very valuable even if it doesn't resonate with many reddit users.

How does Appa work? After teens match with a mentor, how often each day do they exchange messages? How does the curriculum come in?

But diagnosis is not made by fMRI and electrophysiology studies.

I think many professionals weighing in aren't appreciating her perspective of the disorder through an anthropological lense. I read her article and she makes a good case for the western bias against multiple selves. This bias is so strong that even professionals view the condition with great skepticism instead of getting really curious.

Do you transfer the bodies by yourself? Do you bring the coffin inside with you and transfer to coffin first?