Impact of dissociative experiences in migraine and its close relationship with osmophobia

Saçmacı, Hikmet; Cengiz, Gül Ferda; Aktürk, Tülin

doi:10.1080/01616412.2020.1753417

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“…Our results confirm the findings from previous studies, investigating the behavioral and psychopathological profile of patients with MOH (1,27). Regarding the dissociative aspects, in our study, there were no differences among the three groups, even if few studies demonstrated that dissociative symptoms are more frequent in patients with migraine and, in particular, in chronic forms of migraine (28). However, dissociative symptoms in patients with MOH have not been investigated so far.…”

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Theory of Mind in migraine and medication-overuse headache: A cross-sectional study

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BackgroundTheory of Mind (ToM) is the ability to predict and anticipate others' behaviors through the mental state attribution process. This study aims to investigate the ToM in patients with medication-overuse headache (MOH) and episodic migraine (EM) and to compare it with healthy controls (HC).MethodsThis study enrolled patients with MOH, patients with EM, and HC. ToM was assessed through the Theory of Mind Assessment Scale (ThOMAS), which includes four subscales: Scale A, I-Me, Scale B, Other-Self, Scale C, I-Other, and Scale D, Other-Me, through the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test (RMET), which measures complex emotion recognition, and through the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), which measures alexithymia. Concomitant psychiatric disturbances were evaluated through the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, and the Dissociative Experiences Scale-II.ResultsThe study involved 21 patients with EM, 22 patients with MOH, and 18 HC. In all the four subscales of the ThOMAS, there was a significant difference between HC, EM, and MOH patients: Scale A (p = 0.009), Scale B (p = 0.004), Scale C (p = 0.039), and Scale D (p = 0.008). In the RMET, MOH patients had worse performances than EM patients and HC (p = 0.039). MOH group exhibited higher levels of alexithymia when compared to the HC (p = 0.033) and higher levels of anxiety than HC (p = 0.001).ConclusionMOH patients showed a subtle psychopathological pattern characterized by impaired social adaptation.

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confidence: 91%

Theory of Mind in migraine and medication-overuse headache: A cross-sectional study

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“…Onset al., 2006), as do patients with Lewy body dementia (Sakai et al, 2013). Episodic and chronic migraines are followed by dissociative symptoms (Saçmacı et al, 2020). Charles Bonnet syndrome (vision loss which results in hallucinations) (Geueke et al, 2012) and delirium tremens (severe ethanol withdrawal) (Rahman and Paul, 2023) are associated with strong anxiety.…”

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Therapeutic dissociation: From non-ordinary states to psychological transformation

Clingo

2024

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Common mental health pathologies such as depression, anxiety, addiction, and PTSD have recently seen treatment inroads. These issues share a phenomenological core—a dissociative quality that involves the distintegration of self and other. Interestingly, some of the most effective treatments of these pathologies are themselvesacutely dissociative. For example, psychedelic therapy has been effective at treating these pathologies and involves highly dissociative altered states. This pattern holds across other dissociative methods such as hypnosis, CBT, and meditation, leading some to hypothesize that there is a common pathway from acutely altered states to long-term treatment of conditions that involve pathological dissociation. Among the proposed mechanisms are pivotal mental states, the entropic brain, REBUS, and pattern breaking. In this paper, I highlight the methods and mechanisms behind the observed clinical efficacy in treating pathologically dissociative mental health issues. I also propose a simplified underlying structure and an experimental approach that could result in effective treatment without complicated pharmacological interventions.

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“…During an EEG testing of my brainwaves, the doctors determined that my brain slows down while being triggered by flashing strobe lights. Migraine auras are neurological states that can cause disturbances in motion, balance, depth perception, vision, hearing, speech, cognition, physical sensation, and dissociation (American Migraine Foundation, 2021; Saçmacı et al, 2020). Migraines with aura share neurological similarities to the condition of epilepsy, but to a lesser degree (Coppola et al, 2019).…”

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Dysfunction, neuroplasticity, and the brain: An artist's personal experience

Dinsick

2023

Anthropol of Consciousness

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This state is experienced holistically, however chemically, the physical catalyst that is triggered within the brain. Many studies of the brain show differences in brain functionality when an individual is experiencing an altered state of consciousness (Begley, 2004, 1B).The brain, with its 86 billion neurons (Herculano-Houzel, 2012), is a highly complex organism with remarkable and measurable healing capabilities. Every person's brain develops unique functionality due to the fluid nature of the healing process referred to as neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is defined as "the ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury" (Oxford Reference). It is a process that naturally occurs over the course of someone's life, which causes adaptation in unique ways.The term altered states of consciousness represents a state of being that is not typical to the waking state of the brain. Physical, spiritual, and mystical experiences of higher consciousness can be triggered naturally through methods such as meditation, hypnosis, or prayer; it can be achieved chemically as well through use of psychedelic drugs.Through neuroplasticity, the brain will carve out new neural pathways when a skill or experience is newly acquired. Training the brain into achieving a higher level of consciousness will likely become easier through repeated experience and personal practice. A practice can be developed through natural means like meditation, such as with Buddhist Monks (Begley, 2004, 1B), and culminate in an increased familiarity with one's own neurology. Through neuroplasticity, the brain will adapt to these new pathways you are developing in your consciousness practice.This sculpture, entitled "Astro Block" (Figures 1-5), was inspired by the physical event that triggered my own expansion of human consciousness; a benign pilocytic astrocytoma brain tumor of the brain stem. The sculpture was inspired by the brain's role in expanded consciousness and its potential for neural growth during dysfunction.The location of the dysfunction was in the Astrocyte cells in the brain stem. Astrocytes are star-shaped cells found in the central nervous system that are highly linked to neurological function and regulating blood flow. The brain stem is an area that heavily controls the

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Impact of dissociative experiences in migraine and its close relationship with osmophobia

Cited by 5 publications

References 29 publications

Theory of Mind in migraine and medication-overuse headache: A cross-sectional study

Theory of Mind in migraine and medication-overuse headache: A cross-sectional study

Therapeutic dissociation: From non-ordinary states to psychological transformation

Dysfunction, neuroplasticity, and the brain: An artist's personal experience

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