When Spirit Feels Like Madness

Trans Lineage and the Gift That Won’t Let Go"

By Dr. Udim Isang, DPT, EdD, Mbia Idiong, Abia Ibok
Trans. Neurodistinct. Touched by Spirit. Returned to remember.

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“Some of us are not ‘mentally ill’—we are spiritually open in a closed society.”
— Adapted from Malidoma Somé, Dagara elder and shaman

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I used to think something was wrong with me.

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That I was broken.

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That maybe I was a psychopath.

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That maybe I was schizophrenic—or worse: spiritually defective.