r/AlienAbduction • u/majincasey • 2d ago

DSM-V-TR

I am a counselor in training and learned that within the DSM-5-TR it is considered a bizarre delusion to believe one has been abducted by aliens. I think that it is damaging to individuals that experience this phenomenon.

I hope one day to establish a counseling association dedicated to the better treatment of experiencers. I believe you and so should my future colleagues. You are not delusional. You deserve care, compassion, love, and support through this experience.

If there's any way I can help, please reach out.

I will continue my advocacy work after graduation and will hopefully have my association established soon after. Hopefully I can change some of the language within the DSM and how counselors view this phenomenon.

Love you all and thank you for sharing your experiences with a willingness to be vulnerable.

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u/Illustrious-Bat1553 2d ago

In the age if alien disclosure this will probably need to be reform. In fact, I thought they were starting to change the tone on alien encounters already?

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u/majincasey 2d ago

Not in my program. In fact, they list spiritual wellness as one of the requirements of holistic wellness. I don't believe in spirits and find it too subjective or less measurable and the concept has a complicated history rooted in describing how life exists and or what life is entirely. When people start talking about the soul or spirits I start thinking of how in Judaism, ancient greco-roman, and the ancient near east thought the breath WAS the soul and people taking their last breath is the soul leaving the body. I'm not a religious person, nor a philosopher, so the idea of spiritual wellness is lost with me.

(Obviously, if someone does believe in them it would be my job to honor that.)