Nevermore
Gotta revive this one: They have some connection to heavy metal. Ooh.
Things that are linked together don't have to affect each other. Also, how much is "many"? 50%, 10%, 90% of psychiatric patients?
Personally I've had some awful awful days and if I had no one to talk to, a tarot deck would give be advice, cheer me up and give me confidence.
I know it's a stereotype but those with mental illness often suffer alone (many do, either from lack of themselves understanding or those around them not supporting them) so maybe they used the Tarot to make sense of life, to gain some idea/control what was happening. Depression is the major one so it seems likely.
Maybe if they were suffering mentally they might use it obsessively, too much or just might have trouble getting the answers straight, who knows.
Tarot on mental illness. Very interesting!
That could be an unknown factor thing. Like...the taller you are the smarter. But as you age (from baby to toddler to preschooler to grade schooler to adolescent to teen to adult) you get taller, right? and you learn more too.willowfox said:Isn't it true that reading too often for yourself will make you go crazy? A doctor once told me that many of his psychiatric patients used to use tarot cards.
Things that are linked together don't have to affect each other. Also, how much is "many"? 50%, 10%, 90% of psychiatric patients?
Personally I've had some awful awful days and if I had no one to talk to, a tarot deck would give be advice, cheer me up and give me confidence.
I know it's a stereotype but those with mental illness often suffer alone (many do, either from lack of themselves understanding or those around them not supporting them) so maybe they used the Tarot to make sense of life, to gain some idea/control what was happening. Depression is the major one so it seems likely.
Maybe if they were suffering mentally they might use it obsessively, too much or just might have trouble getting the answers straight, who knows.
Tarot on mental illness. Very interesting!