“I was trying to save the world”: delusion-like ideation and associated impacts reported by Western practitioners of Buddhist meditation

Delusional ideation is characteristic of psychopathology (e.g., psychosis, bipolar disorder) and is also found among the general population. Contemporary case studies have documented delusional ideation as a feature of meditation-induced psychosis, and Buddhist literature on the side effects and adv...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Elizaveta Solomonova, Jared R. Lindahl, Ian Gold, David J. Cooper, Charlotte Little, Damian Arteca, Chenxi Cao, Willoughby B. Britton
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-10-01
Subjects:	meditation-related challenges delusional ideation mental health meditation and culture meditation-induced psychosis
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1644684/full