Risk Factors for Emergence of Sudden Unusual Mental or Somatic Experiences and Subsequent Suffering
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science April 28, 2025 Malcolm J. Wright, Vanessa L. Cha, Melissa R. Streifert et al.
Emergent phenomena (EP)—sudden unusual mental or somatic experiences—are surprisingly widespread. Although EP often lead to positive impacts on well-being, they are sometimes followed by intense suffering. We examine potential risk factors and protective factors for EP and related suffering using logistic regression on general-population survey data (n = 3,133). The four strongest risk factors...