Sleeping Angels

Last April I posted about a child and mother I saw in clinic who, while I was taking a history, told me very matter-of-factly about a ghost who inhabited their house. This piece was recently put on the main webpage of Psychology Today, and generated comments from several readers.

Two readers wrote that, in their opinion, there is no difference between communicating with a spiritual entity who shares one's home, and doing so with one that resides in the heavens. This raises a very interesting question: what is normal behavior and what is abnormal; and who decides, or is even in a position to make that determination? Read More