Study Finds Link Between Past Life Memories And Mental Health Challenges

Most belief and belief traditions worldwide stock a belief successful a transcendental realm and/or nan continuity of life aft beingness death. This belief is communal among nan big organization of 35 countries crossed six continents, pinch percentages ranging from 38% successful Sweden to 85% successful Indonesia.

A caller survey, involving nationally typical samples successful 22 countries crossed each continents, concluded that location are nary countries wherever astir of nan organization said they did not judge successful life aft death, pinch nan mostly answering "yes" aliases "unsure" to this question.

While location are studies of claims of past-life memories (PLM) successful children, location is still small knowledge astir cases successful adults and nan effect of PLM connected claimers. To capable this gap, Sandra Maciel de Carvalho and her squad analysed nan floor plan of adults who declare to person PLM, including sociodemographic data, nan features of these memories, and their associations pinch intelligence health, happiness, and religiosity/spirituality.

With support from nan BIAL Foundation, researchers from nan Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) and nan University of Virginia (USA) performed an online study for nan first clip among a sample of 402 adults surviving successful Brazil who reported having memories of past lives. In this country, 66% of citizens opportunity that location is probably, aliases definitely, life aft death, and 33% judge that group will beryllium reborn successful this world.

Most of nan sample participants were mediate property 41.6 years, female (79%), pinch higher acquisition (68%), Spiritists (54.5%), and very/moderately belief (91%). PLM started spontaneously successful 82%, connected average, astatine 19.9 years old. Birthmark/defect (54%), different philia (intense and different attractions aliases interests; 30%), and phobia successful puerility (71%), and persistent phobia (71%) were commonly associated features.

The results were published successful nan article "Who Does Report Past-Life Memories? Claimers' Profile, Religiosity/Spirituality and Impact connected Happiness and Mental Health", published successful July successful nan technological diary "The International Journal for nan Psychology of Religion" and indicated that nan PLM features successful sample participants are akin to those usually reported among children, isolated from for nan female prevalence.

In this sample, puerility philias and phobias were associated pinch little happiness and much symptoms of intelligence disorders (46%), which whitethorn bespeak a lasting psychological effect associated pinch PLM. Post-traumatic accent upset (36%) was associated pinch phobias. Religion/spirituality was associated pinch greater happiness and little intelligence upset outcomes, perchance acting arsenic a protective factor.

According to Sandra Maciel de Carvalho, "this study demonstrated that PLM successful adults whitethorn beryllium much prevalent than antecedently thought and whitethorn beryllium associated pinch important suffering and distress". PLM whitethorn represent a "relevant rumor successful intelligence health, and further studies are needed connected its prevalence, impact, and due objective management", nan interrogator emphasizes.