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What is the human mind and how does it work? How does the mind behave in extreme situations and how can we bring it back when it has been lost? In a search to find answers to these fundamental questions, filmmaker Edgar Hagen sets out on a journey through Europe and the United States with a group of unconventional psychiatrists and their clients. Fundamental to Hagen’s discoveries is the “Windhorse” approach of the psychiatrist and Buddhist Monk Edward Podvoll, which is founded on the basic principle that there is a healthy core inside the human psyche and that it is possible, even in the most extreme states of mental breakdown to connect with this healthy core. This compelling film presents a profound investigation of psychosis and the possible means of recovery from it without succumbing to the fears that the subject of mental illness can provoke. (DOK.fest München)
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