Why is Kundalini Awakening often mistaken for psychosis and schizophrenia?

From Into the Psychic Realm: discussing the reasons that Kundalini awakening is often mistaken for psychosis and schizophrenia.

REFERENCES:

The Kundalini Experience: Psychosis or Transcendence by Lee Sannella (BOOK)

Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness by Itzhak Bentov (BOOK)

Kundalini-like experience as psychopathology: A case series and brief review

Impact of changing the Japanese term for “schizophrenia” for reasons of stereotypical beliefs of schizophrenia in Japanese youth

“Like a Vibration Cascading through the Body”: Energy-Like Somatic Experiences Reported by Western Buddhist Meditators