have you ever seen someone posessed?
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Yes. Especially in my younger years. (Even collaborated in a couple of exorcisms.)
As the years passed, the possessed increasingly seemed to avoid me. (Not counting those possessing the homeless.)
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I have seen it for the last two and a half weeks with a demon called Opiate...
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Poor thing (the woman with the psychosis triggered).
How we receive our psychic experiences, and whether they go pathological or not depends so much on what we understand.
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Wow
Before I read the whole thread I was gonna share that when I was a young girl, I was thought possessed by demons and friends performed an exercism of sorts on me. I recall bowls of oil and water, and lots of prayers and latin.
What I wasnt gonna tell you was what made people think I was possessed. Why did I go from being a little ball of sunlight and love, to a miserable SOB, who wanted to die and take the world with me?
While I do not believe in vicitms, I have searched deeply for any understanding of Violence against women and children.
I do know that the personal tramua that I had undergone was too much for me, and that I shut down, did not protect myself, I left myself open, and some very nasty things took a hold in me.I know what happened to me and made me flip. I know that it wasnt one incident that drove me off the deep end. I know it wasnt just teenage hormones. I know that it was a whole bunch of factors that allowed me to seperate from my body, and allowed something else in.
When I read or hear of magicians invoking demons, or forces or energies and controlling them my skin crawls and I wonder why they would want to risk such a thing, so much could go wrong, and then they'll end up in the luna house with all the other mental cases.
I will admit that I would not be the person I am today if I hadnt been a participant in my life:) All the things that have happened in m y life good and bad (perceptions) have allowed me to grow and become. I strive for compassion for others as well as for myself.
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My experiences with the possessed, rape, and opiates have convinced me of only one thing: 'tis all in the mind.
In the illustrious year 2007, my good friend and drug companion lost his mind as the result of the combined use of amphetamines and psychedelics. The results were deeply disturbing, as I did not yet understand the laws of cause and effect. He returned from the mental institution with various symptoms of possession: snarling, garbled speech, bizarre behavior and an inability to associate with other beings. His symptoms were entirely passive, but nonetheless created a rift in our relationship that never healed.
On the positive side, I had an opportunity to view a possessed person at close quarters, and conducted various experiments in an attempt to heal him. Music worked best, and also I tried an invocation of the angel Gabriel, to some effect. But I gave up trying to help him after a couple efforts; his behavior was far too erratic for me to spend profitable time with him. After a hefty regimen of anti-psychotic drugs, he is now able to hold a conversation, so I hear.
In addition to this I've met a fair number of "possessed" individuals in my travels. It is, in all respects, one of the more interesting forms of psychosis--and the most dangerous, at times. In my opinion, the best defense is a strong, healthy aura.
While trauma and drug abuse can aggravate specific symptoms, the true cause is often long antecedent. Deepseated psychological schisms vary from person to person, so 'tis useless to say "This or that is the cause of possession." Sometimes, an exorcism can restore the departure from equilibrium, but others remain in their sorry state until death.
I'd be interested to hear of exorcism experiences, as my own attempts have been largely ineffective.