Mental Illness Options

I'm beginning to wonder about different mental illnesses.

Night before last I had to look after a friend of mine who hasn't had her schizophrenia medication in over a week because she has nobody to pay for it anymore (moving out of parent's place complications)... and basically, I managed to remove her voices four times (each time they came back a bit angrier than the last, which has got me a little worried), make her forget that she even experienced voices three times (although it was creepy afterwards having the EXACT same conversation three times over, which always wound up with me reminding her about the voices) and banish her most feared apparition once.

Just from that it experience it seemed more like they were... not "medical" in origin. Any thoughts?

I've been reading this post and it brings back some memories of my past, well my ex-wife and my divorce a few years back. My ex had what is called Bi-Polar or Manic/Depressive disorder and was on several different medications. I am a natural sensitive and could always "feel" when things were going to get weird. I could always tell when a depressive or manic state was coming, sometimes these states would last for months at a time. I used a calendar to track the months of depressive/manic or normal states. Anyway things didn't work out and we got a divorce.

It wasn't until after the divorce that I came across a book, I think it was called "The life of an exorcist". It was about a priest that was trying to discern the difference between mental illness and possession. I began studying mental illness, demonic possession and exorcism. I was convinced that these were one and the same. There were some tests that the priest did to check if it was truly a possession. I remember the author telling the story of "blessing" the victims clothing in a dresser, the victim would not wear the clothes or have anything to do with the dresser. Also blessing food/drink, again the victim would either not eat or vomit the food soon after eating it. I remember that some time it would take months or even years of weekly excersisms to "cure" some patients. This is not a fast process he told, the demon/spirit may hide and deceive the exorcist to make it look like the victim is cured. Some times the victims would feel better and choose not to continue the excersisms, only to have symptoms get worse a few weeks/months later. It was an interesting book and I wish I could remember more about it. The priest always had tests he would use to confirm a possession. Don't get me wrong, I think in this "modern" age, it's a lot easier to go get some med's that to find a good exorcist. Doctors now days get paid big money to write prescriptions, thats what keeps the drug companies in business. I think its easier to go to your corner drug store than to your corner excorcist.

I will also note here that my ex was sexually abused as a child and I think this or other trauma weakens the aura and leaves one "open" to spirits and/or nasties. I'm no doctor but after my divorce I felt so much better, it was like a huge weight lifted off me. As a said I've been studying magick and psychic development for years, I'm also a natural sensitive, I have a strong aura and have practiced CM for awhile now and am versed in banishings/excersism. After three years of a failing marriage, I gave up and we went our ways, it wasn't until after the divorce that I put the mental illness/possession thing together. Maybe I'm just rambling, but I hope this helps your fight. I remember in the last months before the divorce it did get the most success and calming of the both of us by invoking angles. I remember studing the angelic order and invoking only the highest beings to give us both some peace. I remember my wife asking me why I was studing the angelic order and that I would not have success in my studies. Anyway you can't help people that don't want your help. Hopfully your friend is a freewilling person of your "services".

Kind Regards

This post has been edited by benrachor: Sep 7 2006, 06:10 AM