First off, let me first start off by saying I have no history of mental illness. I was a very happy girl growing up. A little bit of stubborn temper, but that is because I am Russian. In the 7th grade year of October, I was watching a documentary called “30 Even Scarier Movie Moments” on Bravo. One of the movies mentioned was “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”. I grew very interested. I found the book that the director based the movie on. It is called “The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel”. It sparked my interest on demonology and the paranormal. I started watching movies involving those subjects, particularly with exorcisms. I grew obsessed. I even learned my cursing from the “The Exorcist”. A few months later, I grew depressed and feeling that I was alone in the world. Over my high school years, as each passing day went by, I grew so depressed and angry. I have no reason to be angry. So for no reason. I was so angry and hostile towards anyone who came near me. I started to self-harm. But not cutting. It was to dig my nails in my anal area and bleed myself. I still do it to this day. I am a catholic. Normally, I was excited to go to church and sing the choir songs. But now, it is like every time I walk near the church I get a head ache. When I walk in, after a minute, I grow sick. I found the songs and prayers annoying. Every time people talk of god, I get so angry; I start cursing his name and tell people that god enjoys their suffering. One Monday, I was in the bathtub, all of a sudden I got a very strong urge to drown myself. I was given very clear images in my head, of reasons to kill myself. I had my head under for 30 seconds, when I freaked out. Because I was so anti-social and depressed, my mom then sent me to a therapeutic boarding school in Michigan. I was there for a year. My thoughts grew more suicidal and angry. Thoughts came in my head, that I am alone; god has abandoned me because of my obsessions, that I have no purpose, no friends, and no loved ones. I am now in college. I am uneasy around people. I grow anxiety every time someone walks in the room. And by now, my anger and depression is so high, I don’t want to live like at all. One night of last year in November of 2011, I was taking my medication, two pills, and I get the sudden urge to take all of the pills of my medication. Thoughts of no purpose of living, every person one the planet hates me, and a lot of anger towards god. I was about to take them, when my roommate comes in and freaks out. Police came, went to a mental hospital for six hours. People don’t get out until after 42 hours. I made up a lie to make the staff there think I was sane, and trying to get attention. It is now January, and I grow worse by the hour. I don’t want to die! But I do! Is it possible, that there are demons that influence you to believe you are so miserable, that you feel hopeless and want to die? It doesn’t possess me, but it draws me towards the devil? Please help me!!!!
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You sound like you’re having a hard time. A lot of the time belief can take a wrong turn, and the downside of it gets the upper hand. At that point I think it’s best to step away from faith and God and religion; and in stepping away from those, escape the bad side of it too. I was raised a Catholic, and it might sound weird to recommend a sort of temporary atheism to ‘exorcise’ yourself, but I really don’t see any other way. You can always come back to your faith later when you have made other arrangements with yourself.
that doesn’t seem like the right thing. I mean, It gets stronger when you turn away from faith, but gets worse when you do turn to faith.
I’m currently in the same situation. Tough.
you are? like what are you doing to help the situation? because I have no idea what to do?
Sorry Angelika, I can’t even find ways to get out of my current situation. It only gets worse from day to day. I’ll be happy at one point, and then suddenly depressed the next. I hate my current self.
Good-luck to you and me. We both will need it.
So you’re being possessed by a demon as well? And you’re experiencing the same things?
We may be able to help each other! I know things you don’t know about this stuff, and you still have a little hope.
Let’s help each other!
No-one said it was gonna be easy, Angelika, you’re going to suffer either way. But faith in God isn’t going to save you; a little bit of transferring the strength of your faith to your own self and coping mechanisms might. Right now the only person or thing you should believe is yourself. After all, the pain is all yours.
I have literally 0% hope and faith in god and myself. So how am I supposed to help myself?
A mental hospital? No thank you!
I don’t believe in religion. All your strengths and weaknesses are yours and yours alone. You decide which ones to keep and which ones to develope or destroy. But we don’t all have the skill sets to do that. That’s when you need to call in the calvary.
I like to think of this site as a little piece of that army. But as you can see, we are not equipped to handle your very specific requirements, though we may be able to help you endure them.
Time to call in the big guns. It will be tough and maybe seem embarrassing, but share your thoughts with your doctor, ask for advise.
Don’t go to a preist, they have their own agenda.
…. You don’t believe me…. Then why comment
On this story if you take the scientific approach? Think about it
without good, there is no good. No yin, no yang.