what if they take my soul?
i feel like i did something really wrong and
they’re coming to get me because of it.
turn reality into hell.
it feels so real
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At the end of the day we have a physical brain disease though. I’d worry about that first. Lots of demon problems seem to go away when we’re put on and take meds.
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i’m not sure i do
what if i don’t and it’s just the demons?
how come some people have demons and are not crazy?
but if i do i’m sz…
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I went down that route. I thought schizophrenia was caused by demons. I thought I had gotten rid of all my demons then I went off meds. I had to go back on meds within a month.
That would mean they don’t have a physical brain disease.
I don’t understand why people only believe in either one or the other. If you believe in demons you can also believe you have a physical brain disease.
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maybe you’re right.
i guess i just don’t want to believe i’m ill,
it’s easier to believe in the supernatural somehow
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I believe in both demons and a physical brain disease. I don’t think it can only be one or the other @everhopeful. I take my meds every day but demons are still around
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I don’t believe in demons, its a mental illness and meds seem to take away most of the bad stuff
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either my meds aren’t working or the demons are super real
i’ve been on so many really don’t want to switch again
feel like my pharmacist is judging me lol
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I’m sure your meds are not working, best to talk to the pdoc
i don’t trust her
you’re screwed…you won’t go see your pdoc, you won’t take your meds…you are going to slip off the circuit of sanity and be lost and in very dangerous territory…go see your pdoc and tell him all this stuff about demons and then see if he or she can help you…I hope you are listening.
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First off, one would have to analyze and deconstruct what the term “demon” really means. I mean, pretty much any person that gives us a hard time could be perceived and experienced as “demonic” if what we experience is put into a culturally derived religious context. Why do we think that it is necessary to label and rob a perception or experience of value with a reactionary label? Is everything and everyone bad, if they make us uncomfortable or initially unhappy or upset?
Instead rushing to judgment regarding the underlying nature of what you are perceiving or experiencing, why not just take the experience on sheer face value and evaluate with a therapist what these “entities” are saying or doing and why and how it is relevant towards a resolution of the underlying issues you are dealing with?
I tend to think that we who experience psychosis get too busy trying to define what we perceiving or experiencing in terms of entities or organizations, instead of encountering what these perceptions and experiences mean in the larger scope of our lives and how we can grow.
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i take my meds 1515151515
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Medication is good, if it is not abused.
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I don’t think it’s that important to differentiate whether the voices are real or not, the answer should always be “take medication”, to shut them down and be sane and functional.
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i see what you’re saying. i think putting names to things we don’t understand and can’t control is a way of coping. something unknown and terrifying is much scarier. it’d be nice to say, it’s demons or mental illness and suddenly understand what’s going on and why it’s happening.
i guess without labelling it, it’s just a bunch of overwhelming negative energy and thoughts, manifesting into reality. i don’t know why or what it means though. there’s no reason. just bad vibes.
The definition of drug dependency and abuse, is the exclusive dedication to substance at the exclusion of all other possible measures of copping and resolution of a said state of experience or perception. I try in my life to utilize a holistic approach to my experience and perception, not excluding any one aspect of my being, because I have researched and found that those that resolved their psychosis, generally have had or pursued a holistic approach, instead of hiding in any particular and convenient methodology. I am not saying that their testimony reflects an easy or quick resolve. What I am trying express is that those that have resolved their chronic psychosis, did the work, and I try to emulate that effort.
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I had similar/same hallucinations and delusions. I’m 52 now and know for sure that the ones who make you think you’re horrible and they’re going to take you to hell, etc are NOT real.
I can and do believe in demons because it’s part of my faith, which is based in the Bible. That’s a legitimate religious belief, but when I was terrified that demons were going to take me to hell because I really belonged to satan, etc., that was schizophrenia.
Get more help, and in the meantime please comfort yourself as much as possible. You’re safe. 
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I removed my post bc I’m trying to watch what I say.
My demons are real people who are evil
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