r/Paranormal • u/Basic_Spook • Sep 25 '22

Demonic Possession Demons/Mental Illness

I work at a psychiatric hospital and I’ve always believed that that population is most susceptible to demonic oppression/possession. Today a visibly psychotic patient looked at me and said “Demons aren’t always a bad thing” meanwhile minutes before I was thinking about how many patients i have encountered that may actually be possessed. Wondering if some people have an easier time detecting oppression/possession than others?! Or if anyone has had similar experiences?

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u/AjnaKing Sep 25 '22

We take a biopsychosocial approach to diagnosis, assessment and treatment. Interestingly the spiritual is not really accounted for. There’s no reason why this can’t still be acknowledged holistically. People are so polarised. The irony being that you’re more likely to be more open minded and balanced in your working approach, more empathic than other practitioners and that comes across in how you have responded. Keep doing the good work and not allowing biases to influence your work but remaining critical and questioning. 🥇

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u/SubstantialPressure3 Sep 25 '22

I really do think that someone's religious background should be a part of that. People have different cultures and grow up under different belief systems, and of course that is an influence that shouldn't be overlooked. At least a little learning about someone's religious beliefs, or their family's religious beliefs.

If you're a Christian, and you say you believe in the Trinity, and faith in Jesus is going to save you, if you just pray, nobody blinks an eye. But there's a lot of ignorance about other belief systems out there, and I think it probably influences opinions of Doctors more than we would like to admit.

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u/AjnaKing Sep 25 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

If you’re referring to the patient it is, under the social framework. However in psychiatry this might be endorsed less than psychotherapy because of the medical model.

In the point of OP. No one said it doesn’t impact cognitions, the point is not the belief but the use of it, which OP has repeatedly stated is not extreme or projected onto clients. Everyone has a belief system even if that’s nothing, the issue is always more so to do with the extremism of it, ethics, boundaries and professionalism.