I almost feel that mental illness because of the genetic profile or damage leaves someone not quite here on this plane which is why you will find them sometimes functioning as a normal person and sometimes just not complete.

Everyone has psychic ability, we all know this its a matter of levels and understanding of self. Some have a great abilty to use their brain as its mapping out in that higher dimensional, any mental illness would not have that ability.

Now I ask this not to put down anybody with a mental illness, cause I have dealt with many people who have had it. But I need to ask...can some reporting of the paranormal be unfounded because of a person's illness?

When we do a client intake for a paranormal investigation, we do look at potential psychological factors that may be contributing to the experience. It's one of those things I've always wondered about - the causality - i.e. could mental illness cause "paranormal" experiences, or do we mistake actual paranormal experiences for mental illness.

I personally feel that i have had spiritual encounters in my life and other things that cannot be easily explained but i also feel that I have had encounters with evil entities due to my family telling me of times when i could be sitting on the couch having a good time then become a totally different person and develop a darker personality. I personally don't remember these since it seems that i black out when it happens almost like I’m being suppressed while that energy takes over.

I leave you with this concept i'm intereste din knowing what others think on this topic.

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It's certainly been a long time since we've last spoke. With the utter business of life I had all but forgotten to create an account here- or visit at all. So I just was perusing around and read this. And obviously this blog was written quite awhile ago- but all I have to say is wow. I am in shock- I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. Every word. Any time I've gone into the city, or a large venue, or anywhere with lots of people- I could just feel an overwhelming vibration of, i don't know, emotion I guess? That feeling you're describing- your cells feeling it all- that's exactly it. I can't remember it not happening. Some times more than others, though.

And I'll tell you, I thought I was going crazy. To the point that I set up an appointment with a therapist recommended by a friend. And I was so glad that I went to her. This therapist dealt with dream analysis and female spirituality. When I explained what I was going through, she explained that what I was having an intuitive psychic experience, and could quite possibly be an empath. She said I'm just more sensitive on an emotional level-more tuned in to others. I even said, it sometimes feels like I’m feeling everything from everyone all at once. And my body can't handle it. My mind can't handle it.

We worked on me learning to control myself and close off when I need to, and eventually I could go to visit friends ect. in cities, but I still tend to shy away from overly populated/busy areas and stores. I don't go to the mall. Like you, I live in a small town(3,000 people), on 2 acres in the woods. And this is where I feel most ‘comfortable’. Sometimes I find myself closing off completely, and then, while I like the quiet, I miss the busyness of feeling those things.

I can't help but think, however, that this might be exactly like you. I must say I'm quite astonished to have found someone who has experienced such similar things as me!

Now that I've gotten that all out, I'll have to finish reading all the responses to this!

Now I'm going to have to go out and get that book Regan recommended.

If your theory of possession is correct, then such psychosis caused by synapses firing off irregularly could be caused by something else internal, such as a demon as the brain would be interpreting another mind so to speak. That may be part of multiple personality disorder as well, right?

Having studied psychology, abnormal to criminal, as well as all my personal time spent studying, researching and comparing paranormal complaints, I wonder how many patients are in fact possessed.

In the book, "Glimpses of the Devil: A Psychiatrist's Personal Accounts of Possession, Exorcism, and Redemption" by: M. Scott Peck, really covers this area. He's a pastor who is also a psychiatrist. He breaks down three cases that would have normally been overlooked as a possession by the medical society, until he took the patients on as his own.

I had my own experiences while reading these books; shadows, feeling of being assessed and watched, etc. I'm pretty strong with my protection, mantras, and seeing guidence but still felt shaken when reading some of the accounts in the book.

Anything M. Scott Peck is wonderful. Another book:

People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil by: M. Scott Peck

Friggen intense good book! It breaks down "evil" people like murders etc. It makes you wonder how many of them are possessed as well.

It's not really the brain itself, it's the nerve cells/nerve endings that have been really attributed to schizophrenia. They are believed to have developed faulty, malfunctioning. Those with speech hallucinations, it has been focused or centered on the area of speach in the brain "Broca'a area." This area is where we form "inner speech", or talking to ourselves. With the progressive nature of schizophrenia, it's further believed that later in the development it hits two areas of the brain:

1st - Broca's area, the part that would normally be involved in generating inner speech.

2nd - Auditory Cortex, the part that would normally be active while listening to another person speaking to them.

A person with schizophrenia first produces words in their brain, much like all of us. However, for us it's just an internal voice, for them it's like it tricks the auditory cortex, allowing them to believe they're "hearing" voices, thus attributing to an external factor, rather than an internal voice.

I do think this is rare (I live in a pretty conservative place). I also think that some kids actually do need to be on medication. It's a tough line to walk - using medication appropriately vs using it to stop kids from being kids. Same goes for anti-depression and anti-anxiety meds.

Oh sure, but I don't want some random school teacher/school authority telling me that I need to medicate my kids. I can see if the child is a problem that they'd bring it to my attention and maybe tell me that they can't handle it I suppose, but diagnosing and pre-prescribing my children medicine would seriously agitate me.

No, Whammies I was not being mean. I meant everything mentioned above in a

context of a person being able to control any of the abilities discussed. Someone once told

me that every living person has a degree or more of a mental lean. All my years have taught

me is that I know I do ! I am a functioning leaner for lack of a better term. Other people are not

as lucky and help is needed. I did not mean for anything I said above to be taken offensively.

Sometimes my "lean" is my inability to clearly articulate thoughts.

Oh sorry, Jon. I was just teasing you. I'm off my game today. My head is wonky.

yep - you're fine. Unless you were trying to be mean. Then you didn't communicate well at all.

No, Whammies I was not being mean. I meant everything mentioned above in a

context of a person being able to control any of the abilities discussed. Someone once told

me that every living person has a degree or more of a mental lean. All my years have taught

me is that I know I do ! I am a functioning leaner for lack of a better term. Other people are not

as lucky and help is needed. I did not mean for anything I said above to be taken offensively.

Sometimes my "lean" is my inability to clearly articulate thoughts.

With the stigmas that mental conditions

evoke in traditional society almost any symptom of a mental

condition could be reflected on by the sufferer and deemed

to be only manifestations of a hidden mental capacity or talent.

Just as there are Savants who display higher areas of function

I would tend to believe that mental conditions could be a marker

for enhanced mental abilities as well. Did any of that come across

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yep - you're fine. Unless you were trying to be mean. Then you didn't communicate well at all.