Hillbunny..

Having sufferred with psychosis myself..and after watching my two younger sisters have them too..to the point of one of them thinking that one of her children was possessed by the devil..because God told her so and that she was seeing him and hearing him guide her to do the things she did...convinced her family that this 10 year old child was possessed, locked her away in a storage room, put an alarm on the door just in case she would try and get out, banned contact with other children, fed her only sparce meals in her room, away from the other kids..she had limited access to the bathroom..had to knock on the door if she had to go..threatening to give her away if she told anyone on the outside what was happening..oh dear lord how can anyone do that to a child and not be ill....it happens..the system lets ppl down..it broke my heart but when I could not reason with her to let someone else take custoidy of this child..I called CPS..and ya know what happened..CPS "oh she needs help (my sister)but she is not in immediate danger of being killed (my niece)".."Recommend counseling and treatment..but oh we cant force it on her".."The situation made the caseworker cry", but we cant do a thing about it our hands are tied by the letter of the law..her life has to be in immenent danger"..the report broke the family apart ..not what was meant to happen, I only wanted my sister to get treatment..but it like woke them up from this delusion that she wove where they started to believe that this child was evil..so her husband and other children, they refused to go along with her mistreatment of my Niece..and they left the house..he filed for divorce and the kids live with him..I miss my sister..she wont talk to me ever again...but I was not going to read about her and my Niece in the papers..now my Neice and the rest of the family has had counseling..my Neice from what I hear is at a normal weight for her age, and is making friends at school and her wounds are healing..she lives with my sister's ex, and her other children are so angry with their mother for making them do the things they did...but my sister refuses to believe she did anything wrong..because when you have God talking to you and telling you what your doing is right, how are you suppose to argue against that....its been two years..I hope her kids can understand she is ill, and it still hurts alot...I dont contact any of them..my Niece has tried..but when I hear her voice..I just cant..my sister ..I miss her so much..she really is a good person.she just needs help..My T helps me cope the best I can.he knows how much it hurt me..but a child shouldnt have to suffer and suffer.

But again...she had everyone convinced in the family what they were doing was ordained by God, because...she was receiving devine prophecy and visitation..and that all the family's problems were because of this one poor child...and the evil she brought into their lives..

and the State did nothing...but her caseworker did tell me to keep an eye on the situation..just in case it got worse..worse..for God's sake..worse?????