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I definitely know the feeling of “possession”. After therapists didn’t take that idea seriously but didn’t help me, either, I decided to take the idea seriously myself. I found two Christian counseling services which I thought might take the idea of exorcism seriously – one with an Episcopalian priest and the other with a deliverance ministry. I asked the priest for an exorcism – it didn’t help. I got some counseling at the deliverance ministry but didn’t ask for deliverance explicitly. And they didn’t suggest it.
That was years ago – eventually I found some therapists who suggested a dissociation disorder (DDNOS). The therapy I have gotten for that has helped me know, accept, and understand the disowned parts of myself that I now believe were generating the feeling of being possessed.
I didn’t need meds, just effective therapy for a more-or-less accurate diagnosis. What are you on meds for? If it’s bipolar or something in the schizophrenic spectrum, then I think I can see how things could feel “possess-y” because the brain activity wasn’t working right, not necessarily because parts had been “disowned” like with me. Have you asked a pdoc or therapist?
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