Schizophrenia related to religion

mia · Silver Member Joined: 21 Dec 2000 Posts: 264

Hi, my sister is 34 years old. She is schizophrenic for a long time, and recently she started talking about devil and similar things. Is it a common thing that schizophrenia is related to religion?

dugdale · Newbie Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 24

Hi, I have a neighbor with schizophrenia related to religion. I often hear her screaming and yelling from her flat. She lives with her brother who looks after her. Once she ran out of her flat, convinced that there was a devil chasing her. Sometimes, she even has to be hospitalized when her condition worsens. It’s not easy to cope with schizophrenia related to religion, and it’s not easy for her brother to look after her. I admire him for the strength and love he manage to give her every single day. She already tried to kill herself once, and I’m afraid she could try again. She also has hallucinations, when she’s convinced that angel or a devil is standing in front of her and telling her what to do.

illeffect · Guest

I too was convinced I was being harassed by the devil. I am also schizophrenic and have attempted to take my own life. I believe that many schizophrenic's delusions become religous because as children we were all taught to beware of the devil. I think this was something deep rooted in my subconcious and when the hallucinations came , my own fear helped develop the delusion. I am now recovering from schizophrenia, but found that no matter how much I prayed , nothing would take away the horrible symptoms besides prescribed medicine.
I pray now more often than ever, but try to restrict myself from viewing horror movies or hearing or seeing anything paranormal. I believe that everything negative we choose to take in, such as seeing horror movies and doing seances , becomes part of our collective unconcious. As an adult, it's emberassing to say I don't need to watch scary movies, but I believe it's part of keeping my mind free and clear of any fear that might develop itself into a hallucination or delusion.

Guest · Guest

Personally, I find this a huge subject.

I was diagnosed as schizophrenic over ten years ago. Subsequently, I have heard death threats for all that time. I was no saint growing up, but I don't believe I was a hardened criminal either. I suppose you could say I was just not very sensible, or clever, and enjoyed larking about.

Anyway... My life was turned totally upside down around 1994, when I had my first auditory hallucination. It was an American female saying "10-4, he's on drugs" whilst I bought some beer at a local off license.

Since then, I have been hearing random voices on a daily basis... Many of them not very pleasant. I personally find faith to be essential to my survival, and keeping me on the straight and narrow. Due to various other experiences I have had, I do firmly believe in God.

I find much solace in the love of caring people. If people didn't believe in trying to be good and trying to do the right thing, I would be dead a long time ago.

Schizophrenia is a miserable condition, and sufferers need to be cared for and supported, and not locked away on their own to exacerbate their nightmare.

bonita__ · Newbie Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 10 Location: Toronto

Yes I believe it is related. My boyfriend is schizophrenic and he's always talking about the devil and about demons. He thinks that ghosts follow him into his house and he carries a bible everywhere he goes.

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