stormyheron20 said:I'm lost.
When you don't know what's happening, being lost isn't actually the hard part.
- Certain substances could be the cause (whether you're using them or not).
- A brain tumor.
- Dementia.
- Severe systemic issues, like liver or kidney failure.
- Then there's the list of psychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia—though that isn't the only possibility. You could just be experiencing hallucinations alongside severe depression.
- There’s also the option that someone is intentionally trying to dismantle your sanity.
Maybe someone is just playing games with you, or maybe you're being poisoned. It's less likely, but it isn't impossible. You're the only one who can judge if that's the case, though even you might struggle to be certain since you don't know people well enough to know how far their dull minds might go.
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- There is also the option that Satan has entered your house because he wants to eat the cookies you hide in the fridge; you catch him every time, and he flees through the window, leaving nothing but a shadow.
- Or perhaps witches are attempting to kidnap you for sexual exploitation.
- Or maybe aliens have arrived specifically to implant a chip in your brain.
- There's the possibility you moved into a house where the previous tenants were brutally murdered; they can't move on to the next level, so they're stuck in your house, peering at you while you're naked in the shower at night. I'm not sure who one would even report such a filthy act to.
I don't know who you should turn to for help. If it's the Devil, try God. If it's witches, call the Spanish Inquisition, though I'm not sure they're still operational. Honestly, even our old American Inquisition wasn't that bad, so you could reach out to them. They really messed up my great-great-grandfather... he was a wizard, so I actually *do* recommend them.
In the case of aliens, maybe contact the US government or the Men in Black. I don't mean African Americans, but rather the highly efficient Men in Black organization, or FBI agents Mulder and Scully—whom I'd personally call first because I had a thing for Mulder. As for ghosts, I'm not sure who handles reports of sexual abuse; maybe the police? And if you want to kick them out of the house, call Dan Aykroyd without hesitation.
I feel terrible that I can't be of more help in these scenarios, but I can give you excellent advice for the first possibility: the best step would be to see your primary doctor and tell them what's going on. Doctors generally possess much more information regarding your specific situation than some random person on a forum telling you to exorcise demons or devils. Imagine how tragic it would be if someone found out that a person suffering from a brain tumor was once advised by a stranger to go to church to cast out the Devil.
So, are you taking any pills? Which ones?
And a psychiatrist shouldn't be your first stop anyway; go to your primary care physician instead.
Look, neither you nor a bunch of doctors who haven't even run basic tests can actually know what's going on with you. But finding out is possible. Just go see a specialist. If we're talking about something like a tumor, catching it early is everything.
The most sensible answer in this whole thread. I can't believe people in the Psychology subforum have started discussing exorcisms, ghosts, and the Devil's work.
If someone is hallucinating, they need medical treatment. If it's caused by a tumor, they need surgery and care. If it's schizophrenia or another illness, there are treatments for that too. The point is to see a primary care doctor first, judging by the posts and the mention of psychiatrists. And they MUST get treatment. Right now, they might just see ghosts in the window, but in a few weeks or months, they could start seeing the Devil in family members or experience auditory hallucinations that lead to something like, "Demons told me to kill myself." I say this because I knew someone with schizophrenia who saw the Devil in their five-year-old son and thought their spouse was poisoning them!
If nothing else, they need treatment—they're dealing with suicidal thoughts.