Wednesday, 19 February 2014

What is Demonic Possession?



Ever had a theory or an organised resolutive pathway proposed in the mind but seldom ever managed to find the ability to place it into a simple equation or a sentence that would be passable in society or translatable to the crowds en-mass, thus have it tangled up inside your head for days, weeks, months if not years? Well, welcome to my world. 

However, having been now officially diagnosed with Aspergers + ADHD Adult Type ICD10 (thank you Professor Michael Fitzgerald); and removed myself from certain stresses in my life I have a found a way; I don’t necessarily think in pictures at all times but I think in constant concepts and thus I have mastered a way to theorise while my head speaks a conceptual language seldom able to be fathomed by the common normality of NT human beings.

I call it “Mind-Mapping” the slow and sometimes tenuous process of theorising conceptuality then translating it to the actuality of words and pictures; this new blog post is going to be one of the first times I have openly attempted to do this. 

For many, many years I was fascinated by the paranormal, at first I was a big believer in ghosts, demons and the such like; until one day I deemed myself a sceptic, why? Science and I think a dash of common sense.  One thing that has been repeated time and time again in the imagination of human kind is the fascination of, Demonic Possession.

I remember watching The Exorcist, that reverse crab walk that almost made me drop my pint because, and speaking in non-literal terms, I shit myself; then onto The Exorcism of Emily Rose, plus plenty of others I could name, however, it was that last one I saw, the Emily Rose story, the re-hash of the true Anneliese Michel story, a German student who in the 1970s was proposed to have been possessed by demons, poor girl rest her soul, thanks to the homicidal negligence of the “treatment” she was delivered. 


However, it was that story in the court room scenes of “...Emily Rose” that really brought about the argument of Demonic Possession vs Mental Health.  We heard conditions such as, Schizophrenia, Epilepsy, MPD, DID, etc, etc, which I think are actually symptoms of a much larger cause.  But it got me thinking, now trust me, when an Aspie thinks, the world should hold its breath.

Now first off, consider the pictorial graph I drew that is below ; this is a working model of how I see a condition called, MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) or the modern equivalent DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder).  Study it for a few moments before carrying on. 


So the model demonstrates the mechanics of typical MPD utilising the perspective of how transitioning from one personality to another possibly through stress or when the subject is faced with emotional dilemmas.  It is this condition which I was mostly wanting to concentrate on to bring about what I truly theorise Demonic Possession to actually be.

From research I have done, there does occur a more dominant alternative personality that emerges, one that seems to come about more often than the others; so here I hypothesise that, as opposed to Multiple it is in fact, a singular personality disorder, or as I would like to call it...

Personality Duality Conflict Disorder

Let me explain, as opposed to a patient who exhibits several personalities, in this instance there is in fact only two, the original personality and a whole new one; but like a freak wave swallowing up the kinetic energy of the smaller waves around it, this one rears up as a dominant force; see the new model below...
Think of it like this; on your computer you have a desktop, operated by a hard drive, imagine the desktop is the mind and the hard drive is the brain, the computer is the person.  When you save folders onto the desktop, think of those as personalities; the key thing is, they all have somewhere to go and the hard drive processes them. 



However, in the event of Personality Duality Conflict Disorder, I believe a whole new desktop tries to enforce itself anew of the hard drive, completely replacing the original one.  So thus the person is ultimately at war with themselves; the brain is utterly overloaded and the host body goes into hay wire or a more chronologically expanded meltdown.

Many a demonic possession also has been documented as initially hearing voices, seeing things, sound familiar? Schizophrenia, I believe is an initial symptom while the new personality attempts to take hold. Now, at this stage it is important to stress that there is a condition called “Demonopathy” a form of Monomania where the subject is in the belief they are being taken over by a demonic spirit; I believe Monomania is possibly the case in some circumstances; however, how could a new personality share the suspicions of the former host unto itself? If they did, that would mean personalities working collaboratively which doesn’t happen, when one emerges it is a takeover often leaving the original host in a state of complete irreversible amnesia of the previous personality’s actions when retuning. That’s why for me it doesn’t go far enough.  


As well as voices, illusions, there is also documented accounts of fitting, convulsions, etc, sounds like epilepsy, now, put these conditions together; it would be fair to say these are in fact symptoms, not overall diagnoses.

So, how could the brain propagate a whole new version of itself? Well, the brain as we know is more or less redundant at any one time apart from 10-20%, depending on task, that we use, like the desktop, there is a lot of available space, masses of unused neurons or pathways.  If, a new version of one’s self was to need a neurological pathway, it couldn’t use already occupied space so thus, utilises what is left and wars for supremacy.  Not in the sense of actual combatant warfare, but more so in the sense that the brain is now warring against itself in the belief of warring against an invader. 

As it has been long theorised, when these parts of the brain are now in use, telepathy, telekinesis, subconscious memories or information is increased in probable viability. All you need to do is deep regressive hypnosis to retrieve deep rooted or long forgotten information; so when you have accounts of the subject able to speak languages they previously didn’t know or have the ability to fathom intelligence when apparently reading someone’s mind, now it all makes sense.


The brain would be firing off in all sorts of directions; the human body when sprinting can produce 1630 watts of energy so it’s of little surprise that telekinesis via a form of electrical magnetic resonance, interfering with the field around the subject could cause objects to move.  Magnetic impulses and static electricity have many a time been blamed for people seeing ghosts so what’s to say that other’s around the “possessed” person isn’t also being interfered with by the sudden increased static charge created by a brain that is completely overwhelmed via pretty much all its neurons firing at once. 


Think what electricity is, think what it can do to muscles of the body, is it then little wonder that Holy Water then appears to burn and the subject is able to display frightening physical feats, high jumping, leaping, body contortions, etc.

The enormous list of symptoms that would encompass a brain working at such a pace and at such a high number of neurons firing at once, would be incredible, eye dilation (often mistaken for blackened demonic eyes, a sign of evil), deep rooted education now accessible (languages, knowledge), over stimulated auto immune defence (welts, sores, boils), epilepsy (convulsions fits, foaming at the mouth), schizophrenia (illusions, voices), the list goes on, all of which are present in accounts of “demonic possession”.


All of this, as I said, I believe is a collective list of symptoms, not caused by demons or dark spirits, but by a brain being wholly taken over by a brand new version of itself, causing the brain and the body to repel the “invader” causing all forms of complications, boiling it down to...

Personality Duality Conflict Disorder

Think about it, if the body can grow bone atop an existing skeleton (Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)), what’s not to suggest the brain cannot create a whole new personality in place of its existing self?

So to end, I will quote a part of the script from the movie, The Exorcist...

Father Damien Karras: I think it might be helpful if I gave you some background on the different personalities Regan has manifested. So far, I'd say there seem to be three. She's convinced...

(Father Merrin Interrupts)

Father Merrin: There is only one.


Thank you for reading.

VisionGhost




Sunday, 26 January 2014

Domestic Abuse (lots of why, but answers?)



So I just saw a report on Sky News that one of their own sports presenters is going to run 250 miles in seven days to raise awareness of domestic abuse and all I can is, bloody well done and the best of luck to her.


But hang on, is that all I can say? Err no.

The cause to which Charlie Webster under takes is admirable and heroic in my opinion, having been a victim of abuse herself, I myself also first hand, this is clearly an issue in society close to our hearts as it should be with everyone; however, it is the constant cause that never seems to be a means to an end. 





What do I mean by that?

Do we really need more “awareness”? Do we really need to keep asking “why”? My answer to that is twofold, obviously awareness and why is always in need of constant replenishment in the minds of us all, but that is simply not going far enough. 

Why? Because we have lots of awareness, lots of people asking why, very few or else no one is providing answers and this is the real issue here. 


It is a very risky thing to say, “I understand why that person raped you!” it’s a very risky thing to say, “I know why that person beat you up at home!” it’s a very risky thing to say, “I understand why that paedophile molested that child!”  It is in fact, social suicide and/or street cred annihilation. 

If I was to say any of the aforementioned statements; immediately, I would be seen as having sympathy for the devil, simply because the word “understand” is anecdotally synonymous with understanding and sympathy as well as care and allowance for the perpetration of these criminal acts. 

And here within lies the problem, what if “understand” was synonymous with science, psychiatry, comprehension of the complexity of individualism and above all else, education.   For example, actor Patrick Stewart, whose father beat up his mother on regular occasions, later discovered that his father had undiagnosed shell shock or the modern equivalent of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and now he says he campaigns for both the awareness & stoppage of domestic violence as well as the all important understanding as to the cause of it, but Patrick Stewart is only one man.

It is not good enough to send a perpetrator of violence to anger management classes when they may have, for argument sakes, severe alcohol or drug addiction, undiagnosed psychosis or schizophrenia (when voices convince the patient to abuse) or DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder where the individual’s mind has created a violent personality, or as was the case with Patrick Stewart’s father, undiagnosed PTSD; is anger management or basic counselling really that affective in situations such as this?


Every attacker is as individual as their victims so thus, unless we resist this constant desire to use the paint of generalisation and tar all with the same brush of convenience, we simply will never be able to comprehend the answers to “why” once we have the “awareness”.

Unfortunately, it is a social ill in the mindset of society that the “awareness” and the “why” is acceptable but the understanding of it, is seen as unethical thus written into law as well as the cut backs, the lack of science and the embellishment into the psyche of the many that “understanding” in these cases is a facade to evil; it simply isn’t, and here within is a real problem.




Don’t get me wrong, under no circumstances does this go in any way a direction of excusing domestic violence or abuse of any kind; it is a violent act, due process must take place and it must stop, but it won’t unless we answer these questions.
   
So thus, I truly feel that we need to enter a very uncomfortable and new dimension of thinking to ever truly answer the question, “why” and to ever bring about real awareness and real change by tackling the psychological determinants of abuse, the mindset of perpetrators and the ultimate goal of all the aforementioned as a coming about of social healing in the way of, a cure, imagine that? Would be nice wouldn’t it?

Thank you for reading

VisionGhost

Friday, 13 December 2013

Hard Worker vs The Spoiled




I am 34 years old, have 12 years sales experience, live in relatively comfortable surrounds, am I in a stable relationship and can just about get by; however, it wasn’t always this way. I didn’t have the upbringing most people would deem as orthodox, I never made it at college, didn’t go on to university or get a degree and my home life was hellish, with undiagnosed Aspergers’ plus depression and a dependence on alcohol to get by just to rub it in somewhat.

My parents, whom I am no longer in contact with (good) were less than sympathetic to my plight but somehow I bumbled on through life drifting from job to job but always getting by, surviving, this survival that has taught me a massive number of even bigger lessons in life to the extent I believe my mindset to be that of a degree of wisdom that money for education just can’t buy.


So how come I’m not a Managing Director of some multi-national conglomerate firm? Why do I not drive around in a top of the range Lexus or BMW? Why do I not live in the house with 2 bathrooms, 6 bedrooms and a crystal chandelier in every room?
Why do the ones who are 15 years young than me destined to have all the above, in about ten years from now who never ever lived through what I did?

The answer to that last question lies in the mindset of the modern way of industry, that it seemingly is a vision of the future that the Millennial Generation Y vs X widens the gap between us ever more; that if you developed within a very fortunate environment, had lots of money, education was paid for and supported unerringly, degree under the belt via unparalleled encouragement and now drive around d in a nice car that Mummy & Daddy paid for, then your guaranteed to go everywhere in life as employers will snap you up in seconds and why? Because they love you because you were loved and spoiled, had your ass wiped and everything else done for you.

So what about people like me? People like me whom have had to work at it that little bit harder, had a shed load less and had to find a way, people like me who had to labour for hours of a day to make ends meet and to prove we are worth it, yet even now are seen as less despite conquering brick wall challenges in life. 

For example, recently I had a job which was good money in my books, but I got over-enthusiastic, admitted I had Aspergers, told of some of the difficulties I've faced in life and tried install some wisdom I'd learnt over the years; just ten weeks in and two days later after that fateful admittance, I was fired. When I got my reference they had lied saying it was a short term contract and in this "glowing reference" that they promised there was no mention of all the hard work, all the ideas I had, the 12-13 hour days, giving up my weekends at no extra pay to try and make a difference, nothing!

Over the years I’ve noticed a steady trend in the mindset of human kind, that if you had it all at the start you’ll have a much greater guarantee to have it all throughout your life despite being so ignorant of the way of that life and more than likely, a darn site lazier. 

Go here to back up what I am saying...


Generations ago, age and years of hard laboured work was seen as a congressional medal of honour, nowadays, it seems you do less and get more, assuming your below the age of 25 and have had a third party to wipe your ass for you.  


I feel that in the interview, on the CV, in the face of opportunity, I am seen as a second rate citizen because I got off on a bad start which wasn’t my fault but I fought through it, which seemingly in the eyes of most I am the unorthodox human being that no one has time for in terms of employment and advancement. It is wrong, it is prejudice and people like us to have to again try harder and harder to be recognised.

Go here and you’ll see what I mean...


I must say I feel bloody sorry for the elder generation and the people whom can identify with what I am saying; Maybe we should all standout on the street’s and wave our placards and body boards with the statement of our lives printed on it for all to see; is this really the world we live in that the “have alls” are seen and treated like royalty yet the “Have Less Work Harder’s” are seen as second rate and never given the chance? The gap widens ever further. 


This isn’t about the gap between rich and poor, this is the gap between fortune and misfortune, love and the loveless, laboured hard-working vs the already fortunate lazy, those who go with the herd vs those who face mental health conditions, those that have it so easy vs those who have to try that bit harder and so it goes on...

We all know there is no such thing as an “equal opportunities employer” but when we are faced with the idea that hard work and survival takes second place to spoiled brats and the beautiful rich, then, we all can conclude we have a serious social and economic problem that’s getting worse, every single day!

Thank you for reading

VisionGhost