The article does not say whether or not he was placed on SSRI antidepressants after all he went through, so it is difficult to speculate how this poor individual got in this position.
I have read where SSRI medications have been known to alter the brain chemistry, sometimes for the good to help them work through their problems. Sometimes for the worse, which explains why there have been so many killings committed by people who are on these drugs. The majority of people who are on these types of drugs do not commit murder or any other crimes.
During my time of working with heart patients and with patients who have had a series of unfortunate events happen so close together, they are often placed on a SSRI drug to help them cope. No doctor knows just how the drug will affect their psyche until they take it for a period of time. It is hoped that it will help them to cope better.
You bring up an excellent point that I overlooked. Reactions to medications can also be a factor in persons behaving in an unusual or violent way.
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
A persons mind is very fragile and delicate. I know that this is going to sound crazy and please don't stone me. But in every persons mind there is a touch of something that in the correct conditions could turn into mental illness.
I dont remember demon possession linked to violent behavior growing up. I do remember there being a few who had demons and was there when they were cast out.
Not saying they arent connected just dont remember that.
I do know that a lot of the newer drugs used for treating mental illness/depression have side affects that increase violent behavior as you ramp up on those drugs.
a person going onto one of these meds may be a danger to themselves or others until they are stablized and "ramped up" to the proper dosage.
I know this now because I lost a close cousin 10 years ago when he was severly depressed. They would not commit him, but gave him some meds. He ended up killing himself. turns out the drugs can cause suicidal/homosidal thoughts/actions until the person gets up to a certain level.
On top of that, people with mental illness typically cycle on and off their meds. doing this brings back those chances of acting out every time they cycle back on.
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I agree completely about personal responsibility. However that does not preclude demonic influence or mental illness for that matter.
For examples, I know a Pentecostal preacher with early onset dementia who has been married for over 40 years but is now in a nursing home where he says one of the women there is his girlfriend. He has no clue as to who his wife is. Not long ago when she visited him she asked him what relation she was to him. He looked at her confused and after thinking a bit said tenatively "sister?". Now this man is one of the finest christian men I have ever known but I do not hold him responsible for not knowing he is married .
I am not saying demonic influence is an excuse for anything. I am just contemplating how much of the time when we see some horrific thing done by someone where it is totally out of character it might be a direct attack by satan on that person that succeeded. In New Testament accounts of demon possession how much of what that person did, once possessed, was controlled by them? Obviously we can resist satan, call on the name of Jesus, and he will flee. However once a person is possessed can they, without external help, eject that demon or demons?
I believe in demonic possession. From what i understand, a person who is demon possessed is still accountable for their sins. This is because demons cannot possess a person without "permission". If demons could possess random people, then everyone who wasnt saved would be demon possessed. Many people only become demon possesseed after giving evil spirits permission usually by engaging in certain sins, like withcraft, drug use, etc.
There is no reason a believer should become possessed.
One main problem with Demon Possession: Who is to say whether it "IS" or "ISN'T"? This has become the nail in the coffin in Religion today, as clarifying the unseen is hit and miss with issues like this, and the end result being confusion.
Same goes with Prophecy: a million opinions that lead to nowhere, causing fear and imagination to unleash nothing but lies, and again, confusion.
Medication is definately a factor in this equation.
Does anyone remember several years ago, an IBC student here in Indy, took her life, and it was totally out of character for her to do so? She was working with Lilly on an experimental drug at that time- and it caused her mind to start thinking 'whacky'. Two years ago, my doctor put me on that same drug because of the chronic pain that I live with. I was scared of it, but he assured me it was a safe drug. Guess what? Four weeks into my treatment, I started having suicidal thoughts. I am def NOT a suicidal person. I recognized it for what it was and called my doc- who immediately stopped the drug. The withdrawals were a nightmare and took almost 3 months to completely recover from !!!!! HORRID experience.
The mind is FRAGILE. We should handle it with great care.
Doc started me on Prozac. Two or three weeks into it I flushed the stuff.
Enough said......
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