Someone inflicted my sister with witchcraft, please give me advice
Question Posted Thursday August 2 2012, 11:53 pm
[Long question, I know, but I felt I had to give you enough details to really know what I'm talking about. I'm being 100% genuine and would extremely appreciate help because I have nobody else to talk to about this and it's just.. I can't even describe how I feel]
My older sister became sick 3 years ago, with some kind of mental disorder.my family has no history of mental illness, and my sister had been fine all 16 years before. in fact, she was on the track to going towards her dream school, stanford. she always did really good at school and everything, so she wasn't dull in any way. but anyways, she started becoming more reserved (and not fun and confident like she used to be) and hearing voices and then she'd act out by running away. like it really started one day when she was out at a store with my mom and she ran away and the police had to go find her. from that day she started going to a therapist. then one day she jumped through the window on the first floor of my house, in the middle of the night, and then from that day she started going to a psychiatrist, and started getting medicine for psychotic depression and schizophrenia. so from then, it's pretty much been crazy and really stressful on my family. like she'd act out in other ways and we had to stop her from trying to run away from the house a couple of times. one time me, my mom, and my cousin had to hold her down but it's like she had so much strength like she was on adrenaline or something. it was really difficult. and then when talking to her she often didn't make sense. after the window incident she went to a mental hospital for a month, and when she got back she went in school for a little, and then had to come out again. and then my family relocated to another state, cause of my dad's job. she stayed home for the rest of the year and repeated it at a new school and graduated and did really well, despite her situation. she even got a full scholarship to a good uni nearby, and partial scholarships to even more prestigious places (wellesley and smu). she went to the one nearby cause of cost and since it was so nearby, and had to drop out after it became harder to manage her illness with her schoolwork. like the medicines she was on would make her sleep too long, or not be able to sleep, and other side effects. my sister had been put on numerous different medicines from the time this all started, but none of them worked. none of them really improved things. all they did was cause side effects, like one of them made her appetite increase a lot so she gained a lot of weight, and she was skinny before. and other things, like high school was hard cause nobody knew what she was going through and could only see that she was acting funny. sometimes i wish i could go back and punch people or something, cause they didn't know anything about her and how this isn't truly who she is and everything. but yeah. i'm glad i finally graduated this year, i hated that place in general.
but in time, my parents found out that this whole thing that happened to my sister was witchcraft. my parents are from cameroon, and a lot of our extended family is in cameroon, as well as america and a few european countries. my dad is the most succeessful person in his family, cause he worked really hard in school and got a full scholarship to a top british uni, where he got up to his PhD. (excuse me for not giving too many details, this is already really personal for me to say, I don't want to get too specific on the internet, but I will share what I think is necessary with this question). my dad's family is polygamous (a normal thing from the past. it was a necessity, cause women didn't have opportunities to get educated. and we're christians, btw), so his family is pretty big. apparently someone in his family was jealous of him, and tried to kill him through witchcraft, but it ended up affecting my sister instead. my dad's family apparently has roots in witchcraft, with his dad being a wizard as well as a couple other people in his family. i know, it sounds crazy, cause I never thought such a thing could be real, but the more I learn about this, the more I, unfortunately, have to believe. (even a really good psychriatrist my sister had agreed with such a thing, cause she said that she had never had a patient like my sister before, who didn't respond well to any medication, so what she had could have occured from other means, and not naturally). my dad isn't a wizard, though. I don't know how that works, and my dad doesn't either, since he's not involved with that sort of thing. and by the way, my dad is a very good man. I feel extremely lucky that I got someone as hardworking and sincere as my dad (I like my mom, too, but I felt I had to defend my dad here incase due to his family, you were starting to feel negatively about him). but yeah, the guy who tried to kill him is his half-brother, and apparently he was angry over something stupid. my parents give a lot of money to relatives back in cameroon who need financial help, like they're not greedy or anything. sometimes my sister and I even gave clothes that didn't fit us anymore to relatives back home. I did so about 2 months ago, actually. so, this guy that did withcraft to my family was mad cause they were building a new house on the compound like more than a decade ago, and my dad decided to pay other building people for less money than he was demanding, cause he's also a builder person (contractor? sorry I don't know the word). but just to help the guy out, my dad also assigned him a role, even though it didn't mean he had to do anything. it was just a way so he'd get some money. but apparently he had been mad over that and jealous of my dad's success, I guess? so he did this bad thing to my family and it had been like.. under wraps for a long time. I don't know how my parents became aware of it.
so with all this craziness, my mom, sister, and I even tried going to see well known "miracle" people in brazil and nigeria, last year. nothing changed. so this year, my sister dropped out of college and went to cameroon to get helped by traditional healers. in cameroon now she's off her medicine, and apparently she's improving. that's where it's at now. i hope to god that it helps her all the way and she can become mentally stable and start to put her life together again here in america. and it's just so frustrating cause I can't talk to anyone about it and it's just caused so much stress in my family, and we didn't deserve this at all, especially my sister. i just want to be able to talk to her again like normal, like it used to be. i have a younger brother and now it feels like i have to act like the older sister and it's just weird. i really miss being able to talk and joke with my sister cause she's the only person around my age who truly understands me, cause my family has moved around (in different countries) a couple times, and especially with this new move, i just feel really lonely. its scary that instead of me looking at my sister as a role model she is now looking for me to be successful. all this craziness i'm sure has affected me negatively cause shes past 2 years have just been hell and i think i've been kind of depressed myself cause of multiple factors. not anywhere like my sister had, but i've even been to 2 therapists and don't feel too different. so i guess i'm causing all the ill in my life but it's like i'm allowing myself to self destruct for some reason and i dont know why. i hope i hadn't had witchcraft inflicted on me either. but idk i'm just going to have to try to fight whatever is causing me to do this on my own.
but yeah i just needed a place to share this, and while sometimes i've doubted my christian faith, cause i'm a pretty liberal person, and a lot of other liberal people embrace atheism, but with all this evil going on, how can i not believe in good? if the devil exists, and demons, doesn't that mean god exists, too? it's frustrating cause people act like witchcraft isnt a real thing but it's like.. i'm seeing this right now with my family. if my sister is cured by the traditional doctors then that will be the ultimate proof. it's just all weird, though. i just hate that guy in my dad's family for doing that. i dont understand what makes people evil. my parents give generously to people in need, when we don't even have to. like my family even doesnt go on big vacations or w/e like a lot of other americans do, despite us being really upper middle class. i'm just frustrated right now, and idk if all this mess has had an effect on my self esteem and that's why i've been doing self destructive things. and sorry this question is all over the place, but what am I supposed to feel? what does this all mean? i'm so confused and mad and frustrated in everything
Additional info, added Friday August 3 2012, 12:23 am: I also keep getting hung up on my shortcomings, cause I feel like my low self esteem has caused me to not reach the big dreams I have. I'm also a perfectionist, but it's like.. harming me right now. i'm like too afraid to start things, and would often not even start work because of fear of failure. It makes no sense but it negatively affected me at school despite me having high aspirations. and its hard to not feel regretful and mad over things, like not having good teenage years at all. i never did any normal teenage thing, had no true friends at school. i never want to visit my high school again and resent the experience. i know its horrible but if the school burned down i wouldn't care (as long as nobody was inside, i dont want any innocent person to die). i was basically the loner there, despite me trying my best to make friends and everything. so my life has mainly been lived online. i'm going to college next year and dont know what i'm supposed to do to stop thinking so negatively about the past so i can finally move on. cause worrying about the past just perpetuates my fears, and prohibits me from achieving what I know i'm skilled enough to do. but it's like i'm setting myself short, on purpose, cause of my bad attitude, i guess. not bad attitude, like i'm mean or anything, though. i'm compassionate about everyone, and am nice to everyone (not in my family, at least. i'm not the perfect daughter or anything, which i need to change) so whenever someone acts mean to me i'm taken aback, cause i never tried to provoke anything. i just worry over if i'm ever going to meet people in real life like people online, who it's easy for me to have a connection with and everything. it's just so frustrating. i cant even watch disney channel or nickelodeon anymore, cause it all seems like a farce cause real life wasnt like that at all. partying, boyfriends, going to the movies, etc. it wasnt happening before and then due to my self esteem issues its like i punished myself further which didnt solve anything. i cant be like this in college when i have big dreams. i just want to stop this whole mess and just blank out this past.. 8 years from my life. but then i feel horrible cause people have it much worse than i am and here I am, not doing better, and complaining. my sister is in this state and here i am complaining, but i dont know how to stop what i feel. i wish i could be a robot cause i'm just letting emotions control me right now. I just wish i knew why i couldn't have best friends like most other people. or even people to hang out with. being online so much i'm sure has hampered my social skills, but it's due to me not getting invited for things. when i moved to a new state i really tried to get friends and invited people for things but they never stuck. so everyone in my grade was just an acquaintance. i'd always chuckle whenever teachers would try to say sentimental things like we'd miss high school or w/e or whenever we did things in unity. nobody at school really knew me. or i dont even know. i think i feel really insecure about why i wasnt able to bond well with other people in school. i have no idea what i did wrong. even one of my therapists said she cant see anything wrong with the way i talk or anything and why i had issues really making friends.. i'm not that socially impaired. idk if its cause my family moved around, so other people couldnt relate to me? but other kids have moved around, too, and they were fine. or is it cause i dont fit into any box, so they just thought i was too weird? i mean i'm not a robot, i need companionship. i even really liked this one guy at school who was the one of the few people at school i'd occasionally talk to (and i'm normally really talkative. it just sucked cause i didnt have anyone to talk to most of the time) and i guess im just so inept with relationship stuff i dont even know if he liked me or not or anything. idk, cause i only saw him at school. and ok, i'll just stop, cause i have no idea what was between us. but that was frustrating too. i mean, who doesn't crave that kind of love? all this frustration just is causes me to put up a wall, like right now. i barely left the house all summer, i just dont want to face other people and try to be myself a lot. sorry i've moved this question to a completely different area but i just need to get this all off my chest. i just feel so.. angry over everything and i dont know how to make things right. like to take my mind away from things i go online. i'm really obsessed with music and current events, cause of it. instead of hanging with friends that's what i'd do. follow the news online, research bands.. that sort of thing. sometimes talk to other people online, or go on comedy sites, to make me laugh. whenever i need help for things i cant talk to anyone else about i go on a site like this cause i know people here care a lot more than people on yahooanswers. i know its pathetic and im starting to cry right now but.. i dont know. i just dont know how to be the same person i was when i was younger again, when i was a lot happier. i wish i was 6 again, cause so far that was the happiest past of my life, my really early childhood. i feel like things got worse once we moved to america from the uk, when i was 7, or maybe its just cause i was growing up? but idk i just feel like an alien a lot of the time, and i hate it. but im not one to conform.. i want to be myself but still find others like me you know? this question is going all over the place again. ok im sorry, i'll stop. sorry this is so long. i'll extremely appreciate any help, you dont even know. like this is my breaking point right here. Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Mental health? Melwillhelpyou answered Saturday August 4 2012, 12:55 pm: Ok I know this will probably not even help at all but it's definately worth a try. I know what it's like to want to talk to someone desperately & not have anyone & it sucks so here you go :)
I think you should get yourself a HUGE journal & write in it. Whether it's poetry, diary entries or theraputic stories, you need one. Trust me, it helps. You should sit outside your front door & write. Make it the only place you ever write. The reason why I say sit outside is because it'll make you more comfortable with the outdoors.
Please, feel free to email me at melanielovesdylanobrien@gmail.com and trust me, the longer your message is the better :) so pour your heart out, I'm all ears. I may not know much about whichcraft or anything like that but I know about how much your own inner feelings can affect you. It's powerful, so here I am.
Girlygirlhere answered Friday August 3 2012, 9:17 pm: Sorry it was such a long story I stopped at your sister improving and I skipped. Okay so I dont believe in witchcraft. Its not real, Im christian so God cab only do such 'magical' things. I promise its not witchcraft. As believable it may seem its just fake. Your sister may have a very rare mental issue or a NEW mental issue. Just try an pray an maybe take her to a church. Maybe shes possesed by something? Maybe bad maybe not. Im not postive but, as long as you have faith in God your fine. Im really sorry for your sister. I will pray for her & I hope she gets back to her normal self and a scholarship again. If nothing changes take her to the mental. [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) <<< that link may help. Maybe look up something along the lines of 'can you have mental issues from witchcraft?' hope this helps and hope this bump in the road goes away! Bye :) [ Girlygirlhere's advice column | Ask Girlygirlhere A Question ]
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