Hello friends. My name is Erin. I think some of you would benefit not necessarily from medication (although we do need it sometimes) but from help from a power greater than the illness.

I will tell you that constant calling on a God that loves me more than any person has ever loved me, more than the God of many Christians, more than the God of Muslims, and more than a boyfriend (for sure!!) or husband, has cured me from much turmoil and distress and brought me joy and peace. I still struggle constantly with hearing voices in my head telling me what to say, trying to confuse me, and being just plain obnoxious.

I fell from Grace many times by entering a realm that the demons live in.... As an Orthodox Christian, I believe that demons are real, but that God's love and God's angels and God's saints have the power to heal, protect, and deliver people from demons and the infiltration of their hatred toward us in our lives.

For those of you who are willing to try a different way, I suggest prayer.

I have spent awhile living a life of prayer. It is a struggle and it is hard. It is hard to believe in a God that does not always make Himself manifest, who does not always speak or make me aware of Himself, but He is there and many of my friends and family are Christians too, and we see His faithfulness.

I suppose many of you don't believe in God, who many of us hate, and I suppose that particularly, schizophrenics don't necessarily want to know God or trust His mercy, which is not condemning but saving. God wants to heal and restore and bring true peace. He does not want to send us to hell for being bad, and He wants to bring order to our out of order exsistence.

I believe in the God of Orthodox Christianity. Here is a prayer from the prayers we say to God that may help you.

Prayer Against Demonic Influence

Almighty God, Who delivered Your people from the bondage of the adversary, and through Your Son cast down Satan like lightning, deliver me also from every influence of unclean spirits. Command Satan to depart far from me by the power of Your only begotten Son. Rescue me from demonic imaginings and darkness. Fill me with the light of the Holy Spirit that I may be guarded against all snares of crafty demons. Grant that an angel will always go before me and lead me to the path of righteousness all the days of my life, to the honor of Your glorious Name, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

I don't want to push my faith on you. I am not hear to convert you. If you want to know more about prayer, Religion, or Orthodox Christianity, there are several places on the internet to learn about it.