Volume 3 Issue 10 October, 2013
❌ Persons who are possessed are aware of the things happening in the surroundings.
✅ Persons have partial or complete unawareness of the things in surroundings when possessed.
❌ Persons who are possessed do not have any impairment in social, cultural or other areas of functioning.
✅ They may have significant impairment in social, cultural or other areas of functioning.
❌ Possession is considered to be a punishment insulting a sacred site or angering a deity.
✅ Most Studies implicate that possession is commonly due to a personal crisis.