[momtothree]

“... there’s a professional in Houston who believes some people with multiple personality disorder are demon possessed”.

Well, that I can believe. When I was in college, I worked Security at a local hospital. There was a closed/lock psych ward on the top floor. Long story short, Security was called to help assist putting a patient in four point restraints. Now.. picture this. A black woman, about five feet two inches and maybe 100 pounds. She started to say in a very female voice, “He’s coming”. Then she “changed”. I don’t know how else to describe it. Her voice became that of a mans. She started swearing and six Security officers had the hardest time of their life getting her into the restraints.

I was the only female officer and the other five male officers were really BIG men. Her throat and face changed appearance. After the longest 15 minutes of our lives, we were able to secure the patient and left the room. It was then that I said, “Is she possessed?!” to one of the nurses. I will tell you this... it was the strangest thing I had ever seen. So... whether multiple personalities exist or not... the thought of demon possession entered my mind and several others that day. The nurse did tell us she had multiple personalities. Who knows?

[Tea Party Hobbit]

20+ years ago I was working in a public library in the Chicago area. One particular woman (Hispanic, 40ish, shaven head) who came into the library occasionally was obviously not rational. I don't remember any details except the time she told us we had to allow her to make as much noise in the library as she wanted, because "my brother is a lawyer and my sister is a cosmetologist."

This was the person who convinced me demon possession was real. When I looked in her eyes, what was looking out at me wasn't human, but something feral, evil, and mocking.

I had a similar experience later with another library patron: same sense of a calculating, evil, non-human presence in the eyes.

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She started to say in a very female voice, “He’s coming”. Then she “changed”. I don’t know how else to describe it. Her voice became that of a mans.... Her throat and face changed appearance.

The throat and face changing when her voice changed makes perfect sense, because it's the shape of the mouth and throat that create a particular voice. That's why impressionists, when mimicking a particular personality, sometimes take on some of the facial features of that person: the shape of the face is part of imitating the voice.

It makes sense that a demon would be able to control the shape of the mouth and throat to a greater extent than any human impressionist.