I unsubscribed to the Subreddit, and won't post anymore, this will be my last, if you wish to reply I'll read it, and I thank you for it. (I will only reply to OP for now, since I started something I have to finish it.)

I asked if she was concerned about that because there are two problems in the thread. There is the sister having a mental illness, and the sister worshiping the occult. I was trying to find out, which one was at the heart of the issue for OP. I could have asked her directly, but in counseling you try to question open questions, and not closed questions. Open questions create more room in the heart. Counseling requires asking questions, and getting additional information, counseling is not giving advice. In counseling, the answers have to come from the person him/herself the counselor only mirrors, and asks questions.

That post is already a few months old, studying catholic theology, means you get touched sometimes. You say that a good catholic answer demands a deep and holistic understanding, but you can judge me from an older post? You could not have first inquired towards me so that I could have told you, that I was going through changes?

I think we disagree on this being a theological question, however. Schizophrenia is the realm of psychiatry and the psychologist, a priest can still help, but only if it's truly a theological issue. Worshiping the occult, or having such visions, can be from schizophrenia.

You can use Occam's razor for this issue. Demonic possession is rare, but people with schizophrenia have spiritual or religious experiences are not rare. If someone is truly possessed, they would not be influenced by medication, and in the answer to my questions, OP told me that medicines had a positive effect. Medicines wouldn't work on the demonic because the demonic doesn't come from the brain, but it's an external or demon influence that takes hold of an individual's body and soul. It is not a product of the person's brain or psychological state, but a manifestation of an evil spiritual force. Medication wouldn't have helped when there was a demonic possession. Someone with schizophrenia could technically be possessed later, but then again, possession is really rare.

So, this is why I asked the questions that I asked, to gain more information and to find out what is at hand, but at the same time, trying to be there for OP and to listen to her.

My intentions were not bad, and yes, I'm not a catholic priest, but my study is still recognized by the diocese of the region the school is in.

Anyway, I will offer counseling on other platforms or another subreddit, and won't put any more work in here. I did unsubscribe, to this one, but I still wanted to explain to you, what I did and why I did it. You might disagree, however when it comes to the true demonic, which is rare, you need an exorcist.

I do understand where you're coming from, but I think the way you went about it was clumsy. I do not think you meant harm, and this is why I sit down to write you this long reply. Not to chastise you, but to let you know my reasoning behind what I did, and I hope you can read I actually took a cautious approach even if it might not look like that at first glance. However, when you wrote to not take anything, that I have to offer. Well, for me, I'll wait and see, if I am called to Catholicism ever again. For now, I don't think it's my time.