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Failed exorcisms. Client had an inner ear condition that caused chronic vertigo, but symptoms could be treated with medication. Husband was an evangelical who was convinced his wife:

1) had become possessed and that her vertigo and general crankiness with his methods were evidence of demonic possession, 2) the medications she was taking was enabling the devil to hide inside her, and 3) the only proper recourse was to try various methods of exorcism. He would hide her meds until she got dizzy and then try various methods of exorcism. This included:

Sweating it out (put under blankets while incapacitated and locked in a room full of space heater)

Freezing it out (pretty much the reverse with AC, fans, and bags of ice)

Surprising it out (he would jump out and scare her like it was the hiccups, but instead of yelling ‘Boo!’ he would recite the Lord’s Prayer or Psalms)

The final straw was that he tried to ‘surprise it out of her’ by pushing her down the stairs when they were heading out for dinner.

Note: this guy was some type of executive and they still went out to dinner after the stairs incident, but she asked for the divorce at an Applebee’s that night. I have often tried to picture that conversation, as she was adamant that he was a total sweetheart and never acted out of malice or anger.

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