Annelise Michel is a young German girl who is notorious for being considered obsessed with demons and died after the rites of exorcism performed on her. Her story still causes controversy both in secular society and in religious circles. It is not known for certain whether Annelisa suffered from a mental illness or was really obsessed.
Biography
Annelise Michel (full name Anna-Elizabeth) was born in 1952 in the small German town of Layblfing. Her family was very religious. Three relatives on the father's side were nuns.
Annelise's father, Joseph Michel, worked as a carpenter. During the Second World War, as part of the Wehrmacht, he fought on the western front. Josef was captured by American troops, returned home in 1945 and continued to engage in carpentry.
The girl’s mother studied at a girls’ gymnasium and a school of commerce. She worked in the company of her father, where she met Joseph Michel. The woman already had an illegitimate child (daughter) from a previous relationship, the appearance of which she considered her a serious sin. Such an attitude to the older sister was also transmitted to Annelise, who had long delayed the maternal misconduct. The illegitimate girl did not live long and died of kidney cancer at the age of eight. She was buried separately, outside the family cemetery.
Annelise was brought up strictly and in strict accordance with the Catholic faith. From early childhood, she went to masses and sang in the church choir. The girl was an opponent of the entertainment of modern youth, she did not have a personal intimate life. She tried to pray for the sins of her peers, constantly prayed and slept on the bare floor in the winter.
Despite the true religiosity, the girl was very educated, she studied well at school and took lessons on the accordion and piano. Annelisa successfully graduated from Karl Dalberg Elementary School and Gymnasium.
Illness or obsession
The first attacks of the girl occurred in 1969. Annelisa felt a heavy heaviness in her chest, she could not move and call for help, sometimes the girl had a complete paralysis of the body.
After contacting the doctors, she received an electroencephalogram, which showed no changes in the girl’s brain. However, doctors diagnosed her with temporal lobe epilepsy. In 1970, Annelise was hospitalized with tuberculosis. In the hospital, she had another seizure, after which the girl claimed that she saw the devil's face. Doctors prescribed various drugs to her, but to no avail.
Over time, the attacks became more frequent and hallucinations and “voices in the head” began to chase Annelies. Her condition worsened more and more, and treatment in a psychiatric clinic did not bring any results. The girl began to assure everyone of her demonic obsession.
Later, with a family friend, she made a pilgrimage to the holy places. But in the temples she was literally warped from crucifixes, and she flatly refused to even try the water from the holy Lourdes spring.
