I suffer from a disease called schizoaffective disorder, it's basically paranoid schizophrenia with bipolar. Once a couple years ago, I stopped taking my meds and started getting really really religious. I heard demons and angels, I guess you could say - or at least what I thought were demons and angels. My question is, why do you think people with mental illnesses like mine become so religious? Why do we automatically assume that its demons or angels instead of thinking it could be aliens or anything else?
It just seems there's always a religious spin on what people like me think they hear. I'm not asking for myself, this is purely just a general thought. Because I've had friends hear the same kind of things and they say that its demons or something like God, etc.
I'm genuinely curious about others thoughts on this, because my opinion is different since I have the disease. I don't know why I jump to that conclusion and it makes me curious. I mean, its not just the voices either. I started reading the bible, going to church, things that I would NEVER normally do.