Is it possible to become a succubus

Very occasionally, he would get up from the sleep, after this experience and remain distressed and fearful. There was no history suggestive of narcolepsy, insomnia, hypersomnia, sleep terrors, nightmares, sleep-related movement disorders, and sleep paralysis; symptoms suggestive of Dhat syndrome, panic attacks, posttraumatic stress disorder, cognitive deficits, and recent change in medications.

Based on the available information, a diagnosis of schizophrenia was considered. His investigations in the form of haemogram, renal function test, liver function test, serum electrolytes, thyroid function test, electroencephalogram, and magnetic resonance imaging of brain did not reveal any abnormality. He would now report lack of any such experience but was not sure about the previous experience being real or part of the illness. A year-old male, who has been using cannabis in dependent pattern presented with an insidious onset and continuous illness of 2 years' duration, characterized by the delusion of reference, delusional percept, delusion of love, auditory commenting, commanding, and discussing , and tactile hallucinations.

At presentation, on mental status examination, he was untidy and ill-kempt, had blunt affect; however, there was no formal thought disorder. When asked about his psychopathology, he ascribed the voices heard to one of his female teacher, who would express her love toward him in the conversations heard as part of the auditory hallucinations.

He also ascribed the tactile hallucinations to the same teacher. He described this as a sensation of vibration, which he would feel all over his body, more so in his thighs, and genital region. This would occur mainly at night, when he would be fully awake or asleep and alone, would feel aroused, and simultaneously hear the voice of his teacher claiming to be responsible for these sensations.

As per him, he would hear that she is in deep love with him and wanted to have sexual intercourse with him, would feel his penis to be touched, and in the process would have erection and occasional ejaculation. He would be unable to describe exactly how she would be doing this but was convinced that it was she who was doing so. He also believed that his body is under the control of his teacher, who forces him to indulge in sexual activities, against his will.

He would deny drawing any pleasure out of these activities and would say that he was not able to avoid this experience. This experience was not associated with any active cannabis use or abstinence from cannabis.

At the time of mental status examination, his cognitive functions were preserved, and he had poor insight. Due to all these symptoms, he had to discontinue his education and became homebound. Based on the available information, a diagnosis of schizophrenia and cannabis dependence syndrome was considered, and he was sequentially treated with olanzapine, risperidone, Trifluoperazine, and the combination of olanzapine and fluphenazine decanoate, in adequate doses for adequate duration.

After being treated with clozapine, his insight improved, he would acknowledge that all his previous symptoms were unreal and part of the illness. She left Adam and refused to return to the Garden of Eden after she mated with arch angel Samael, who mated with four succubi.

Further, as per the folklore belief, the succubus can take the form of a beautiful young girl, who may have deformities of her body such as bird-like claws or serpentine tails. Many other cultures have sex demons as part of their mythology, analogous, or similar to the incubus and succubus.

In Arabic culture, there are descriptions of jinns , who are thought to be responsible for similar sexual acts.

In Zanzibar, Popobawa primarily attacks men and generally behind closed doors. In all traditions, generally, it is believed that repeated sexual activity with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even death.

In India, the succubus is referred to as Yakshini , who are attendees of Hindu God of Wealth, Kubera and are considered to be guardians of hidden treasure in the earth. They are shown as beautiful, voluptuous females with wide hips and narrow waists, broad shoulders, and exaggerated spherical breasts.

Yakshini's are believed to provide gratification to senses as they have extreme beauty and have power to delight the body. Thirty-six different types of Yakshini's are described in the texts of Tantras, who fulfill the different desires of human beings. They are believed to always remain young and beautiful, powerful, and effective, who if pleased can fulfill the materialistic desires of a person. Yakshini Sadhana can be done by following specific tantras.

In our literature search, we could not find any description of succubus in psychiatric literature, although there are few case reports[ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ] documenting the phenomenon of incubus, which have also being described in relation to erotomania. In the Case 2, the phenomenon of succubus was possibly associated with erotomania and fantastic hallucinations. Yakshini's are believed to be staying in the Himalayan region and both our patients came from the same region and had beliefs of the existence of Yakshinis.

However, both our patients were fully convinced about the experiences occurring against their will, had delusional beliefs associated with the same, fulfilled the diagnosis of schizophrenia irrespective of this phenomenon, and these symptoms responded to antipsychotic medications along with improvement in other symptoms. This led to the conclusion that both our patients had phenomenon of succubus. Our cases reflect the influence of cultural beliefs on manifestation of psychopathology in patients with schizophrenia and emphasize the role of cultural beliefs in origin and shaping of psychopathology.

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How to use succubus in a sentence You know he told me once that he had been attacked by a succubus [female demon]. The Black Douglas S. L-bas J. Also called: succuba a female demon fabled to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men Compare incubus.