Anneliese michel biography meaning

Anna Elisabeth Michel (21 September &#; 1 July ) was a German woman who died of malnutrition and Dehydration. She became known because Catholic priests did 67 exorcism rites on her, in the year before she died.

Her parents and the priests were convicted of negligent homicide for this. She suffered from epilepsy, and had done a number of psychiatric treatments, which were largely ineffective.^[1]

When she was 16, Michel had a seizure and was diagnosed with psychosis caused by temporal lobe epilepsy.

Shortly afterwards, she was diagnosed with depression and was treated in a psychiatric hospital.

Anneliese michel biography meaning of name

By the time that she was 20, she had become intolerant of various religious objects and began to hear voices. Her condition worsened despite medication, and she became suicidal. She also had other conditons for which she took medication.

After taking psychiatric medications for five years failed to improve her symptoms, Michel and her family became convinced she