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MasterChief40 t1_j62bibe wrote

It could be dementia, but the timing seems too soon to be dementia, as it can take years for dementia to get to the point where you get so forgetful that you end up down the deepend, not to mention dementia also tends to be more common in older people, so it's unlikely someone in there 30s would have such a severe case of it. Not to mention that Susan wouldn't have be able to keep even remotely accurate time in her journal, as if it truly was a later stage of dementia her sense of time probably would have been non-existent. It definitely could be someone experiencing the early stages of dementia, along with perhaps dissociative identity disorder, but I don't think it was dementia that truly killed her.

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MasterChief40 t1_j62aech wrote

Is there any reference to "Gregory" besides in the journal? If Gregory does exist it seems that Gregory and Susan both suffered from similar issues, leading me to suspect that this is some form of hysteria similar to the dancing plague. Either that or "Susan" was completely off her rocker. If somebody similar to Gregory does exist, it could just be Susan was unable to cope with the death of Gregory and just snapped. Whatever the case, this is a terrifying case.

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FondleMyPancakes t1_j6265xx wrote

I think the problem of burning the painting is that you didn't use salt. Salt is used in many different factors to ward away evil spirits. Holy water is actually where salt has been blessed and mixed into water then blessed again.

If you choose to keep the painting, get a picture frame with enough room that you can place a line of salt in. Or other methods I bet you could figure out

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