You can be “owned” by an employer over a paycheck because anytime you feel you have to do something that is against your truth, that is possession ... when you do it. You can be own by parents because they tell you to clean your room when you don’t want to, but you know if you don’t there could be dire consequences. You can be owned in any form of a relationship when your emotions are insecure and you allow another to bully you.
You can be possessed by a spirit or spirits without even knowing it. After all, they are the unseen emotions too. Even your own soul can possess you. The emotions within your soul can enhance or destroy a life. Because of your soul, it may draw others (physical or non-physical) to you which can lead to good or bad - depending on how you feel about what occurs.
Attacks are a form of possession but only if they make you go against what you believe. A subtle influence that gets you to do something is also possession, especially if it makes you feel it is not what you would have done if it wasn’t for the pain that was being inflicted or the threats that was being used. This can be done by a human being and not just a spirit ... as in torture of a prisoner, etc.
So, as stated before – there are many forms of possession – physical and non-physical can have a part in it. The key to survival is owning up that you allowed what occurred – even subconsciously – in a lot of the situations. You are the “to” to their “fro” - so to speak.
Once you accept that you allowed the majority of what has occurred, (even though you will want to deny it empathetically due to a self-professed lack of awareness) it will start empowering you. You stop the blame and you start looking for the reason or reasons for what occurred and this starts opening the door for survival. It gives you the strength (knowledge/power) to fight back with this new found awareness and can make you the victor against their own knowledge/power that was used against you.
I don’t agree with fighting fire with fire in every situation, but I do like to think you can become the water that will put out their fire.
I don’t agree with fighting fire with fire in every situation, but I do like to think you can become the water that will put out their fire.