Patricia’s nightmare began at just five years old — in a basement, on a blood-painted symbol, surrounded by demonic chants and betrayal, as CBN reports.

Enduring years of abuse within a satanic cult dominated by occult rituals and spiritual torment, Patricia ultimately found freedom and restoration through Christianity and faith-based counseling.

According to Patricia, her indoctrination into satanism wasn't a choice — it was a multigenerational betrayal, beginning with her own family. She recalls being dragged into a ritual where she was physically restrained on a crude altar while family members and others chanted in what she described as an unknown language.

Childhood Stolen by Darkness and Deceit

As part of the initiation, Patricia was sexually assaulted and symbolically pledged to Satan. From that moment forward, her childhood was clouded by gruesome rituals and psychological warfare masked as religion. Animal sacrifices and forced cannibalistic rites were normal in her world.

“We were forced to drink the blood. We were forced to eat eyes,” she said, explaining that the leaders falsely claimed the grotesque act would open a gateway to the spirit realm. The only spirits Patricia encountered, however, were demonic apparitions and unrelenting fear.

Devoid of a safe space, Patricia tried to bury her trauma. But her dreams — or more accurately, her nightmares — haunted her into adolescence, distorting what little peace she could scrape together. “It’s a horror movie on Halloween,” she said, “That’s how I describe it.”

Running From Abuse, Chased by Demons

At thirteen, she escaped the physical setting of her torment by running away from home. But the emotional and spiritual damage had already taken root. She turned to tarot, spirit guides, and the occult to find power in a life where she had felt completely powerless.

Not surprisingly, the so-called power she sought only led her into deeper despair. In her twenties, she battled recurring suicidal thoughts. Her coping mechanisms included overdoses and self-harm — destructive habits that landed her in psychiatric wards instead of bringing the peace she was craving.

“Any time that I tried to get healing from the occult,” Patricia said, “the first thoughts that came to my mind were to kill myself.” As her life spiraled, her hatred for God acted as yet another barrier to finding real healing.

From Resistance to Redemption

But Patricia’s path took a turn during what seemed to be an ordinary visit to church with a Christian friend. Everyone around her was worshipping in unison — something she had never witnessed. She raised her hands in defiance of the darkness that had gripped her for so long.

In that moment, she felt an unseen force trying to pull her backward. “A dark presence came up behind me and literally jerked my shoulder,” she said. But she stood firm, crying out "Jesus" over and over, refusing to budge.

As the darkness lifted, Patricia collapsed in prayer. When she rose, something had shifted. Her hatred gave way to trust, and her spiritual chains began to fall one by one.

Finding Freedom and Faith Through Christ

She poured herself into Scripture, relating deeply to the Bible’s stories of broken women who found healing in Christ. She saw herself in the woman at the well, the one who touched Jesus’ garment, the outcast longing to be seen.

Through prayer and Christian counseling, Patricia finally found what the occult could never give her — peace, joy, and an identity rooted in something far greater than fear. “Now I walk daily with joy,” she said, remembering the darkness but no longer living in it.

Her experience serves as a searing indictment of how faith in Christ — not crystals, cards, or rituals — is the only true escape from spiritual oppression. Healing, she insists, isn’t reserved for the lucky or the holy. It’s for anyone humble enough to say, “Lord, help me.”

A Voice of Hope for the Spiritually Captive

Despite decades of silence, Patricia chose to speak out, giving a face and a voice to the often-dismissed reality of spiritual warfare. And her message isn’t ambiguous: there is a way out, even from the darkest pit.

“If He can take someone like me...into that darkness so deep,” she said, “and pull her up out of that hole, that pit of hell and bring her into the light, He can do that for anyone.” Her story, though horrifying, is ultimately one of hope.

In a culture more enamored with tolerance than truth, Patricia’s story is a needed reminder: evil is real, but so is redemption. And freedom won’t be found in fantasy or mysticism — only in the name above all names.