Why is it common for mental disorders/abnormalities to induce demonic visions?

Question

I’ve read about people with psychosis claiming to be tormented by devil. Personally I experienced episodes of sleep paralysis, and I remember seeing dark figures “attacking me”

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Intense religious belief and delusions go hand in hand. Anyone unhinged in that way is likely to buy into whatever religion their culture does full send, and most religions genericise any supernatural badness into ” demons”.