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is this a coincidence?

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I was thinking about my ocd problem if the thoughts that happened without my will days ago, became valid or not. both times I thought about it, I got a random thought like "what if I hear a door sound now that I made this question to myself? it will be a coincidence" this is what I thought the first time. and the door sound happened. it was someone opening or unlocking his/her door apartment or the door of the main building. but the second time, I got a similar thought and the door sound happened again. I used to worry in the past about the door coincidences. is this a sign or not?
 

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I was thinking about my ocd problem if the thoughts that happened without my will days ago, became valid or not. both times I thought about it, I got a random thought like "what if I hear a door sound now that I made this question to myself? it will be a coincidence" this is what I thought the first time. and the door sound happened. it was someone opening or unlocking his/her door apartment or the door of the main building. but the second time, I got a similar thought and the door sound happened again. I used to worry in the past about the door coincidences. is this a sign or not?

You are safe, whether the door sound happens or not. And God loves you so, so much.
 
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It's not, I promise you, it's just you and your subconscious thoughts buggin' you, don't dwell on it too much.
If you give yourself some time to heal, then you will/can be healed.
I've had similar situations with ocd thoughts, you're not alone in this
Knowing what you're actually dealing with (which is OCD) will better the chances of you to heal.
 
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It's not, I promise you, it's just you and your subconscious thoughts buggin' you, don't dwell on it too much.
If you give yourself some time to heal, then you will/can be healed.
I've had similar situations with ocd thoughts, you're not alone in this
Knowing what you're actually dealing with (which is OCD) will better the chances of you to heal.
what is your story with the ocd?
 
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There are plenty of things that seem to be random convergence - a coincidence. But is very rare that they are NOT related in some way.

As to your door sounds - probably not a "sign." You may actually have patterns laid down in your mind that you are unaware of and you subconsciously know the general times of people coming and going.
 
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It's not, I promise you, it's just you and your subconscious thoughts buggin' you, don't dwell on it too much.
If you give yourself some time to heal, then you will/can be healed.
I've had similar situations with ocd thoughts, you're not alone in this
Knowing what you're actually dealing with (which is OCD) will better the chances of you to heal.
another coincidence happened. as I was replying a user replied with the post "there is no coincidence" something like that the same time I was posting and also some seconds 3-2 before I heard a door again.
 
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Hmm just to give you a thought to ponder about, ask yourself, what benefit do I get from knowing whether these situations are a coincidence or not? thinking about these things only add up to your stress and takes away your time.

I'm almost completely healed now from my mental health issues. I gave myself time to heal, accepted that it's a mental thing I'm dealing with with all these thoughts and hallucinations, but most importantly I pushed myself to be 'skeptic' about the things happening to me.

I hope I helped you in a way.
Really, time heals...
 
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