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OCD flare up
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raven1
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Because OCD doubts are symptoms of a mental illness.
Think of it this way. Sometimes you get a runny nose when you're not sick due to environmental factors. It goes away pretty quick.
Sometimes you get a runny nose because you are sick. This sticks around, clogs you up, and often comes with a variety of other symptoms (sore throat, sneezing, headache, and so on). You have these because of your cold, flu, or virus.
The first runny nose, the one without an accompanying illness, represents your run of the mill doubts. The second represents your OCD doubts -- the product of a disease. OCD is the disease. The thoughts, doubts, and fears are the symptoms. You can't control either, but one is exacerbated by other conditions, such as an infection.
Mental disease is so stigmatized. You can't help what happened to you, Raven. Or anyone here, for that matter. You can't help that you have OCD. I believe the last statistic I heard was 22% of people in the USA have some sort of mental disorder. And unlike other diseases, mental disorder is the only one where people are more often not to rally around you in support. This is no different than having diabetes. Diabetes takes medication and management. So does OCD.
So the doubts that come into your mind at the beginning without OCD about God existing are just human doubts,etc. when OCD takes them they make them seem more scary (which I don't get because they originated as human doubts those send u to hell. U should be scared) and 0cd causing you to ruminate over them ( which again you should be) I don't get it. The doubts aren't caused by OCD so it's your fault. Honest doubt is your fault too but not ok. I don't understand.
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