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Religious mental illness symptoms 04/08/20 (Wed) 01:45:45 814435 No.830632

I am a diagnosed schizophrenic and have had religious ocd and delusions and just wanted you to take a moment and think about this. This isn't an anti christian post and I am a christian, or at least I was when I could think my own thoughts or care about God.

>Looking for "signs" of Christ's return in the sky and weather

>Looking for "signs" of God answering your prayers

>Thinking something that happened was an answer from God

>Feeling a "calling" from God to do something

>Feeling special and different than everybody else to God

>Thinking you were born with a special purpose or mission for God

>"Feeling" the presence of supernatural enteties

>Blaming your problems on demons

>Thinking that everyday things happening around the house were paranormal

>Acting like you're possessed because you think you are

>Being constantly paranoid that you're commiting blasphemey somehow like not praying the right words or not making the sign of the cross the right way, or not capitalizing the right words about God

>Realizing that you show the things I posted and go into a state of denial and come up with delusions to make you feel like this doesn't apply to you

Most people on imageboards show schizophrenic and psychotic symotoms so you should really think about these.

I also believe that most monks have religious ocd and most saints are fake and had delusions and hallucinations, and very strict priests pastors etc. who become those things because they felt called to it by God are deluded.

I know this sounds like an atheist troll post but it's not. I just don't know how to feel passionate about my beliefs anymore. For me believing in God is like believing that there are trees in a forest. It's just an expressionless fact.

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04/08/20 (Wed) 07:08:03 9c9e19 No.830679

>>830632

You realize church writings specifically and repeatedly tell people to not trust in signs and visions(even erring on the side of caution, and reject possibly legit ones just to be safe), and say it's likely just you being affected by pride/insanity/demons, right?

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04/08/20 (Wed) 07:24:23 75deb4 No.830684

>>830632

This is the most obvious fedora troll post I've ever seen and saying it's not doesn't disguise it very well. Finding your "calling" in life is something most normies say and the majority of normies by definition are not schizophrenic. "God made you special" is literally the closing to every Veggietales episode, an old very mainstream non-schizophrenic show. And as a Catholic I can't take you seriously anyway since you have the chutzpah to blaspheme the Saints like that and I imagine the Orthodox feel the same way.

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04/08/20 (Wed) 08:07:56 814435 No.830690

>>830679

…that's what I'm saying…

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04/08/20 (Wed) 08:12:59 814435 No.830691

>>830684

By "special purpose" I mean delusions that you're sent from God in some way and different than everyone else like saint John

Not sure how you can blaspheme a mortal person but because of my schizophrenic congitive delcine I don't know how to take religion and sacred things seriously anymore

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04/08/20 (Wed) 09:11:48 9c9e19 No.830693

>>830690

Well, that's the point.

Those saints and monks aren't trusted willy-nilly.

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04/08/20 (Wed) 13:20:23 da34f3 No.830700

I used to have visual hallucinations sand was a diagnosed schizophrenic. A friend prayed for me and I was healed.

Most of your concerns are simply serious and that of someone who has problems with reconciling how the world works.

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04/08/20 (Wed) 18:37:15 0e5680 No.830712

>>830632

>Looking for "signs" of God answering your prayers

>Thinking something that happened was an answer from God

>Feeling a "calling" from God to do something

Friend, God ``does`` speak. When one starts to experience God speaking/showing/responding/guiding, it does make her feel crazy at first. But God can show again and again that the speaking/showing/responding/guiding ``is the case`` – especially by causing (time and time again) impossible, very surreal collections of events to happen. Whether the events are happening "in this world" is not necessary to mind, really; the speaking/showing/responding/guiding leads to what was spoken about/shown/guided towards. This type of thing happened in the Bible, too. For a brief list in a single chapter (that details those that saw "him who is invisible" and followed by faith), see Heb 11.

With prayer, meditation, and love, one can see God working in herself and through herself. In fact, whether you're aware of it, God has worked through you to me – at least in part and indirectly – by your post here. Thank you, friend.

>Realizing that you show the things I posted and go into a state of denial and come up with delusions to make you feel like this doesn't apply to you

I can't make you believe, friend. You certainly could have a reason to be skeptical based off of your stated medical experiences; it may be the case that not everyone needs to have God regularly speak/show/respond/guide in Bible-like ways. But there are people, myself included, that experience God in such a way.

Maybe you'll be able to experience God like this one day in a way that you'll know is different than your stated medical experiences. If you do, be wary of writing it off with "my meds need upping" or some similar response!

Take care, friend!

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