Posted by Dave1 on March 5, 2002, at 13:20:04
In reply to Re: How depression starts, posted by Lini on March 4, 2002, at 10:55:36
Hi Lou,
Thanks for your interest in my situation.
When I say I felt condemned by God, I guess I mean I feel I did things that would keep me out of Heaven, or whatever you want to call it. I have OCD as well depression (as it seems like some of the other people who posted also have).When I was younger I got really involved with Christianity through my church youth group. I constantly thought about heaven and eternal life. Because of my OCD, I would get thoughts that I felt were from God telling me to perform rituals or else I wouldn't have eternal life. After disobeying these thoughts, I started to believe I was condemned.
I know this sounds weird, but that is the nature of OCD, or possibly some delusional thinking.
Also, I was only a teenager at the time, whereas now I'm a 37 year old adult.Dave
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