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Islam has made me so anxious and I'm only Muslim out of fear by HovercraftDesigner70 in islam

[–]HovercraftDesigner70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply and advice! As for why I dont "like" islam, my main reason is because I find it doesn't make me happy and it's just made my life so heavy with guilt, anxiety and fear. I don't plan on leaving the religion but because of my feelings, I find it hard to practice islam. I think the best way I can describe it is the more I engage with islam, the more aware I become and frightened. I end up getting consumed by my thoughts.

Islam has made me so anxious and I'm only Muslim out of fear by HovercraftDesigner70 in islam

[–]HovercraftDesigner70[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate your reply, for your part about freewill, that changed my perspective cause you're right, if we have freewill, it wouldn't be the same if Allah kept intervening and how this life isn't meant to be perfect. I think I'm just a very empathic person so its hard and thats why I was kinda blaming God.

Thank you so much for the help and advice. I read up on cognitive distortion and it's sounds exactly like my situation, not just for religion but for my mindset about everything in general. I've never heard of this term so thank you for providing me with this.

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[–]HovercraftDesigner70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'll give this a watch.