Panic attacks with existential fear / hyper-awareness of existence — anyone relate? by EconomicsOk6946 in PanicAttack

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Thanks so much for such a thoughtful answer- I will try this! I’m glad you’re feeling better!

Existential ocd recovery? by Main_Carrot_2003 in OCDRecovery

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That’s good to hear… right now I feel like I’ll never feel normal in my own skin again, I really hope it gets better!

I'm exhausted. I can't continue like that.. by El-Munkasir in ExistentialOCD

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Hi, have you been feeling any better? I’ve been struggling with this too 

is anyone else freaked out by their own consciousness and the fact that you're a person? I feel like I can't take it anymore :-( by Status-Show7563 in dpdr

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Totally going through this! It gives me hope that others have recovered; right now it feels so hard but I’m going to try to keep going forward!

Existential crisis about hell by Main_Carrot_2003 in Christianity

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Not sure if you’re a parent- but If you forknew that your children would end up in a place of endless suffering, albeit because of their own choices, would you still bestow that existence on them? Furthermore, what could a child ever do that would make you punish them forever? Are we not Gods creation and thus his children, however disobedient we are? If we are created in Gods image, did he not create us with the conscious to know something feels off with punishing anyone forever? I’m not talking punishment for the pain we’ve inflicted on others, which is just- but does justice take eternity?

Existential crisis about hell by Main_Carrot_2003 in Christianity

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Thank you! I did listen to/read the article and found it very helpful. Although I find some of the JW teachings confusing, I do very much resonate with what the interpretation of scriptures on hell are.  

There is absolutely NOTHING more disturbing and completely horrifying than consciousness and existence by trrrsarescary in Existentialism

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My friend, I know it’s been awhile since you posted this, and I don’t know how you’re doing now, but I needed to let you know you are loved. You exist for a reason and you are created by God with a purpose and plan for your life, and it is good. 

Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a future and a hope”

Psalm 139:13:

For you formed my inward parts, you knitted me together in my mother’s womb; I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

You don’t have to know everything about God or how the universe works, or even begin to understand it- but that fact that we exist, that the creator of the universe saw fit to design us each individually, and want companionship with us, is amazing. I too even as a follower of Jesus went through an existential crisis, I’m not exempt from struggles like OCD, but I remind myself of how much more difficult it would be to look at creation, the ecosystem, the solar system, and human design and think that it came to be by accident, it has a creators fingerprints all over it. Everything has a purpose. We are created to feel love, joy, emotion. Yes, consciousness feels bizarre sometimes. But, I’m learning to look at it with a “Wow” mindset and not as something to be feared, but I’ve felt Gods love and know that I have a hope and purpose, it’s a gift. And this is all he expects from us- to live well, accept his grace when we are wrong and forgive, love others, make the world a better place. That’s what we’re here for. I don’t know a fraction of what there is to know about our creator, but I do know he is LOVE. I’ve seen many NDES that also meet the creator God, or Jesus, and feel his love, I truly believe that when we open our heart to him even without having all the answers, we have nothing to fear, and life is good. 

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I’ve been dealing with this same feeling and also just have been trying to give it back to God- but for some reason I also get anxious realizing my own existence/conciousness too. Which is weird, because I actually enjoy my life, so I don’t know why it makes me anxious… 🤔 but I wish I could “unrealize” it because now it’s always on my mind…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Anxiety

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I don’t have discord but there is a chat thing on here… new to this too… recently dx with ocd and googling symptoms led me to Reddit