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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
Hi everyone
I was wondering if anyone suffered from 'religious mania'. When I am very manic I get hyper religiosity. I doesnt matter what religion. It doesnt help that my back ground with religion has been scattered and torn and sad ...
Just hoping that I am not alone here as it is very disturbing and disruptive to my everyday life.
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jay2Senior Contributor
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@jay2 Thanks jay2. Good idea I will do just that.
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Both my parents had religious manias, @Bunniekins although neither would have ever admitted that. Somehow I have managed to de escalate their intensity and keep my religious aspects to more interests than obssessions or manias. Like you I am not restricted to just one.
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Appleblossom Thanks Appleblossom. It is a terrible out of control feeling.Nice to know I am not alone 🙂
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
ooooh dear @jay2 sometimes I make the same mistake way more than twice ...
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Appleblossom 🙂
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Its funny and unfunny too. @Bunniekins has taken me a very long time to untangle the religious aspects, in particular. Painfully long. If you admit there are possibilities of mania attached to the religiousity ... I myself look at my "attachments" cause I did a bit of that kind of theory early in life ... and look at a lot of my behaviour tendencies through those lenses.
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Appleblossom Yes funny and unfunny just about sums it up for me too lol 🙂 I have always been lost because of the way I have been brought up with religion and since my diagnosis the symptoms of mania that come through my religiosity. I am just lucky I live here not somewhere else where I could get myself into all kinds of trouble with it.
Some of the things I remember that I did whilst in religious mania, which isn't much ... OMG! I am very lucky.
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frogSenior Contributor
You're not alone @Bunniekins 
Nice dress!
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jamesle2015Senior Contributor
what sort of things happen with 'religious mania' episodes?
sometimes it can be hard to tell in certain situations - if any of you have witnessed charismatic Christians
gathering there can be some extreme activities there
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