Most of the world IS suffering from a disorder, but it's not one you can treat with a pill. It's a diabolical disorder, which fathers the religious disorder, which results in disorder of pretty much everything else. Fortunately, the treatment is free, safe and (excepting exercising the morbidly lazy will) painless. You can pick up the cure for this disorder in your local Traditional "RC" Church.

 Until we fix that disorder, however, we're probably going to all increasingly be pressured to drug ourselves and the children. I'd say why, but then someone might accuse me of having a disorder.

I do not think it is charitable or wise to make light of those who do have disorders.  I know they exist, as I suffer from more than one of them that are related.  I have had these disorders for more than 22 years.  I also have someone in my family whom I believe has a serious problem with shopping.  Not only does this person have their bedroom filled with things they have bought over the years and never used, they have twice brought their family into financial troubles.  Taking mortgages out on their home to pay off credit card debt, impulse buying, this person has a real problem.  

While a prayerful life can help a lot of people that have these disorders, God has chosen some of us to possibly suffer our purgatory here in not curing their disorder.  

Indeed, I suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (it is an actual mental disorder caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain) and often suffer from extreme stress and anxiety. Currently, I take 30mg of Paxil a day to keep myself functioning. We shouldn't make light of those who do have serious medical disorders, but it is certainly true that a sound spiritual life can help immensely in keeping these disorders under control. Those who have a disorder must accept it as another cross to bear throughout their life and try as best they can to get by and live a godly life.

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I do not think it is charitable or wise to make light of those who do have disorders.  I know they exist, as I suffer from more than one of them that are related.  I have had these disorders for more than 22 years.  I also have someone in my family whom I believe has a serious problem with shopping.  Not only does this person have their bedroom filled with things they have bought over the years and never used, they have twice brought their family into financial troubles.  Taking mortgages out on their home to pay off credit card debt, impulse buying, this person has a real problem.  

While a prayerful life can help a lot of people that have these disorders, God has chosen some of us to possibly suffer our purgatory here in not curing their disorder.  

Indeed, I suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (it is an actual mental disorder caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain) and often suffer from extreme stress and anxiety. Currently, I take 30mg of Paxil a day to keep myself functioning. We shouldn't make light of those who do have serious medical disorders, but it is certainly true that a sound spiritual life can help immensely in keeping these disorders under control. Those who have a disorder must accept it as another cross to bear throughout their life and try as best they can to get by and live a godly life.

I am sorry to hear you suffer from OCD, I shall keep you in my prayers.  I am presently on 50 mgs of Paxil a day for Agoraphobia with panic disorder.  I was on 30 mgs of Paxil for years, but it was not strong enough to handle my body entering into perrimenomause (sp?).  If I ever doubted I have a chemical imbalance, I know for certain now.  I am genetically predisposed to anxiety disorders.  My mom was a very nervous person and her mother had what they called a nervous breakdown in he younger days.  I also have OCD, though no professional has ever diagnosed it, I was too ashamed to admit the compulsive things I did over and over on top of the anxiety disorders I have.  Though the OCD is not so bad, it could have gotten worse if not for the Paxil.  The only hint of the OCD now is that I must touch the top lock on our back door 8 times in a row to be certain it is locked.  I have never told a soul this, so it should come as a surprise to Vandaler if he reads this.  lol  

I had all of this before it had a name.  It was a relief to finally know what I had when I came across a Dear Abby letter all those years ago.  

And also never understimate the power of praryer when it comes to physial health.  I used to get de-habiliting migraine headaches almost every single day.  I went to a neurologist for it and with scans and all that ran up a bill on the insurance card for like 20,000$.  Took different pills for it did everything and it did nothing. At all.  Prayer cured it though and I hardly ever get a headache anymore.