Is it permissible to burn a paper on which obsessive thoughts that the same person suffers from are written, to help him forget them?
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Whispers [Wasaweis] concerning creed do not harm their possessor, and struggling against them and detesting them are signs of sincere faith. Writing down these whispers does not aid in the cure; rather, it may increase them. The optimal solution is to ignore them, unless trusted physicians determine that it would be beneficial for the treatment.
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