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Happened to find relief in distressing mental condition (7)

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I believe the answer is:

occured

'happened' is the definition.

'relief in distressing mental condition' is the wordplay.
'relief' becomes 'cure' (relief from an illness).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'distressing mental condition' becomes 'OCD' (obsessive compulsive disorder).
'cure' inserted within 'ocd' is 'OCCURED'.

'to find' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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