Having a very scary night I was praying and asked for Jesus's holy spirit and the OCD tried to switch out his name for the devil. I know it's OCD and I have been telling God that I ment i want Jesus's holy spirit and God does know my heart so I just have to trust that God is taking care of me. I feel sick however when I was begging God to stay with me I was given a verse. Trust in the Lord God with all your heart lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your path straight. Proverbs 3: 5-6 Your feelings are fickle and the devil will try to minipulate them. Do not let him. You are doing so well keep standing in the armour and the light of God let him pave your way. There is no battle he cannot win. I find being in the presence of God calms me. Worship music helps me so much if you search Jesus. (With the full stop) Into Spotify it should come up. Some specific songs that help me are. Broken prayers - piano version By Riley Clemmons Fighting for me By Riley Clemmons Defender By Francesca Battisteli Back to life By Bethel music Scars By I AM THEY. I would love it if you could put your prayer requests Inn the comments ment we can help each other XX.

Brian K.

User type: NOCD Alumni

Date posted: 4y

Hi Bex, sorry to hear that you had a scary night, but glad to hear you were able to recognize and catch your OCD before it got ahold of you. I definitely relate to your comment about how as terrible as it is, that OCD has at least made you appreciate things more and love more deeply. That’s great to hear that you have found something positive among all the negative impacts on our lives that OCD, or any mental illness, causes. Hold onto that positive outlook as a reminder of why we sought out help for OCD in the first place to be able to appreciate people and things more and love more freely and deeply without reserve and live our lives in general without all of the doubts, anxiety, low self-esteem, hesitation, compulsions, etc…that hold us back and take up our minds and our lives. Glad to hear that your relationship in God is helping you manage your OCD and giving you strength and positivity, something that OCD certainly does not make it easy to have. And yes, no one is ever alone in their struggle with OCD, especially if they’re here. It’s always great to see a thread where people are trying to help and support each other in their OCD recovery or with just the stressors of life in general. The struggle against OCD is never easy, even more-so in tandem with other mental or physical illnesses, but OCD can be managed to where those intrusive thoughts mostly stay in the background and you can live your life as you always wanted to or used to before OCD. It takes time, effort and strength to overcome the bully, but this journey does not have to be taken solo. ERP and therapy may be the tools of choice, but support from each other is also a very powerful tool in your arsenal. Take care, stay strong and best wishes to you all. You can and will defeat the OCD bully, do not let OCD take away your hope or belief in yourself.

Bex.

Date posted: 4y

Thank you so much your message is so beautiful. I am so glad that what I wrote was something that people could resonate with. You are such an encouragement and I love the way you think thank youuuuu 🥰. Keep fighting don't let yourself panic if u accidently do a compulsion just take a minute and restart. Remember you can restart any time of day. Keep fighting God bless your beautiful soul XX.

OCDHaver

Date posted: 4y

I hope everything is going well for you. Could you pray for my Real Event, Flase memory and POCD. These are the ones I struggle with the most and I hate them. They’ve made my life truly unlivable

Bex.

Date posted: 4y

Yes I can X.

Lms526

Date posted: 4y

The Lord has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. 2nd Timothy 1:7 NLT

Lms526

Date posted: 4y

A couple of other songs "You will be okay by Jen Johnson Even if by Micah Tyler I will not fear by the Afters is a great one https://youtu.be/wMmmbJlWhtk

Lms526

Date posted: 4y

The one by Micah Tyler is called Even Then

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

Praying for you 🙏🏽🙏🏽. My prayer is for peace in my relationship, as I suffer from ROCD

Bex.

Date posted: 4y

May the Peace of God which transcends all understanding guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4 Vs 7.

Bex.

Date posted: 4y

@Bex. When your comment came through so did this verse I believe God ment for you to see it. I love this verse so much and have found it so helpful. XX.

Anonymous

Date posted: 4y

@Bex. Thank you so much 🙏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽. God is so good , praying God relaxes your thoughts as well🙏🏽

Bex.

Date posted: 4y

@Anonymous Yes it does so well. God is so amazing I love how I have met so many amazing christians like yourself through OCD. I love how God uses your worst situations for good. That we can encourage each other in God's love. And i genuinely believe that as much as OCD sucks it has taught me to rely on God. It has taught me to love more deeply and to apprentice things better.

Bex.

Date posted: 4y

@Bex. *appreciate.

Bex.

Date posted: 4y

@Bex. I am so Grateful to God's love and goodness.

Bex.

Date posted: 4y

@Bex. Lord Jesus thank you for the people on this app. Thank you that we have this platform to encourage one another and to build each other up. Help us to act justly, love mercy and to walk humbly with you. To remember to give you the glory when you work through us. I pray that you will be with everyone on this app Lord Jesus and that you will give them peace. Lord Jesus I pray you will calm the storm in the minds of these people. As you calmed the storm on earth. Lord God you knit thease people together in their mothers womb you know their inner most being and you know the pain that they have experienced. Lord God I pray that you will Give them peace that they will trust that you have the power over OCD, fear and even death. God bless you all fellow soldiers Amen.

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