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Yes! Religious OCD/Scrupulousity is my biggest theme. I just had my third therapy session today with a biblical counselor that is also a clinical counselor for OCD. I’ve been doing better the past two weeks, but I’ve gotten to some very dark places lately. I posted earlier today about wanting to start a support group for Christians from here on the app GroupMe. It keeps your information (such as phone number, email, etc.) private if you’re interested I’ll attach a link. Also, if you haven’t already - try listening to Mark DeJesus’ videos on religious ocd on YouTube. They are very helpful.
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I’m interested in the groupme as well🙂
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I’m sorry to hear you struggle with that, I’m sure it’s not easy but God is faithful and you are so loved! I’ve wanted to talk with a biblical counselor who knows about OCD but they’re so though to find! I’m definitely interested in this groupme!
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Thank you so much for sharing Mark DeJesus, just subscribed after watching his video on Healing From Spiritual Abuse
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I believe in Jesus! Was raised to believe in god
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Amen amen! Any way I can pray for you?
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@Maria Elaina Always will accept a prayer
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I Am Loved by Maverick City Music is a great song to listen to whenever the struggle leaves you feelings of unworthiness.
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Awww love that! Listen to Christ Will Be My Hideaway by Sovereign Grace (Acoustic Version) on YouTube. The lyrics are beautiful! Angels gather to protect me when they hear my Savior call Sovereign hands are ever ready to uphold me should I fall Safe beneath His wings of refuge all my fears are kept at bay I am shielded by His faithfulness, Christ will be my hideaway
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Hi Maria Alaina!! I am🤍
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Hi sweetheart!!! It’s so nice to meet you!!!
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@Maria Elaina Aww hi! Thank you 🤍 My name is Caroline. I’m so encouraged that you are open about your faith and want others to feel the love of Jesus
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@AFlowerForYou Nice to meet you Caroline!! And aww thank you, it’s all Him! Knowing Him is the greatest joy! He’s the only One who gets me through the troubles of OCD
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Yes I’m a follower of Jesus Christ . I’ve been dealing with doubt since 2018 . At the end of 2020 , I learned about the unpardonable sin which the led me to learn that I have OCD . Such a huge struggle . Currently still dealing with both issues daily . It gets so lonely , depressing and confusing . I’ll be praying for everyone! 🙏🏽
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I’m sorry to hear that, that is not fun at all! Have you read what the actual unpardonable sin is? I don’t want to give you resassurance as we aren’t suppose to
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@Maria Elaina I haven’t . I heard that it’s rejecting Christ . You wouldn’t be giving me reassurance in a sense , however giving me truth . I just don’t understand that because the Pharisees said bad things and the Bible calls it unpardonable. It never mentioned rejecting but I guess calling the Holy Spirit bad names is rejecting in a sense
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@Junior96! I’ve struggled with the same thought process on the unpardonable sin that you are mentioning here. Just curious - have you ever thought that them saying those things was just the method in which they were rejecting Christ? Or at least the/a method that we read about them rejecting Christ in scripture? Then, we take the “what” that they did instead of the “why” they did it and fixiate on how we could have someone done “what” they did even though we would never do the “why” …we (as believers) would never do it “why” they did it. Just curious your thoughts? That’s the logic I’m trying to process through now.
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@NewToOCD8 somehow* not someone
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@NewToOCD8 Yeah I’ve thought about that before and constantly dwell on that analogy . I guess the fact that I’m even dealing with the thoughts in my mind really bothers me . My wife constantly reminds me to not engage in the thought with rebuking it as a compulsion , but in my world , I feel as if I committed the thought so I must rebuke them . My mind operates in a way that dwells on things that I don’t want to . I guess most OCD people do then huh ? Spiritually just drained and tired of thinking about these thoughts every 15 seconds . In church I have the thoughts , while praying , while praising , while at work , before bed , when I wake up and etc . I am just so tired of it . Trying to be a light and focus on others while going through this but it’s so hard to . Don’t really see my purpose. Losing desires and faith is decreasing my the day . Again , I’m praying for everyone that I encounter . I am doing my best to focus ion others and not myself .
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@Junior96! When you “rebuke” the thoughts though you are signaling to your brain that this thought it important and I have to “fight it.” Therefore, your brain is like “okay, I see that we need protection from this…I’ll be sure to send it again later for you to fight it again.” (Same thing happens with avoidance… you are signaling to your mind either “fight” or “flight” is needed and it registers it as important.) Have you tried just saying, “maybe maybe not” or “oh yeah there’s that thought again” or even “that’s silly, that’s not me (roll your eyes kind of thing & move on)? Then you are more of observing the thoughts instead of “fighting” (aka rebuking) or “flighting” (aka avoidance) them. This signals to your brain that they aren’t important and they will appear less and less, but it will take time. Sorry, if you’ve heard this all before, but I know in my own areas that sometimes having it phrased differently can make all the diffference.
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@Junior96! Give this a read if you can! https://www.gotquestions.org/blasphemy-Holy-Spirit.html
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@Maria Elaina Definitely will . Thank you !
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@NewToOCD8 All great advice . And yes I’ve heard it . My wife tells it to me all the time . I am just so worried of the idea that “what if it’s me “ or “ how is God taking this “ , “ Am I committing this sin “ . I definitely will take this into consideration and I appreciate everyone taking the time to help me .
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I am a Christian with OCD
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Hello! It’s nice to meet you!
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@Maria Elaina You too!
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Please help anyone else here with Religious ocd and is a Christian? My brain is going hay-wire and want to know I'm not alone... what do your thoughts say and how do you overcome compulsions? Im going through a rough moment and feel sick with anxiety and stiff. I want to obey God but my thoughts won't stop. I surrender to the Lord and then I have peace with the compulsions and they go away but the thoughts are the scary part please - is this spiritual or is it mental? Or is it both? Would love to hear a Christians opinion on this... because my thoughts latch on and won't dissappear but I know that the Bible commands us to take control of our thoughts and to renew our minds...yet God has grace for this and mercy for our every need... I know God is in control (completely) and my mind creates a lot of the issues for me without any spiritual stuff (it's a very powerful thing) but it's still scary. Lord help me, I surrender myself to you Jesus, counsel my soul and help me.
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So about 2 years ago I gave my life to Jesus. I've always been a "Christian" but never truly lived liked one. Honestly never truly felt love for them until 2 years ago. It was the best couple months of my life!!! I felt so happy and loved and unstoppable! I thought this fire for God & Jesus will never burn out. One day I had a thought about is God real? It bothered me so bad and I went into a massive spiral. Doubting everything. My faith. if I was good enough. Am I really saved? Do I have enough faith? Is my doubt real? Is it too much? Have these blasphemous made God not want me anymore? Or Jesus? :( But I knew I was and that they were real! I know I've heard them. Then I started having horrible blasphemous thoughts but then it would go back to doubting thoughts then back to the blasphemous ones. I hated the thoughts and doubts. The thoughts are so mean towards God, Jesus & HS. It’s anywhere from evil thoughts to cussing thoughts to rejection thoughts/denying. Demonic thoughts. Literally anything bad you could think of! Even thoughts of if I really love them or wanna follow them. I learned about OCD from what I've looked up but I've been dealing with this for about 2 years now. It's hard. I doubt if it’s OCD. Definitely feel like I'm trapped or my faith isn't the same. Which makes me sad because I want my faith! I feel like I've gotten lazy and honestly that I don't deserve them or am "too far gone" from them. I feel like idk how to be a Christian or how to have faith or just exist tbh. I wanna love God & Jesus! I want faith! I just feel kinda stuck. Has anyone gone through this or has advice or tips?
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