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I would suggest a book then. Maybe The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD. There’s also a good book about religious OCD called The Doubting Disease. Finally, I would remind you that you have been here before and the pain faded. It always does. Be kind to yourself and also try to be patient.
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When I dealt with existential ocd, my faith only ended up so much stronger in the end. I first read the book, Miracles by Eric MeTaxas. I highly recommend it. It goes through how science and history, plus people actual miraculous experiences thoroughly support our creator. I would also suggest looking up YouTube videos/podcasts by Dr. Frank Turek and J. Warner Wallace. They are both great Christian apologists. Any apologetics book that you can get your hands on would help you I believe. Praying for you ❤️
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Can you tell me more abt how it went with you
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And did it make you feel like you are gonna lose your faith completely?
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And do you get triggered about things that talks about god isn’t here and not real and stuff as if you believe in tjem but you don’t
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@Ljc101010 I wasn’t scared that I was believed them. I was scared that they were right, but I know now they are 100% wrong. I can tell you how it went for me, but it goes against what the experts say to do for ocd. To be fair, I didn’t know I had ocd at the time. I thought I just had extreme anxiety, so I didn’t know how all of it worked. But Instead of just letting the thoughts pass by, I dug into to research by Christian Apologists (like the ones I named above, plus Voddie Bauchaum…he’s great too) that fed my faith. It actually inspired me to want to get my masters degree in Christian Apologetics.
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@NewToOCD8 I hope i did this instead i went crazy worrying and searching for the opposite not for what’s gonna incread my faith
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@NewToOCD8 And now i am fighting it pray for me!
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Praying for you. You’re going to be fine. It seemed like the worst “theme” (although I didn’t know it was an ocd theme at the time) I could ever have, but know I see how much that struggle/trial led me into greater faith and a deeper relationship with Christ. Praying for you! Feed your faith, not the enemy. ❤️
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Thanks
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And i can’t have my faith back once aa it was! It waa super strong i really hate this phase it was a dead end to me
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I want help
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I know what you are going through. I have had similar obsessions before. Remember that you have OCD. OCD makes things seem really urgent and also exaggerates and catastrophizes little things and makes them seem big. Try to let the thoughts be there. Try to resist compulsions like looking stuff up on the internet. Are you in treatment? A therapist can help you with these intrusive thoughts.
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No i am not unfortunately my parents doesn’t support rhe idea and i don’t what to do but i don’t want this to start again because i am not read for this kinda battle it really makes everthing worse
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Did it affect your faith?
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So at last faith wasn’t lost right,
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Because i really don’t want to
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You know it usn’t that i found religion controlling it’s that i once a thought pooped and all the doubt started And i feel my thought want me separated from the most thing that i love and define me
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I want to calm down really because i am afraid i will lose my faith because my mind keep telling me tho and i don’t want to that’s why i am panicking i hate how my mind can be so manipulative not because anyone made me doubt my religion or even someone controlled me by any how so i feel like a monester inside me want to take my own decisions for me and make me away from god
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I believe in my own god and i don’t want to get away really and my mind knows that and he makes me fear more u know what i mean
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@Ljc101010 Popped*
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I believe nth can force me to move away from god but i just want to feel safe that my ocd won’t take it away from me
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Should i just leave the thought and it will go away on it’s own?
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I am a Christian but keep having unwanted really bad intrusive thoughts about Go liike I am talking strange weird thoughts that make me cry they are so uncomfortable. And then I have doubts from time to time if God is real and I look up evidence that God is real and am worried God's going to be upset that I tried to look up proof of his existence. even though I do believe that he is real. Any other Christians with severe OCD out there that go through this struggle? I just don't want God to hate me or be ashamed of me.
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