Should I be worried ?

Ok so my OCD was eating me up to the point where I didn’t even enjoy doing stuff or going out. I struggle with religious OCD and fear of unforgivable sin and I pray a lot during the day for forgiveness. I have thoughts that disrespect god which I obviously don’t mean. But after lots of prayer and helpful videos and I guess understanding I feel so much better now. Like I still have the thoughts which are there and I hate them but they don’t eat me as much anymore. But I’m worried this is a bad thing too and kinda means I’m losing god ? Which I hope is not the case but anyone else relate ?

Religion & Spirituality OCD

Warrior25

Date posted: 3y

Yes. Scrupulosity is my OCD too. I used to struggle a lot with the unpardonable sin until I heard the following: "people who commit the unpardonable sin don't care about it or God or anything related." So the fact that you don't like that thought is proof you don't agree with it. Now this doesn't mean focus on the bad feelings as proof you haven't committed it but realize that you will never commit that sin since it's something you value. Is the same for people who have other types of OCD. For example, harm OCD or the fear of harming someone is proof they wouldn't do that. Hope I explained this well. One advice though. Don't live like you will do something against God and don't pray for this theme. I mean don't ask for forgiveness because I can tell you you haven't committed the unpardonable sin. It's just a thought and the anxiety it's producing is just a distortion of our interpretation. Hope this helps.

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Yeah this helps and tbh it doesn’t bother me as much but is that a bad thing?

allieandscrup

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous I agree, don’t compulsively pray and ask for forgiveness because having intrusive thoughts is not a sin. But pointing out that “you don’t like the thoughts proves you don’t agree with it” may be helpful at first, but is kind of unhelpful with recovery for the exact reason this person is struggling with—what happens what I dislike the thoughts LESS than I did before? Sorry, I feel like I’m being critical of your response, and I hope its not coming off as unkind or harsh. One more thing—most theologians contend we can’t even commit the unpardonable sin. I don’t want to give you reassurance, but it’s most likely the unpardonable sin could only be committed at the time Jesus was on earth. The religious leaders saw the miracles He performed with their own eyes and yet attributed them to evil spirits because they simply would not believe in Him, fully rejecting the Holy Spirit. I know we can’t PROVE that we cannot commit the unpardonable sin because the Bible is not explicit on the subject, and that’s just something we have to accept with OCD, which I can tell we’re all trying to do! It’s something that’s bothered my a lot in the past and still a bit now. Anyway, to answer the question, it is NOT a Bad thing to not be so bothered by your thoughts!

allieandscrup

Date posted: 3y

Not being bothered by the thoughts is NOT a bad thing. It’s good and it’s normal. It’s part of recovery. It’s also normal to have this exact fear, that if the thoughts don’t bother you so much, there’s something wrong with you. Everyone in the world has intrusive thoughts. People without OCD also get intrusive thoughts, but they let them go easily and don’t obsess over them like we do. Being less bothered by them just means we’re recovering

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

@allieandscrup I just cameback to say thank u and I hope you’re doing well u helped me a lot I went like a year kinda somewhat at peace but here again

Warrior25

Date posted: 3y

No. It actually means that you are healing. See healing doesn't mean the absence of the thought but the lack of a reaction from it. And reaction doesn't mean lack of anxiety either. It's more the duration, frequency and intensity gets lower and lower. So if it doesn't bother you as much keep doing what you are doing.

sanshine

Date posted: 14w

Religious OCD

I used to have religious OCD. Still kinda do. Accidentally thought something bad about God once, panicked thought something bad about the Holy Spirit. Fell into doom. This was recently after recomitting myself to Christ. Since then I pretty much gave up. Unfortunately, it also led to me compromising my morals many times because I figured I was going to hell anyway. I wish I knew what OCD was then. I think it would have saved me a lot of pain. I no longer have a relationship with God, and fear I never will again.

Aly2010

Date posted: 9w

Religious OCD

Hi! I have been struggling with ocd for many years of my life, however, I have recently been struggling with religious ocd. Currently my ocd has been putting thought into my mind like, “you shouldn’t go to that party, because “God” doesn’t what you to” or “don’t do this or else it’s going to make “God” mad.” These thoughts have been overall causing me so much anxiety, and truly I don’t know what to do. I’ve been struggling to identify it’s actually Gods voice or not. Also, my ocd has been also making my prayer a very stressful part of my day, which is not how it should feel at all. Now finding peace in prayer feels more like a chore, than a conversation. Does anybody else have ocd like this? If so, any tips?

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Cammy123

Date posted: 6w

Religious OCD

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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