Religious OCD is making me feel really bad about

Hi ❤️❤️, I feel like hugging you rn. It’s so hard, I’m a Christian and I’ve struggled with disturbing religious ocd too. Just know that you’re definitely not alone. A little helpful tip, there’s power in realizing that’s it’s just ocd. Also, what I can tell you is a true relationship with God isn’t burdensome. I struggled with obsession over what is a sin or what’s not as well but not anymore. I’m free in that sense. Sin is the going against God’s command and that commandment isn’t burdensome, it’s to love God and love other people. And we don’t even need to do this in our own strength, we have the Holy Spirit in us to help us. I have learnt a lot of truth about My faith that has been so freeing. I use to be so rules by fear of hell before but not anymore, I’m saved by grace through faith in Jesus alone, I have eternal life. Period

You have just written my story too! I experience the same feelings, the exact same feelings, and I have not been able to attend Mass even though I do believe in the Real Presence in the Eucharist. Mine goes a step farther in that whenever I hear, see or think of the enemy I perform all kinds of crazy mental and physical actions because it scares me so much. I just heard the word "devil" on TV and had an ocd episode. I'm practicing on my own and not sure I want to go through ERP. Going to do an SOS session right now.

I know exactly how it is. It's a horrible feeling of anxiety. The worst are also intrusive thoughts

Aw, I understand what you mean. I also have religious intrusive thoughts sometimes. Also I think it’s weird that the priest said watching soap operas is a sin and didn’t explain why.

I had the same thing. But I learned that the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is all about not being sorry for your sins, so if you want to be forgiven, your not committing it. To my knowledge

Heyyy! This is a response I have just send to someone else who asked the same thing. I’m sorry if you’ve had bad experiences with people who claim to be Christians - it’s not good how some behave. They represent themselves, not Christ’s perfect love. I used to go through similar things, especially in lockdown. I thought I was alone, and couldn’t understand why anyone else dealt with this. I also used to have the exact same intrusive thought about blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. The important thing to remember is that it’s easy to take out of context the verses in the Bible that talk about the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. When studying the Bible we need to remember context. Who was Jesus talking to? The Pharisees (who also ended up killing Him!) and they weren’t very happy because they didn’t accept that He was the Christ, even though they knew it was true. (It wasn’t intrusive thoughts.) Basically, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is when people d!e without putting their faith in Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the cross. Because of Jesus’ d*ath, He took our punishment for us so we don’t have to be punished. However, we have to accept this gift, and those who don’t in this life time will not be forgiven. It’s easy to accept - you don’t have to DO anything. It’s a gift. Just believe. When Jesus died, there was a huge curtain in the temple that ripped right down the middle, from top to bottom. The huge curtain seperated the Holiest area of the temple, so that no one could go in. it’s so big no man could have done it without anyone noticing (it’s unlikely they’d be strong enough anyway) however this is symbolic. when Jesus it was torn, allowing man into direct communication with God thanks to his purifying sacrifice on the cross. So, we come to God directly now. That means we don’t need to make crosses! You can just talk to God, even in your head, on the train, on the bus, at the doctors, stranded on a desert island or lost at sea. So, just ask Him for help with your OCD. He raised dead men, and speaking from experience he can help with ocd too. I hope this helps :) (There is another interpretation of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit - which says that that was only available for the people when Jesus was around. You might have heard that somewhere. But hope it helps ) A few Bible verses that might be helpful : 1) Matthew 27v51-53 ( the curtain) 2) Hebrews 4v15-16 (we can come to God boldly)