So I believe i have done something bad and offended God and now He's gonna punish me and I dont deserve His love and He will punish me in hell forever. It's torturing. Any tips how to deal with religious ocd?
I can only tell you my experience. I’ve spent almost my entire life blaming God when things have gone wrong. Since I was a kid I’ve told myself “you failed at ‘x’ because God wants to punish you for your mistakes and keep you where you belong.” When you think about the origins of that statement, I wasn’t really blaming God, I was blaming myself. We make ourselves unworthy and “bad” on God’s behalf. Usually when we’ve offended our own moral code. Just as you punish yourself on God’s behalf, you can forgive yourself, and I think God has already forgiven you because God has never told you directly that you’ve offended in the first place. You can honor yourself and honor God by respecting your moral code and living by your values.
Okay so here's the point : I'm a muslim and as one, it is not allowed to say or mention anything about God or religion while being in the bathroom. TW : today morning i was completing my biological discharge and had my phone on my hand and was scrolling thru my insta feed. A couple of times i came across some quotations from the Holy Book and I'm obsessing over the fact I might have said them out loud. Which in the circumstances i was, clearly isn't allowed. So now i feel like I have sinned ( which triggers my harm ocd badly, as like killing is also a sin) and i feel like God hates me and will punish me and i have no reason to live. Any uncertainty tips are welcome 💜
@Arjy.is.rec0vrering.from.ocd Well the easiest way to think about uncertainty is to realize that literally every person throughout all of time, even the animals, live with it daily. We, having OCD, and therefore thinking of things in black and white are just especially sensitive to not knowing the answers regarding topics that matter deeply to us. You will just never know what God thinks of you while you’re alive. The highest priests and saints have absolutely no clue what God’s direct opinion of them is. They just life based on their values and what the feel God has guided them to. Please contact suicide hotline or other help if you’re seriously considering taking your life. You have soooo many reasons to live, you’re just not focused on those things at the moment because you’re distressed. I’d be willing to bet my house you aren’t the only Muslim to have spoken about God in the bathroom (if you even actually did). I would never discredit your beliefs so please don’t take this that way, but I would suggest you pray and search your heart as to whether God has really cast all of those people into Hell. Regardless, you know this action violates your beliefs and you can’t be certain if you’ve done it or not, so the best thing you can do as far as taking action is concerned is try not to do it as you go forward. Forgiving yourself is not the same as excusing yourself. God knows your challenges as a human being. Try not to conclude God’s judgement on God’s behalf.
@Agent C Anytime it happens I try to tell to myself that the Almighty Lord knows who i am because He is the Creator of my soul and knows that these unwanted thoughts are not mines but ocd's. Illness's. Thank you so much for taking all your time to write this down for me, i wish you nothing but blossoms along your recovery and sending you the warmest hugs ever. May God bless you❤❤❤❤❤
Hey all. I need help. I am sitting on my bathroom floor freaking out and convinced that all my work towards getting better has gone out the window. I am so scared of the “bad guy” getting me all the time. I constantly feel like I have to prove to God that I don’t mean these awful feelings and thoughts that I have about the bad guy. I’ve had trouble sleeping tonight, going in and out of consciousness, all while dealing with bad thoughts going in and out of my head. Finally I woke up and am flooded with “you have so many thoughts and feeling that you let slide while you were trying to sleep. You had thoughts that you accepted the bad guy and you didn’t dispute them before you tried to move on. You have so much to answer for.” So now I’m sitting here in my bathroom floor hysterically crying and begging God to believe me when I say I don’t any of these thoughts or feelings… please someone help
Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for dealing with religious OCD. I'm a Christian and I struggle with Harm OCD but then somehow, my religious beliefs got mixed into this where I am suddenly asking all these questions on whether God/Jesus is even good. And as a result, I feel so distant from my faith which makes dealing with my harm OCD so much harder 😢 Any advice would be appreciated.
Does anyone feel like god didn't forgive them even after confessing? Doing alot of sins and confessed but still have this fear of thoughts telling you you had so bad Thoughts about him and that you don't deserve to be forgiven? Or it's too late? And anything religious triggers you?
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