Hannah2004
- Date posted
- 6y
Help is on the way! ??Help is on t...
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes, I have a friend who has “original” OCD but it involves Religion, she says that she doesn’t want anything bad to happen to her family or friends so she Prays a certain way and it’s a compulsion of hers, and when we Pray together I always tell her, “don’t do the thing, God has it under control” and then she feels so much better afterwards and proud of herself that she didn’t! So yes, it is a real thing! God Bless! ❤️
notfortalknotfortalk
- Date posted
- 6y
I used to
Hannah2004Hannah2004
- Date posted
- 6y
You got over it?
notfortalknotfortalk
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes, well I still get the thoughts sometimes and some rumination over them, but they don't affect me as much. Sometimes they do, but it's not costant they don't hold a lot of meaning in the long run
Hannah2004Hannah2004
- Date posted
- 6y
Thanks❤️
x4vierx4vier
- Date posted
- 6y
hell yes. thankfully i got over it.
MichelleC23MichelleC23
- Date posted
- 6y
Scruples? Yup.
Hannah2004Hannah2004
- Date posted
- 6y
What were your specific issues having to do with it if nobody minds me asking?
puppychinopuppychino
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes. Mine was/is a mixture of scrupulosity (being terrified that I would be sent to hell because I was sinful) and existential-themed ocd (fear that I would lose my faith, that I don’t really being in God, etc). The existential ocd has been the hardest to deal with out of all the ocd themes I’ve dealt with. But I’m trying to treat it as I would treat any other theme—with erp.
Melly MelMelly Mel
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- 6y
I have had it but not sure if it’s scrupulosity but it was religious themed. I use to obsess that the panic attacks and anxiety attacks were “demonic” like “what if I’m possessed” “what if it’s a demon trying to take over my soul to harm myself or others” or “just possess me.” I would read the Bible and avoid any texts that talked about demons. In worship at church I would be singing and worshiping and feel like “what if a demon manifests out of me” I always felt I needed to be near church people, in church every time it was open, near pastors, or carrying my Bible just in case a demon would manifest. Like it really is so stupid now and funny but it was a scary scary scary time in my life! I always wanted to come home from being out and about shopping to read my Bible for hours so that I wouldn’t get “possessed” ahaha I’m so glad I can laugh at it now back then I would never even spell out demon or say the word.
ocdm.7ocdm.7
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- 5y
can i talk to you about this?
MichelleC23MichelleC23
- Date posted
- 6y
Prayer (mainly endless repetition of certain prayers, careful avoidance of certain numbers, etc.) tend to consume my mind in the worst moments....
Hannah2004Hannah2004
- Date posted
- 6y
Same @michelle and @Melly Mel how did you get over that? I don’t have that exact problem although sometimes I do worry about that but like I don’t know it’s just so exhausting?
Hannah2004Hannah2004
- Date posted
- 6y
@puppychino I understand that too because I have those problems as well as my other ocd ?
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