Christians with ROCD?

For me, one of the things that has helped with my ROCD is recognizing what thoughts are false. I remind myself of what is true about my husband and what I feel for him, and God’s plan for marriage. Those are my weapons to use when unwanted thoughts and “what if” questions come my way. Sometimes, unwanted feelings show up too. I remember that feelings follow thoughts. I then pinpoint, “Well, what thoughts was I struggling with?” “What was the ‘what if?’ question that was hanging around?” The feelings of anxiousness or anything else is based off those thoughts, and not reflective of my true feelings toward my husband. One place ROCD comes from is the fear of something wrong in the relationship. You can thank your brain for trying to help, and finish with, “But no thanks.” Continue to surround yourself with the counsel of wise friends. Check out the wisdom of those Christians who are married. Doesn’t matter if you both are just dating. Thise that are married have been in this stage of relationship you both are in, and therefore might be able to answer your questions. There’s a lot of great podcasts out there of married Christians. Google will show you the way. 😉 Most of all, remember the most important weapon, the Word. See how it can lay to rest those feeling and thoughts that plague you. And take it all to the LORD in prayer! He is our author and our Father. HOW MUCH He cares for you. How much He longs for you to not struggle with this on your own (whew, I needed to hear that myself). Praying for you friend! 🙏🏻

I definitely hear you on this. I’m so sorry your heart hurts. 😞 It’s so awesome how you see the work God has done in her, and that YES He’s forgiven her! 🙌🏻 It’s hard to let go because your OCD has latched on to it. Because she is someone you care about. What if you prayed for God to give you eyes to see her as He sees her? And for Him to help you focus on the future? Personally, I’m working on overcoming some trust issues in my marriage. I feel like God has highlighted the qualities in my husband that are reflective of Him. Seeing my husband’s pursuit of God’s character, to be the man God has called him to be, has helped me to move forward and not focus on what happened in the past. It’s helped us to be on the road of healing. I know you’re not necessarily struggling with trusting her, that it’s more of not being able to shake the images. But maybe by focusing on who she is now and how she is continuing to be the woman God has called her to be, it’ll help push those images out. I supposed the ERP thing to do would be when those images come, acknowledge them and say, “Yep. That’s who she was. Thank Jesus that’s NOT who she is now.” Give yourself grace just as God does to you. This will all take time. Again, praying for you friend. 🙏🏻 Also, sorry for writing small novels. 🤦🏼‍♀️😅 But hope this helps!

Hey everyone I just created a Facebook group for Christian’s with ROCD! Here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1565986067230081/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF

I’m not a Christian anymore due to the abuse I received but I was and am willing to talk to you. I’m spiritual now;)

Christian with ROCD here. Can’t guarantee that I’ll have the words to help, but I can definitely listen and agree with you in prayer. Also, check out https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-for-anxiety-and-ocd/id1541042680?i=1000599737469 It’s a Christian based podcast. This episode in particular deals with ROCD. Might be helpful. ❤️

I'm a born again believer in Jesus Christ and I was never formally diagnosed but I think what I've been experiencing is ROCD.

Yeah that sounds good. That or GroupMe

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