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- itsbgb
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- 1y ago
Christians with ROCD?
Are their any Christian’s with ROCD who would want to talk to me? It’s kinda an issue specific to that
Are their any Christian’s with ROCD who would want to talk to me? It’s kinda an issue specific to that
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! 🙏🏻
The relationship that you were experiencing ROCD in, was it the one you're in now? Did you marry the partner you experienced ROCD with?
@MurphChicken That’s good and one thing I haven’t done is talk to people who are already married. I’ll do that. What’s really messing with me is that I found out that my gf went through a patch in her life where she was having a lot of back-to-back relationships with guys and doing things she said she’s not proud of (not sex she said but she didn’t really go into detail) and it’s eating me alive. She’s absolutely incredible now and it’s not at all who she is now but I can’t get those images of her with other guys out of my head. And my heart constantly hurts now. Why can’t I just forget about it!! Why can’t I just not care?? Gods forgiven her completely so why I can’t let it go
@Sunshineflowers7 This is my first experience with ROCD. It didn’t come about until recently. I’ve been married to my husband for 3 years now.
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!
@MurphChicken The small novels are more helpful then you realize. Thank you, there’s not really anybody I’ve found who can empathize so you’re really helping. Also I don’t really wanna talk to anyone who I know because this is her thing and not for me to share with others who would know her. That’s a good thing to pray for, i never thought to ask for that. I hope it gets better with time cause this sucks so much but I would never wanna break up with her, Im so in love with who she is now it’s almost annoying hahaha. And so I want to work through anything because I can’t stand the idea of us not being together. But dang this is really proving hard to work past. I’m sure I can it’s just gonna suck for a while. But I will definitely be praying for what you said and Thank you for praying for me/us. I’m really glad God had you see and comment on this. It’s really helped a lot
We should start a chat group for Christians with ROCD! ✝️🙏❤
@Sunshineflowers7 We absolutely should. What platform do you think we should use?
@itsbgb Facebook? I don't have any other social media accounts
@itsbgb I love hearing how special she is to you and your love for her! 🥰 It is going to be tough. 😞 But it won’t be you powering through this on your own. As you keep praying about this, it’s God’s strength and His power that will get you through this. Maybe you could start praising Him now for what He’s going to do? “Thank you LORD for the work You’re doing in me. Thank you for what You’re doing for us!” I will absolutely keep praying for you both! Cheering you both on! 🎉❤️
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. ❤️
@MurphChicken Hey. I’m struggling in my relationship with my gf. Idk if you have any advice but maybe you do?
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
I dont know group me
@Sunshineflowers7 Ok then I would definitely be on board for a Facebook group
@Sunshineflowers7 Do you wanna start it?
@itsbgb I currently don’t have Facebook right now, although I do have Messenger. @Sunshineflowers7 if you start it, let us know. 😊 I’ve seen different people on NOCD wanted to start group chats like this. Maybe NOCD will notice and make it a feature on here some day. 🤔
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