Scrupulosity: Anxiety vs. Unpeace
I've often been told by fellow Christians that sometimes God can communicate through feelings of "uneasiness" or "unpeace." So often I have feelings of uneasiness but other times it feels like anxiety. It makes it so hard to know what's what. Does anyone else ever experience this? Has anything helped?
Yes, the feeling of unworthiness & guilt follow, which leads to questioning being saved, etc.
Prayer & supplication helps.
I’ve come to believe that God communicates with everyone the way they need to be communicated with. Communicating with someone with OCD through thoughts and feelings (though it may happen) just doesn’t seem like a reliable way to me for God to communicate. At the very least, when my OCD is at its worst, I tend to not give weight to any thoughts/feelings that I have. I think God knows and understands that.
I’ve had trouble with knowing whether God was giving me peace, or uneasiness, or if a certain thought was from Him. I’ve come to the conclusion that while yes, God still absolutely speaks to people by dropping thoughts or feelings - He speaks to us all differently. I agree with what Anonymous said, about not giving weight to any thoughts or feelings, because of OCD. For me, God speaks through His word. Because it is concrete and there are no “what if’s”. God understands our difficulty in understanding His will. And He has grace upon grace if we do get something a little off. He won’t abandon us. He is a Father that encourages us to seek Him. I love this verse in Isaiah: “I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner. I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me if I could not be found. I, the Lord, speak only what is true and declare only what is right.” Isaiah 45:19 As we seek Him, He will clearly communicate to us. He promises it! ❤️
Sometimes I have thoughts that I would normally assume to be ocd, not sound like ocd. I start to think/feel that it's God telling me to do these things?? I then end up feeling guilty for not immediately implementing these things into my life. I hate that so much of what used to feel like ocd seems unclear. I don't feel like a good person. I know a lot of sermons aren't made with ocd in mind, but I feel like I'm not listening to God if I don't listen to thoughts I would've thought were ocd before
I am a Christian and I was wondering with religious OCD that if you give in to a compulsion does that mean you agree with the thought or actually want it?
Hey, guys. So, I feel like a lot of my scrupulosity ocd is emotions/feelings. Like, I get these impressions and feelings of being evil. I really feel like I am whatever I’m afraid of being in that moment. And I’m really confused by this, since ocd is about thoughts, right? Is that how it is for you guys too?
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