- Username
- cerulean
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I suffer from religious ocd as a catholic. I am almost always in a panic that I have sinned mortally. I am terrified of confession because I’m afraid I am doing it wrong , forgetting things, not mentioning things the right way, and I am so terrified of hell. My obsession is sin and my compulsions are reassurance, researching, confession, canceling bad thoughts out with good one or by saying certain prayers or phrases. It is torture. I feel like everything I do is a sin and I’m always aware. Recently my doctor prescribed Klonopin which I take alongside Zoloft and I have had some relief. But I still struggle everyday. You are not alone. God is with us in this. ❤️
I have the same OCD and had to be hospitalized twice thinking I was going to hell and trying to hurt myself for some relief. Do you guys want to start a Facebook group or get emails or something? I seriously thought I was alone.
I deal with the same sort of issues constantly. But you have to realize that you are in a better place than people that don’t know Jesus at all. He has a plan for you. You may be suffering now to help someone in the future going through this. He has plans for you and not for evil but for good. He will never give you more than you can handle. I know it’s so hard to believe sometimes and I’m going through the same at this very moment but our faith keeps us strong. NEVER GIVE UP. He will never give up on you.
I’m a Christian and my OCD also attaches to my faith. I doubted the existence of God and used to be overwhelmingly afraid that I had committed the unpardonable sin. I have come through both of these. There is always hope and I can’t stress that enough. Like josh1991 said, God has good plans for you. Remember that He can only have good plans for you because He is entirely good❤️❤️
@catlady @josh1991 Can I ask, what did you guys do when you had obsessive thoughts? I know I'm not supposed to seek reassurance, but what am I supposed to do instead?
Me too this all sucks.
Hello everyone, I struggle with religious OCD too as a Christian. I'm sure you guys have heard this before but exposure response prevention is very important for treating OCD. I have started this, it's challenging but we can make it if we just hold on. I have a therapist who specializes in ERP (very important to have a specialist in erp) and she also does video sessions,
I mainly struggle with real event and scrupulosity OCD. The things I've boiled it down to that I can't answer are these: - Not knowing what I deserve: this one comes from the infinite philosophies and methods of thinking people have, each different from one another. I know some people out there, even if not as much, will disaprove. Do I deserve to enjoy anything anymore? What pleasure do I still deserve out of life? What standards do I go by? The law? Atheists? Christians? Spiritualists? - Not knowing if I'm a "good person" - Is this guilt excessive or valid? - Is there any other amends I could make? - Did I know better? Was I disadvantaged and didn't really know better because of my age and/or mental illness/Asperger's? - Do I need to confess more? - What if someone brings up the event again later? What will happen? - What if my therapists so far were just extra nice? - What about that one person who said something really negative when you confessed that one time? My torment never ends. I don't want to die, because I have dreams, but I also don't want to live, because I have to deal with this every single day.
I got diagnosed with OCD a few months ago after getting plagued with intrusive thoughts last November. It’s been present in my life since I was younger but didn’t become truly debilitating until last November. I’ve been in therapy since May, and I started an SSRI. I’m a Christian, and I’ve struggled a lot with my faith since this started. I’ve had a hard time with ERP because I fear it’s not going to help and actually make things worse. I have also had a lot of emotional turmoil from family trauma and marriage issues. I’ve become so hopeless and numb and desensitized that I don’t know how to continue forward. I don’t feel like I’m able to talk to anyone about it because it’s taboo, so I feel like a fraud and like I don’t deserve to do things I enjoy or hang out with people I love. I do want to get better but I also have a fear that I don’t actually want to. I feel like my whole life is ruined and that I’ll never enjoy living again.
Hey guys so I’m new to this. I struggle really bad with religious ocd on top of other themes of ocd i have. But the religious ocd and POCD I have are definitely the hardest two. Today was so hard for me because I was freaking out all day about the eclipse and if it was the end of the world. I grew of in a very strict church and being gay was not acceptable so now I feel I’m morally wrong and unlovable in a sense. I don’t really know how to explain it. Wether it was from my youth pastor outing me on stage in front of all of my friends and hundreds of students, to them praying over me for years on end, before I finally left the church. Yet I still question if my salvation is safe or not. I question if God loves me etc. it gets so bad that I’m convinced everything I do is because I’m possessed by a demon. And I’ll start to vomit. Literally vomit. It sounds wild I know. Wether it’s music my ocd deems demonic or movies or spiritual things such as tarot cards that I enjoy. But my mind will convince me if I use them I will go to hell because that’s what I was taught for so long. I just wish I could get better but I don’t know how and I’m so hopeless.
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