If you believe in God or a higher power, how do you incorporate God or how do you see God in all of this OCD nonsense? My faith has held me steady for a long time in the past, but since I went down the rabbit hole a few weeks ago, I’m now either doubting God cares or am convinced this anxiety and panic is bc I’ve done something to deserve it. Is this just another obsessive theme and reasoning?
Sounds like classic scrupulously to me. I’ve been there as well. There’s a quote I love: OCD ruthlessly drives the individual to think and act in whatever way necessary to avoid failure and uncertainty. Ironically, OCD’s counsel often leads to more harm than hurt because the individual is cut off from the personal growth that comes through taking risks. We all struggle with a fear of failure and uncertainty, but those with OCD feel it to the extreme. OCD fears failure and fears God.
That last line was probably the most wonderful thing I could have read. Thank you
@Kris J Thank you ❤️
@Kris J Love this last line too. Been trying to lean on and build my faith through this OCD and depression.
You didn’t do anything to deserve it. Ocd just happens. There is no one to blame. I still put my faith in God. He knows we can handle it. Plus, me knowing I’m not the only one with ocd makes me feel at ease and like I’m not alone. Don’t lose faith. I hope you get help soon from a therapist. They help wonders!
Personally I believe in God . My thoughts are God gives people what they are able to handle . It reminds me of the poem/ prayer of Footprints .
Well the truth of the matter is that believing in God does not guarantee an easy life or no suffering. (as a fellow believer with severe mental illness I wish haha!) in fact in my religion (not sure if you believe in Jesus and are Christian) but we are called to take up our cross and in our suffering unite ourselves to Jesus Christ who took on flesh and mankind and knows what we are going through. He suffers and grieves with us. You are not alone. God knows you can handle this. But also it’s okay to be mad at God, let it out and let yourself feel emotions because He can handle it. We might never know why He allowed us to go through these trails and errors, but we are called to trust it’s for a greater purpose and to offer up our pain and sacrifices.
God is good and loving and anything good and loving is from Him anything else that does not bring peace and joy is not from Him
This sounds like it could be another OCD theme. OCD tends to latch onto what we value most. A lot of people of faith who have OCD find themselves obsessively ruminating about the existence of God or their relationship with God. It’s so hard!
I’m struggling so much! With all of this & depression. I feel like I’m losing my mind & it’s terrifying. I’m not eating & I just want to lay in bed all day. I’ve lived in good periods for long periods, but right now I’m wondering if I’ll ever see light again.
Fear and guilt aren’t from God and from personal experience that sounds like an OCD theme to me. God doesn’t need you to feel anything specific. He is faithful regardless of our lowness
Also I’ve heard it said that OCD attacks the thing we care about the most! so keep that in mind
I don’t know if I’m ever going to get better, if I’m ever going to feel good, if I’m ever going to be able to carry on with this 10 years down the road. It’s torture with no exit, for me recently. Every time I bring up my OCD around family, they get annoyed. I can’t go to friends because it has only been of temporary relief. I am literally tearing up as I write this. I’m afraid I’m so close to convincing myself of the horrible lies my OCD has been telling me. I just can’t, I don’t know if there’s anyone or thing that can make me feel better. It’s been like lifting gigantic boulder up a steep mountain the entire day—and I could be crushed by it if not careful. If there is a god, why must he put me through this? I have already been through some many enough hard times in life, this OCD has only magnified any insecurities, anxieties, feeling of loneliness, self hate, and negative emotions.
Has OCD ever kicked in whenever you felt God’s presence? I felt like it’s been this way for me many times. I could get peaceful and then thoughts could come into my head and I wouldn’t like it at all. Can OCD do this?
My OCD tends to get really triggered by quotes, different instagram posts, TikTok’s etc. I keep having reoccurring thoughts that I did something to cheat on my boyfriend early on (we have been dating for 6 years) with guy friends I had on Snapchat at the time. Not too long ago I saw a quote saying “someone from your past is going to resurface unexpectedly”. I saw this quote at the same time I was having this horrible OCD flare up. My OCD seems to connect itself to different things like this quote. In my head this means it’s conformation that I did something and now something is going to come up and ruin my relationship even tho I don’t remember doing anything. Then today, I saw a instagram post saying that “Because of our faith in Jesus, we learn that nothing is random or meaningless”. This triggered my OCD again because now I think that I didn’t see the quote “someone from your past is going to resurface unexpectedly” on accident and that it means I did something bad. I also always see quotes in instagram saying “don’t ignore the signs you asked God to show you” and it really messes with my head. Does anyone else deal with this. I feel like it’s completely irrational but my OCD attaches itself to different things and patterns trying to prove to my mind I did something wrong. I prayed to God for a sign and to just reveal to me if I did anything and don’t remember. Is this a sign I did something wrong or is it my OCD?
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