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So im a believer, i want to follow Christ more, and i learn everyday about Him and God, and what the bible really means. The problem is that there are things that are really scary for ocd people. And for me its the existence of demons that can effect you. I accept that the Devil exist and there are demons but the thing that they can speak to you or affect your life is really scary to me, and i always say that thats not true, demons cant have an effect on me cause im with God. But that seems like an escape. Many people view intrusive thoughts as words from the demons,the enemy, and mental illness as their power over you. And viewing my thoughts like this is stressing me out. I remember one night i was thinking im going crazy or demons are taking my soul cause i had alot of scary intrusive thoughts, i was afraid satan is talking to me, and it was so scary... the only thing that helped was that i labeled it as ocd and just my mind playing with me. But if i say this, then i start to think that well the good things that happening to me maybe its not God, its just my mind...i just imagine it like its God... and some would say this is the enemy trying to convince me that all is just a fairytale... Idk how people with ocd should accept that demons can talk to you, like its so scary, it will make our religious ocd worse.

Religion & Spirituality OCD

Leila Marie

Date posted: 2y

Hello :) I am also a believer in Christ. I experience something similar which are intrusive religious ocd thoughts and compulsions. I’m always praying to God telling him, this isnt me. What I’ve come to realize is I don’t think it is held against us, since these are thoughts unwanted. God knows are hearts and is always there. Yes, spiritual warfare will always get harder the closer you get to Christ. This is just from my personal experience. The Bible actually talks about mind battle and spiritual warfare in Romans 7:22-25. Just pray to God and ask him to give you strength to ignore these thoughts. Remember “weapons will be formed, but they shall not prosper!” 💜

Ella_ Rose

Date posted: 2y

I agree with you! Thanks for sharing your experience, it helps a lot This verse holds so much power, I grew up saying those verses in my prayers, I can't believe it actually slipped outta my mind these couple years..

PRIV8

Date posted: 2y

Im dont have problem with mind battles, i accept that i need time to reprogram my mind. I get stressed when i hear that these thoughts are demons or its the devil. I even was afraid that im going crazy, im having schizophrenia or something cause i was afraid that the devil will take me...this type of ocd was the scariest, i really felt like im going crazy, and i still question it to this day...

messkat55

Date posted: 2y

It might or it might not be from demons, but your job is to determine to live for Jesus. John Bunyan came to that conclusion and it relieved his OCD.

Ella_ Rose

Date posted: 2y

I wish I could help you out with this.. I go through this as well and am so confused as to what to do about it .. I always fall for compulsion, I get up and say a lil pray... that's just how I cope with these thoughts- I know it's not the best thing to do ...

PRIV8

Date posted: 2y

And the other thing, i dont want to pray when these things happens, cause thats a compulsion, then im telling my mind that demons are really talking to me and then i just feel worse...

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Date posted: 2y

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Ella_ Rose

Date posted: 2y

I agree with you! Thanks for sharing your experience, it helps a lot. This verse holds so much power, I can't believe I forgot this one... I actually grew up saying those verses in my prayers.

jesus.is.fre...

Date posted: 15w

OCD 'feeling real'

I suffer from religious ocd. My only goal in life is to live in God's will and to serve Him - to live and enjoy His eternal purposes & His presence. Jesus Christ is my life. That is my only desire on this earth, this short trip into eternity, and it's being stripped by ocd thoughts and intrusive thoughts 24-7. I have read many times that ocd can 'feel real', and this is true, our minds lie to us because of fear and anxiety we can't and were never meant to carry. I have begged and tormented myself in every way to find an answer from God. I think His answer may be that this is OCD, but I'm not sure. I started therapy again because I am so exhausted and this had stolen so much of my life in a spiral of negativity, depression, and constant anxiety & intrusive thoughts. I have spent about 2 years trying to figure out if my thoughts are real or not, especially with ocd it can deceive so easily as a spiritual matter when in reality it is just a thought, which is confusing and scary to say the least. Can anyone share their experiences with this sensation? No matter what the theme is... Thank you & Praying for your comfort

Vee4

Date posted: 9w

Religious OCD

I just told my mom my religious OCD has been really really bad lately and she just told me I needed to pray because demons can actually take advantage of me. Because demons are "stress" I'm not stressed I'm hallucinating and having genuine episodes where I think God is talking to me and telling me he hates me and I feel like there is a demon ready to take me away every night. I just feel like she doesn't understand the severity of what I'm feeling right now. She says it will go away but it comes BACK and I constantly feel endangered by something I can't even see. She said it's not that she was implying that I wasn't praying enough but still it just stressed me out. I didn't want to hear "you're right it could be Satan" I wanted to hear "you're okay and nothing is trying to hurt you" I feel like I'm losing my mind and i can't do this. I can't. My religious OCD hasn't been this bad since I was 10 I don't think. All I can think about is how im going to hell and there's nothing I can do about it and that there's an entity in my body and God hates me. I just needed to hear something else but that made me freak out more and I don't know who to turn to. I feel like I can't even explain it. I don't even know if it's OCD that's how serious I'm being. It feels 100% real.

Religion & Spirituality OCD

jesus.is.fre...

Date posted: 7w

Religious OCD Christian

Please help anyone else here with Religious ocd and is a Christian? My brain is going hay-wire and want to know I'm not alone... what do your thoughts say and how do you overcome compulsions? Im going through a rough moment and feel sick with anxiety and stiff. I want to obey God but my thoughts won't stop. I surrender to the Lord and then I have peace with the compulsions and they go away but the thoughts are the scary part please - is this spiritual or is it mental? Or is it both? Would love to hear a Christians opinion on this... because my thoughts latch on and won't dissappear but I know that the Bible commands us to take control of our thoughts and to renew our minds...yet God has grace for this and mercy for our every need... I know God is in control (completely) and my mind creates a lot of the issues for me without any spiritual stuff (it's a very powerful thing) but it's still scary. Lord help me, I surrender myself to you Jesus, counsel my soul and help me.

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