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Username: mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

Taken to Hell Worry

Hi, I hope everyone who is reading this has a wonderful day. I recently went to my place of worship for a wedding and had a thought, 'what if we all go to hell when we die?' This worried me and I had another thought later, 'what if we could all be taken to a hell-like place right now or at any time if Gods are real?' This worry completely is making me loose all sense of reality. I feel scared for the next second. I know that they are irrational but this is just causing me constant fear and leading to other worries - "What about my family members? Could they be taken to hell at any time? What if? What if?" I have been suffering from OCD since I was very young but only learned that it might be OCD recently (about 2 weeks ago). I missed my last day of the school year to this worry and I feel pathetic. What I'm trying to ask is if this can get better and are there any experiences of people with similar worries who got past it? And how? I would be extremely grateful for anything. I have been feeling desperate the past few days and so scared.

Username: ErfErfinsonErfErfinson

Date posted: 1y ago

Religion is such a playground for OCD. I’ve definitely struggled with this kind of thing throughout my life, so I’ll just reassure you that you’re probably on the right path if you’re on this app. Educating yourself about your diagnosis gives less power to it, which is exactly what you need to do to combat these thoughts

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you. What steps did you take to get better, may I ask?

Username: ErfErfinsonErfErfinson

Date posted: 1y ago

@mantradragon For me it took a while, and lots of trial and error. Finding ways to get myself out of my head was the most important thing. I have days still where I find myself spiraling into a dangerously delusive state- in the moment that I feel that clarity again, I know I have to force myself to do literally anything else. Talking to other people just in general is the most helpful for me, but if I can’t do that I just draw or jump on the treadmill, or watch something uplifting. Willpower plays a pretty big roll in the treatment of OCD

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

@ErfErfinson This is helpful, thank you

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

@mantradragon I hope everything continues to go well for you

Username: ErfErfinsonErfErfinson

Date posted: 1y ago

@mantradragon Likewise :)

Username: NOhseedyNOhseedy

Date posted: 1y ago

So why you're having this thought is because you're afraid of your family members suffering or anything bad happening to them when they die and the truth is we don't know maybe they will maybe they won't it's very doubtful how to get over it is realizing everything has a possibility but it is very unlikely. The way to overcome anxiety that comes with OCD is accepting uncertainty which no one wants to do but that's how it gets better. Accepting possibilities for anything good or bad and letting it go.

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

Ok, thanks. My worry is that it could happen at any time, not just after death, so I am fearful of the next second. Embracing uncertainty has caused me anxiety cause I don't know if it's going to happen or not.

Username: NOhseedyNOhseedy

Date posted: 1y ago

Just tell yourself that's an interesting thought and maybe it will happen but I'm still going to move along with my day. It's hard to do trust me ik but you are capable of doing it.

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

Ok, I will try that. Thank you.

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

Your strength in me is extremely comforting.

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

I should note that I believe in a sense of a God and I am not a Christian (only so I don't mean an exact hell in the biblical sense, just a place of pain and suffering)

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

I've been working on getting myself scared by the thought and accepting the fear, and focusing on how it makes me feel. I've not been trying to solve the problem and instead use my fear as a sort of focus. Is this a right approach? I just need a way to get through until I start therapy properly (soon hopefully)

Username: mantradragon mantradragon

Date posted: 1y ago

This is a scary obsessive thought, because there's nothing I can do to combat it. In being exposed to it by just experiencing time pass and the (ridiculous) suspense of waiting to see if I'll be taken somewhere horrible or not in the next moment is killing me. I know in my heart that these things won't happen but my head doesn't accept it. Sorry for the length, I just really needed to talk about this one.

Username: Daisy102

Date posted: 4y ago

Hey guys... On heaven and hell... Erp is about facing fears. So... What if I don't want to go to hell? For other obsessions it would be like, well, say it did happen? Would it really be that bad? But the thing is going to hell is actually that bad... So uh... How can I not be so worried? Like its irrational to believe that a loving God would send someone who is genuinely trying to follow him to eternal damnation... But stinking OCD is still a punk. Any tips? On how to just chillax? Sorry if this is either triggering or unclear. ??

Religion & Spirituality OCD

Username: dimples4christ1

Date posted: 2y ago

Religious OCD

Does anyone else struggle with Christian OCD? I feel like I want to die right now. One of my core fears is the fear of my loved ones going to hell. It’s been my son for a while now because he started expressing fear he was going to go to hell and (unfortunately he appears to have religious OCD as well at even nine years old) it had gotten to a point he had felt he was unsaveable and getting angry at God. I realized that my fears of a false conversion were pushing him away/confusing him to the point I was hindering him coming to Christ. Only, I am afraid that I forced it on him now because he has asked for so long if he was ready and my husband took him to the altar. Not surprisingly he still doubts himself - he’s confused and I feel even WORSE than I did when he wasn’t “saved.” I fear if I try to reassure him and he isn’t saved that it will be my fault he goes to hell. I have barely slept since this happened Tuesday. I’m ready to die and all my therapy has completely gone out the window. I am just so depressed it’s hard to even look at my baby and not cry. *Please don’t respond if you’re not a Christian. I respect your opinions, but please respect mine.*

Religion & Spirituality OCD

Username: amysmith

Date posted: 1y ago

religious

hi guys it’s been awhile since i’ve been on here but right now i’m starting to get really scared i’m scared to go to hell because i swear, have intrusive thoughts and compulsions (obviously) and i look at and do s*xually immoral acts i am a catholic person and i’ve always stood by the notion that if i act with good intentions then there is no issue, but my mum was talking about her fear of going to hell (her ocd subtypes are about this) and now i feel guilty when i sin, even tho i only want peace in the world i go to reddit and look at some answers for this stuff (i have a really bad compulsion of searching questions on google for hours) and they mostly say i will go to hell if i sin i also get really depressed then question god’s existence and then wonder why i should be alive and stuff and then i’m guilty later i really don’t want this to become a major subtype. i have health ocd but it’s calmed down since i’ve been diagnosed with a health condition (for some reason??) can someone, christian or not, please respond with their experience with this subtype or anyone with advice at all?

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