Religious OCD sucks

Well the title explains it. It’s so hard to have religious OCD, with other subtypes in general. I’m a devout Catholic, and I pray to God, Jesus, Virgin Mary and other saints. There have been times where I’ve prayed and gotten signs from them that have made me feel happy and at peace. However with this demonic disease, I would often look back and say God told me this about my future and it would cause a great deal of anxiety. I would often cry and complain to myself saying why is God doing this to me. I’ve explained it to all of my family members and they all say it’s not God, and that it’s just me. I would feel and get fleeces that God is saying this will happen or this won’t happen in the future and it’s very stressful and straining. I even got a vision from my guardian angel once, and even that gets questioned. I don’t know what to do anymore. I would constantly get mental images that makes me think it’s God and it’s gives me stress. It’s so awful

Religion & Spirituality OCD

ElevenB

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

I personally don't think OCD is demonic. Not that the enemy doesn't try to use it against us. As believers there will always be spiritual warfare. But our brains are sick. And God has made therapist and ERP therapy, and sometimes medicine to help us to improve. I hope you can show yourself some grace. Your relationship with God is just that a relationship. I know it's hard but think of your relationship with others. You don't constantly ask them to prove they love you, you just accept it. I use to be the queen of fleeces, and it is in the bible with Gideon, but it can become a compulsion, as well as praying to God for signs and to speak to you. God's word is His voice that can give us direction. I know OCD distorts things but sometimes we just have to be still and know He is God.

PhilippFree

Date posted: 1y

Im a Catholic too with ocd I dont know what you talking about those visions and how much it effects you. However keep goong on the solution is to dont give up because we habe to learn to live with ot basically

Aly2010

Date posted: 9w

Religious OCD

Hi! I have been struggling with ocd for many years of my life, however, I have recently been struggling with religious ocd. Currently my ocd has been putting thought into my mind like, “you shouldn’t go to that party, because “God” doesn’t what you to” or “don’t do this or else it’s going to make “God” mad.” These thoughts have been overall causing me so much anxiety, and truly I don’t know what to do. I’ve been struggling to identify it’s actually Gods voice or not. Also, my ocd has been also making my prayer a very stressful part of my day, which is not how it should feel at all. Now finding peace in prayer feels more like a chore, than a conversation. Does anybody else have ocd like this? If so, any tips?

Religion & Spirituality OCD

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

Aly2010

Date posted: 6w

Religious OCD

Hi! I have Religious OCD, and have been recently needing some tips on how to deal with this painful disorder. I constantly feel like God is telling me to do certain things for example, “don’t go there,” or “don’t do this or else it will be against my plan for your life.” This causes me so much anxiety, and makes me question if I am doing the right things to live according to his will for my life. I’m constantly worried I’m disappointing Him. Also while praying I get thoughts in my head saying I should for example, add for religious practices to my routine. This also causes me stress because while dealing with this disorder, daily religious practices become very overwhelming. I’m worried that if I ignore these thoughts during my prayer, I am ignoring God. I have truly hit a limit where I don’t even know what to do, and am searching for some tips if anybody on here has any. Let’s overcome this OCD together. Thank you

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