- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Need encouragement
I was at church tonight sharing my testimony & how God has worked in my life, especially in regards to OCD, & someone came up to me after church and said that she believed mental health but she thought this was Satan attacking me (could be right) & that I shouldn’t use labels like OCD & make it my identity—that I shouldn’t claim that over myself. I hear this a lot and try to let it go but it hurts every time. I went home and cried. (Still crying.) Scrupulosity is already such an isolating illness and it sucks to be misunderstood. I feel like OCD is not taken seriously at all (she compared it to ADHD). I try to just accept that not everyone will understand & well intentioned people are going to say things because they don’t understand, but sometimes it gets to me. Tonight just really hurt. Just looking for encouragement from anyone else with scrupulosity who has experienced this. I feel so alone.