- Date posted
- 1y
Exposing myself to a fear made me have questions
This is a very disturbing thing so if you are sensitive please dont read it. I remember i had this type of ocd and even now remembering it scares me alot cause i still question some things So im a christian and i remember last year i was in therapy, and the sad thing was that my therapist dealt with my ocd like its partly true. I had suicidal ocd and she told me in some part it is true. So this made me suffer more. I couldnt decide if im really suicidal or not, i remember there was a time when i even accepted that i am and i need help to stop the pain(the pain caused by rummination of am i suicidal or not). And that time the thoughts were horrible. I remember one morning i was half awake half asleep, and i had vivid thoughts and those thoughts said that God accepts suicide, He will keep me safe there, it was like God calls me to end my life. When i was fully awake, i was terrified. And now remembering this gave me those feelings back and im still terrified about the thing that it might happen with some that they misinterpret intrusive thoughts as God voice. There are some cases where people do bad things cause they think God told them to do it. And with clear head we can say "you know its not God" yeah i know, but in that moment, i just remember it now, you dont know it cause then it wouldnt make you eb afraid. I remember the feeling of its true made me feel terrified that im actually suicidal cause i think God calls me to do it. And not just this fear, but the thought itself that i experience a thought like this, and it feels true, it scares me. Maybe im afraid that i can change my belief so easily, maybe beliefs doesnt change so easily, but i was afraid being manipulated by these thoughts and actually doing it, cause at some point it wasnt about "am i really suicidal" it was about "is this true? God really allows suicide and its okay?" So even this that i was thinking about if its true or not still makes me feel bad. I learned now what is God voice and to not interpret any thought as his voice but now that i exposed myself to that past feeling i realized how hard is this cause the feelings make you feel like youre actually planning doing something, not just self harm but even harming others, having thoughts like "God wants me to hurt that person". Its terrifying, and im still afraid cause i think it couldve been possible for me to follow that thought and believe it but i didnt.