Hello guys i have religious Ocd almost 3 months now, could you guys give me some advice on how to deal with this? Its so distressing that i feel everytime i could possibly blaspheme Jesus. It really feels like im trying to think or recall a specific blasphemous thought intentionally.
Like in every OCD type, you need to sit with unceratinty and bad feelings. Your thoughts and feeling may be misleading. And you can't trust them. You care enough to write here, so i assume you that you are a good person. I don't know if this is like that in your religion but in my religion, we are not held responsible for our thoughts. And these bad thoughts are one of the tests of life. And i want you to take that pespective. Don't held yourself responsible for your thoughts. They are just little opinions that your mind gives you. Answer, reaction and the choice is yours. You can say "yeah i like that" or "no, thanks". Or you can even choose to not engage with it. I hope this helps
Visit scrupulosity.com - Jaimie is amazing. She does group sessions and has a lot of resources specifically for Christians struggling with religious ocd. Also, Mark DeJesus podcasts- especially some of the older ones very specific to ocd. Praying for you now ❤️
Oh and one more resource - ocdandchristianity.org Read through his blog posts and/or get his book. Helped me a lot
I can relate, and your experience seems to be quite common. One thing that helps me is that OCD thoughts intrude. They are not welcome. You describe them as distressing, which is proof they are not what you really think. So you are not blaspheming, you are simply experiencing a thought and it is clear your heart is rejecting it. I recently published a book called "Waging War Against OCD - A Christian Approach to Victory." You can see more details at WagingWarAgainstOCD.com. I address this issue some in Chapter 5. I hope some of this helps! And I agree - all 3 places NewToOCD8 recommended to visit are excellent.
I am suffering from religious OCD for the past 32 years. When I am practising disregarding my OCD fires back with strong thoughts of until when u r going to disregard. When I say to myself God is with me it fires back with thoughts of what God has done until now. You will never recover. May I ask you what is this. Azhar from India
Has anyone had intrusive thoughts triggered from emotions such as frustration? When I start to get irritated or frustrated I get blasphemous intrusive thoughts. It makes me more distressed and panicked when the intrusive thoughts occur with that emotion vs just random.
Hey guys so I’m new to this. I struggle really bad with religious ocd on top of other themes of ocd i have. But the religious ocd and POCD I have are definitely the hardest two. Today was so hard for me because I was freaking out all day about the eclipse and if it was the end of the world. I grew of in a very strict church and being gay was not acceptable so now I feel I’m morally wrong and unlovable in a sense. I don’t really know how to explain it. Wether it was from my youth pastor outing me on stage in front of all of my friends and hundreds of students, to them praying over me for years on end, before I finally left the church. Yet I still question if my salvation is safe or not. I question if God loves me etc. it gets so bad that I’m convinced everything I do is because I’m possessed by a demon. And I’ll start to vomit. Literally vomit. It sounds wild I know. Wether it’s music my ocd deems demonic or movies or spiritual things such as tarot cards that I enjoy. But my mind will convince me if I use them I will go to hell because that’s what I was taught for so long. I just wish I could get better but I don’t know how and I’m so hopeless.
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