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Is anybody else religious?
I have recently found God after being non-religious all my life and it’s been tremendous for my mental health. I still suffer with OCD but turning to God makes it bearable. ❤️
I have recently found God after being non-religious all my life and it’s been tremendous for my mental health. I still suffer with OCD but turning to God makes it bearable. ❤️
I’m a Christian!
I’m trying very hard to find my faith again. I attended a zoom prayer meeting on ptsd and shame and it made me feel so much better. I pray I find God every day bc it’s so hard without him. Pray for me as I will pray for you all. God bless us all.
@Everythingzen Jesus says that whoever comes to Him He will never cast them out. So if you pray out to Jesus He will hear you even if you don't always feel it.
@La25 Thank you 🙏 I pray for you as well
@Everythingzen Thank you! 🙏
I am Catholic! OCD is such a heavy cross, but my faith is what allows me to find beauty in the suffering. My toughest OCD moments become opportunities to invite the Lord to carry my cross with me. Praying for you and everyone on this thread!
That’s so good! May I ask what denomination you are?
@jesuslovestay I honestly am not sure as I didn’t grow up with Christianity so I don’t really know. The Church I’ve been going to that is near my house is a Protestant Church so I would say I am Protestant.
@Riga Ohhh alright! Well, welcome ! I am free will baptist.
Yes I’m Lutheran
I was raised Roman Catholic I haven't practiced the religion in a while but I want to go back and practice again.
Im religious and it used get so many intrusive thoughts about it, but it is soo peaceful when you can control it
I grew up baptist, but I truly found the Lord outside of church, so I just more or less just consider myself a Christian.
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?
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
So about 2 years ago I gave my life to Jesus. I've always been a "Christian" but never truly lived liked one. Honestly never truly felt love for them until 2 years ago. It was the best couple months of my life!!! I felt so happy and loved and unstoppable! I thought this fire for God & Jesus will never burn out. One day I had a thought about is God real? It bothered me so bad and I went into a massive spiral. Doubting everything. My faith. if I was good enough. Am I really saved? Do I have enough faith? Is my doubt real? Is it too much? Have these blasphemous made God not want me anymore? Or Jesus? :( But I knew I was and that they were real! I know I've heard them. Then I started having horrible blasphemous thoughts but then it would go back to doubting thoughts then back to the blasphemous ones. I hated the thoughts and doubts. The thoughts are so mean towards God, Jesus & HS. It’s anywhere from evil thoughts to cussing thoughts to rejection thoughts/denying. Demonic thoughts. Literally anything bad you could think of! Even thoughts of if I really love them or wanna follow them. I learned about OCD from what I've looked up but I've been dealing with this for about 2 years now. It's hard. I doubt if it’s OCD. Definitely feel like I'm trapped or my faith isn't the same. Which makes me sad because I want my faith! I feel like I've gotten lazy and honestly that I don't deserve them or am "too far gone" from them. I feel like idk how to be a Christian or how to have faith or just exist tbh. I wanna love God & Jesus! I want faith! I just feel kinda stuck. Has anyone gone through this or has advice or tips?
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