Temptation or ocd (ocd as a christians)

I often notice that i get into this rabbit hole, that i feel like what i have is a temptation and not just ocd. I feel that i label everything as ocd while i can have temptation too. Recently i was dealing with sexual thoughts and i said its ocd but at the same time i acted on ways that it seemed like its not ocd, its temptation. It scares me cause then when i have agressive harm thoughts or any intrusive thought, it might be temptation. Or when i dealt with this sexual problem, i had really bad feelings same as pocd, and now im questioning if it was temptation or not. How do you know if its temptation or ocd? For me tenptation is like when you fight to not do something but you are in danger doing it. Ocd is different. Maybe im afraid of it cause i watched alot of christian videos and everybody is talking about temptation, it makes me scared now that these thoughts/feelings were temptations but the same time i feel like im arrogant if i say its ocd and i cant have temptation...

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maha369

Date posted: 1y

i recently asked a similar question and someone responded saying there’s not really a way to know whether a thought is you (a temptation) or ocd which is the whole point of treatment. the more you try to figure out whether something is ocd or you, the more your ocd will bother you and try to convince you that it is you and that you need to give in to your compulsions. you have to sit with the discomfort of the possibility that it could be either you or ocd since ocd latches on to any type of doubt that you are having. the more you sit with that discomfort and just accept the thoughts for what they are, the less those thoughts will come. i currently am struggling with the same thing so you’re not alone with these thoughts

PRIV8

Date posted: 1y

Yeah but it feels like if its lust then it has to do something with me so i have to change something or make new boundaries. But if its ocd then i just have to ignore. Recently i just have sexual thoughts about my coworker and it doesnt feel like ocd cause its the opposite sex, its not so much intrusive and it seems like normal sexual thoughts, normal temptation

maha369

Date posted: 1y

@PRIV8 hmm well in my opinion if it doesn’t feel like OCD and feels like normal thoughts and they aren’t stressing you out then it’s fine and you don’t have to worry about them. but this one instance doesn’t define every thought you have so just bc these thoughts may be temptation, doesn’t mean every other thought you have is also temptation. i feel like sometimes when you acknowledge one thought as being you, your OCD kinda pounces on that and uses it against you like “if this thought is purely you, then these thoughts must also be you which means you’re a bad person/have done something wrong.” i feel like that happens with me sometimes so i would try to not let those thoughts get to you and if you’re having doubt about your other thoughts and how they might be temptation (like the aggressive harm thoughts and intrusive thoughts) just let the thoughts be there even if you’re convinced it’s you. like just sit with that possibility that it could be you or your OCD.

Conquering_OCD

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 22w

Knowing the difference

Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.

Starve_The M...

Date posted: 17w

To my Christian brothers and sisters

Hi I have a question. I love jesus he changed my life and Made me a better person but my ocd loves to confuse me so I have a problem where I remember something in the past and I repented ofc but not it makes me question my intentions and my ocd always puts the are you lying to God card which makes me super scared and then doubt occurs and I'm so exhausted I misinterpret a lot like the voice of God I keep hearing tell the truth and repent now that's it all Good if it were true see ik I'm telling the truth not because of some feeling it's because ocd's version is so ridiculous but It feels soo real I just Want go to God without feeling this fear if I'm lying to him and I fear if somehow I'm wrong. So much anxiety and questions like what if that is gods voice what if I'm wrong pls pray for me and I see videos and I'm scared if that video was sent to me by God telling me to "tell the truth" I say that because my ocd is causing me to doubt the truth being that ocd is wrong

PRIV8

Date posted: 16w

Questioning my faith or ocd

Since I started to accept that maybe some of the problems i deal with might be things that i should accept cause either way I feel shame if i have these thoughts, and i think that being that person is shameful. I'm struggling these days and I noticed I have thoughts about God not being real, not helping me, questioning if its real and these thoughts makes me feel shame. But i keep accepting it cause Im tired that i feel like im lying to myself and everytime i feel like im avoiding the truth, so I try to accept it that its okay that im having these problems(I do the same with suicidal ocd,I start to accept maybe its real) but since im doing this I noticed it makes me depreassed cause of shame. Made things worse, I always spin about shame that it might be true, i try tk accept it but it doesnt work, I feel like maybe i should go back and label every feeling and thought as ocd but i know i wouldnt be free cause i would feel like im trying to make myself feel better... But if its ocd, how can I decide its that if I have the emotions like im losing my faith, I get angry when i hear about faith, sometimes i feel like i really question it, have thoughts like i dont want to have faith...

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