Demons

Sooo.. for 7 years i havent worried about demons magic and other evil things.. because i prayed, and told my self. God is protecting me because og my prayers. And that worked very good. But my ocd just jumped to everything else in the religion like ocd do. 7 years of hell. Off all the things that ocd attacked in my religion from everything about sinning to perfect in prayer etc. I Got sick off all the stress. I then learned that prayer is a compulsion and that i have to face my darkest fear. Which is not to pray and face the possibility to get possed and attacked by evil. I Got the balls to do it. And i still beleive god Will protect me even if i dont pray. But. I worry if it Will work ore not. That i just should not Care if i get possesed ore not. To be honest i dont Care anymore.. But im afraid that it wont work this method. So i gues its the fear of fear.. what are u guys experience with this?

Username: 777Q777Q

Date posted: 25w ago

Interesting post . I am only going to speak just from my own personal perspective . Even with OCD & GAD I will not let Satan win by not praying that is what he wants . I pray at a minimum morning and night and try to live a decent life . May God bless and protect you .

Username: Jesuslovesme777Jesuslovesme777

Date posted: 25w ago

My friend, the Gospel is all about Grace ! Not works. The moment you called on Jesus you were saved and sealed with the Holy Spirit! You are protected and secure in him and Jesus has already paid it all for you! You are covered in HIS righteousness alone! As for the bad thoughts, take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ and his word! You are bought and paid for by Jesus and his word says you are sealed, and eternally secure in him, you have nothing to fear. When you have a bad thought, surrender it to Jesus and let him handle it, after that, pay no more mind to that thought, you may still deal with the ugly feelings for a while but eventually it will pass, just keep ignoring the thought after you’ve already surrendered it. Read the Bible through the eyes of Grace and cling to the promises you’ve been given in it! Remember, Greater is HE that is in you then he that is in the world! You are his child, God bless,

Username: catulpa88catulpa88

Date posted: 25w ago

My family member recently went through a similar OCD theme where she believed only God and prayer could heal her from her existential OCD thoughts, which had to do with worrying that Satan was taking over God. After three incredibly difficult months of therapy and medication, she is virtually symptom-free. She worked with an outstanding therapist, and unfortunately, yes, it was absolutely necessary for her to treat prayer as in compulsion. Even her pastor assisted with this by telling her that God already knows what she needs, even if she doesn’t pray and that he protects even those who don’t pray. She also offered to pray on her behalf. She had a very difficult time, giving up her praying compulsion because it felt like it was hurting her relationship with God, however, her therapist perspective was that because she was doing it as a compulsion it was not in the true nature of prayer… It was basically praying to her OCD demon. As soon as she started consistently resisting prayer, she got better rapidly. She is now at the point where she can return to normal healthy prayer. I hope this helps, because I know a lot of religious leaders and church communities will not understand that in the context of OCD prayer can be the trigger and God does not need you to pray to know your pain.

Username: catulpa88catulpa88

Date posted: 25w ago

@catulpa88 I would also like to add that the therapist was OK with her asking friends and family to pray for her. Apparently, the science on this is that it’s a shade of gray because even though it’s related to her compulsion, it’s also building community and courage.

Username: Wolfram Wolfram

Date posted: 25w ago

I'm not religious but believe in something, I'm not sure what. However I did have trouble with my ocd latching onto me being possessed and demons when younger. I had 2 years of talking therapy to get rid of my so called demons and it did nothing. However a guy in my school did this thing to get rid of them instantly. Never heard them again and my harm ocd was gone. It involved god or whatever I viewed as god. So I'd say lean into the fear as much as you can like a trust fall to yourself or your faith. No matter how tough it gets and how much it scares you or how much you feel, go through it all. Make sure you know how to do erp first with a therapist and then on your own. If you don't, try with something smaller initially until you gain the understanding.

Username: Northern_Dow...

Date posted: 1y ago

Realizing my Religious OCD

In the past, I used to pray 100 times out of fear that God would punish me by giving me or someone I love cancer, or worse. Even though I got out of that compulsion, I still fear God. I pray for my entire family every night out of fear that if I don't, God will kill someone close to me or kill me. During Bible study today, my mom essentially explained that people who don't truly believe in God won't be protected by God. I'm essentially Agnostic, because I'm convinced that if God does exist he hates me. I feel trapped. On one hand I feel like If I stop praying or believing in him then he will make my life worse than it already is. But I have OCD, an eating disorder, I suffer so much in so many aspects of my life and I worry the reason is because God hates me. I'm scared one or these days he's going to push me to my last straw. Does anyone have a similar experience?

Username: PRIV8

Date posted: 36w ago

Ocd as a christian is really hard...

I mean like we believe in the devil and demons, then you hear that others on social media talks about ocd being a demon possession, or any mental illness being a demon, and if you believe that and it helps you, do it, but this makes me more paranoid. I just let my tiktok algoritm become more christian but then it ended up being this "we call everything a sin and a demon" type of videos which made me question if im really a good person and saved, and now im even afraid of demons, that they are attacking me and thats why im dealing with fear, and it just scares me, it became so bad that i start to get paranoid like im sure you experienced that when you think youve seen something in the corner of your eye, like something moved, and this just worsenes the fear... i know im dealing with fear but you know my mind still makes up shit... As a christian its really hard to deal with ocd, cause we do believe in demons but we cant view mental illness as possession, it just doesnt help, and i got to a point where i started questioning everything i hear about the bible and then i realized maybe its not a good thing tho, so i started to learn about things and now im back at fearing demons and that i have a demon or i can be posessed in the future. Same with sins, legalist people made me angry so i just ignored everything they said but then i realized maybe its egoistic to think everything they say its just legalism, and i went back learning about it and now im having this legalist/is this a sin or not problem. It feels like im on a spiral, i always come back to fear demons and fear that what i do is actually a sin and i live a sinful life

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Username: jellyfish305

Date posted: 23w ago

Religious OCD (?)

PLEASE READ. Ok so I’ve had these intrusive thoughts for a while and essentially at their core they’re about worshipping the devil. I’ve always been scared of doing a prayer to the devil (specifically out loud). Recently for ERP practice my therapist has had me say the word “devil.” We’ve also watched videos about people who have made deals with the devil and videos talking about the devil himself. These are really triggering for me but I understand they’re meant to be as ERP. However, this stuff has really amped up my doubts and I’m not even really sure how to explain them. Basically I’m doubting if I even believe in what I’ve considered my core beliefs, and whether or not I would want to worship the devil. Moreover the fear of saying a bad prayer aloud has spiked especially because I’ve already said the word “devil” aloud. Then I tell myself that if I do it as a form of ERP it would be fine, but then i wonder if my doing it would actually be as ERP or because I actually want to, which stresses me out more about doing the prayer. I haven’t actually done it aloud but I’m scared of doing so.

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