I am very dedicated non-denominational Christian and I have been diagnosed with OCD. My thoughts are telling me I am going to go to hell if I listen to any other music besides gospel music and that I don’t actually believe in God even though I know I do. Does this happen to anyone else? What can I do?
I too am a Christian. I like to stand on the promises God has given us - the ones that are NOT CONDITIONAL. Listening to secular music has nothing to do with your security as a Christian, and your thought is not a thought from God. You may like my book where I discuss topics similar to this - you can get more details at WagingWarAgainstOCD.com I hope you find this helpful. And if you haven’t found them already, I strongly suggest looking up Jaimie Eckert (scrupulosity.com) and Mark DeJesus.
I’m also struggling with this. This has been my path. One thing I do is trying to apply logic to the situation, and how faith is also action not thoughts. So I try to allow myself to listen to wholesome music that may not be Christian, and siting with that possibly uncertainty. I would recommend this YouTuber named Mark DeJesus he’s great about talking about OCD and anxiety.
@hah.hah Mark Dejesus is saving my mental journey and my journey in faith. Yes!!! You need to check this guy out!
Mark Dejesus does plenty of videos for Scrupulosity as well as written a book of the OCD healing journey. I recommend the book and his videos!
@JulioKelle Reading that book right now as well. Have you finished it yet?
@hah.hah No not yet, trying to get through all the distractions rn. Where are you at?
@JulioKelle No not as of yet, on chapter 7
@hah.hah Is that still like the distortions and stuff?
@JulioKelle Yes it’s on the distortions but breaks them down individually
@hah.hah The questions that follow really help internalize how they play into your obsessions and the relationship with your thoughts
@JulioKelle Yes it really does help with the questions at the end of the chapter. Definitely essential work to think deeper to help solve the deeper issues.
@hah.hah Yeah completely. Also, if you ever wanna talk through things I think that could be helpful too. I only have this app to relate to others, so if there are any questions we should talk it through
@JulioKelle Im definitely down, and same the app helps connect to others with OCD which is amazing and great. Hope you enjoy the book as you get further.
@hah.hah Awesome, I’m gonna follow you
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 OCD ever kicked in whenever you felt God’s presence? I felt like it’s been this way for me many times. I could get peaceful and then thoughts could come into my head and I wouldn’t like it at all. Can OCD do this?
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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