i seeked reassurance
my ocd theme is about god being real or not and last night i went and looked for the mistakes in bible and found some. now the next day i woke up and i feel super anxious like my body is about to stop working please someone talk to me, if you a bit of time
Believing in God is having faith. Remember the interaction that Jesus had with Thomas. If you believe and ask for God's forgiveness you are saved.
but so much of bible is contradicting the theory of evolution. i really want to believe. i find things that are correct in the books and i really respect alot of it. i wanna believe there is a god from the bottom of my heart, it just seems impossible to do
As you probably know, reassurance seeking feeds the ocd. Don’t beat yourself up- you can “undo” the reassurance by exposing yourself to the triggering thought again but this time without doing a compulsion. OCD is often draining and puts the body in fight or flight mode. I struggle with the same bodily feelings and it’s really hard. I’m always in a state of terror- I sympathize completely. Make sure you’re taking deep breaths and try grounding exercises.
im doing that right now. im having alot of thoughts and im trying my best to just not seek anything it feels really hopeless.. i know that ocd is "living with uncertainty" but accepting that there is nothing spiritual in the world makes me feel empty, really empty i dont have depression but the thought of nothingness is really scary man.
man its really tiring, everything is really tiring ive been crying the whole time i was awake
@icloudyl I struggle with the same existential dread. Maybe you can look into some form of spirituality that feels right for you. I try to think of “god” as energy. We are all part of the same source and connected. You are the universe experiencing itself and it can be beautiful. Nobody knows what’s after this but I do have faith that you will overcome this.
@RH6778 - i was a spiritual person before all of this but now, i find it hard to believe for some reason i dont know man, i wish i was closer to you so i could share a few of my struggles but i dont know how are you doing and stuff, if you are willing too i kinda wanna get to know people with my struggle
@icloudyl I think it’s the nature of OCD. I used to feel very connected with things in nature and now I just doubt everything. I think it will change when the OCD is more managed but I don’t know
@RH6778 - do you have any social media's i can have? i wanna like dm you outside this app if its possible (i totally get it if you dont wanna do that) its first time i see someone that really like gets the dread
This one is so hard, isn’t it? Because we can never get full certainty about God or the Bible. If we could, it wouldn’t be called faith. (And OCD hates that. So. So. Much.) I struggle with this too. Something to remember? You don’t have to figure it out. Certainly not today, or tomorrow, or the next day. Your OCD says that if you don’t figure out what you believe RIGHT now, if you can’t answer every question you have about the Bible RIGHT NOW, then your world will fall apart, you’re not a real Christian, and everything is a lie. That’s not how any part of life works. Beliefs, knowledge, and understanding take time. (And God knows it!) Give yourself time to heal, time to relax, and time to work through your fears and doubts as you work through life! This probably doesn’t help too much, but perhaps it’s a start. Work on accepting that you can’t figure it all out right away (or probably ever). (And, if you want a religious perspective? Remember that if we had faith the size of a mustard seed, we could move mountains. I don’t know about you, but I can’t move mountains. God knows our faith isn’t very strong- and he loves us anyway.)
just talking about this stuff helps me way more than you guys know, i live in iran which is mostly a islamic country, i cant get good therapy because our money is basically worthless and i cant really open up to my girlfriend because she will be so worried she wouldnt be able to focus on her studies my only escape goat is just music and finding some people who can just relate a tad bit, it warms my heart so so much more than you guys would realize, i wish i could hug everyone here "accepting that you cant figure it all" this is really hard, its really really hard thanks
@icloudyl You are so right that it’s hard. So so hard. It says “OCD conqueror” next to my name here and I’m absolutely still working on this! Just be kind to yourself. It’s ok for it to be hard and take time. :)
@Anonymous - its been really really hard this past few weeks man, ive been on pills and they are worsening my symptoms the worst thing is, i feel super hopeless and im doubting every single thing
@icloudyl OCD will do that. Don’t give up!
@Anonymous - thanks for being sweet <3 ill try my best
I am having a hard time today. I struggle with ocd especially over Christianity. I feel so alone because I've annoyed everyone in my family about it that they don't want me to bring it up anymore. I just want someone to talk to, another Christian to talk to who knows what I'm talking about.
Can someone give me advice on how to deal with a bad ocd day please. Last night I had a bit of a bad episode with ocd looking for reassurance on here and googling and the googling didn’t help which I should of know at the start..and I’m just dealing with the aftermath of anxiety.
I’ve wrote about this before but I’m doing so bad right now. I struggle with Pure O with a religious theme. Not so much scrupulosity, as much as just what feels like blasphemous thoughts against what I have believed to be true. Genuine questioning of faith is normal and actually I think it should be encouraged! But I feel like I’ve gone past that. I can’t remember the last time I went through a whole day without ruminating and googling information about my beliefs. It’s the first thing I start thinking about and it distracts me from everything that I try to do. I just want 100% assurance in what I believe but I can’t find that. Im searching for something that can’t be found. That doesn’t stop me from ruminating and devoting all of my energy to something that won’t be found. Any suggestions or help from Christian’s would be helpful
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