TW Religious OCD TW Racism
Iāll try to make this somewhat quick, but there is some doubt to this memory, but Iāll say what I know. For one, I have had an obsession with doing bad prayers. Secondly, this is not just normal intrusive thoughts. My main fear was a racist prayer. Unfortunately, my brain found the perfect pathway for this. I was so afraid of a prayer being racist, that if all people of color suddenly died, I would feel so guilty, that I could attempt suicide (I was already suicidal).
Unfortunately, this was something I could selfishly want, because of the suicide aspect. I feel like the best thing I can compare it to, is someone who is suicidal, who selfishly wouldnāt be upset if a meteor hit earth or something, cause they wouldnāt be at fault and they wouldnāt die. Or someone who is suicidal who selfishly would be ok with World War 3, because it could mean that they died, and thereās nothing for them to personally feel guilty about if it wasnāt their fault.
My brain one day came up with something. If I prayed for something bad to happen, it would be my fault. But what if in the conditions of the prayer, for it to happen, I was magically at NO fault at all. Basically like the meteor scenario. What if everything was completely devoid of guilt. All of the sudden I feel like I became ok with it, prayed for it, and IMMEDIATELY regretted it, but knew what I was doing when I did it. I donāt know if this makes any sense, but Iām pretty sure I quickly prayed for this, and then regretted it. The issue is, I donāt know how much influence ocd had over me when I did it. I mean, ocd did have an influence in putting together that scenario at first. It put together the WORST possible scenario in a way I could mean it could think of. I canāt completely remember how it happened.
If it did happen, and it was my fault, how should I approach it? I feel horrible about it. Unfortunately, I am a bit worried it could happen again. Is this something I should forgive myself for? I know itās terrible. Another option my mind presents is making myself feel as awful as possible consistently. Unfortunately, that leads to more issues. Iām very confused about this whole scenario, and I donāt think it is all intrusive thoughts. I do believe that ocd deliberately set me up in a scenario where I could pray for something awful, but I also believe I prayed for it and meant it when I did.