Does anyone think possibly OCD is just spiritual warfare from the enemy? To my people who have read the bible, and know more ab the bible- is it possible for the enemy to put ‘intrusive images/flashes’ into our minds to get us to spiral? or ruminate on?
It is. I am Christian. I’ve recently come to real repentance with Jesus and getting right with Him. My OCD symptoms have worsened. I believe and *know* Satan hates the fact I’m getting better. Even though I am sometimes weak, Jesus Christ is my strength, my rock, and my redeemer. Spoiler alert: Jesus wins!
@LilahhasOCD yes! Jesus is King! I have always struggled with OCD. but it seems like after I decided to leave sin, and got baptized is when it started more. like really bad. also with the sins I’ve committed. but when it comes to the other things, I’m not sure. I’m dealing with like a false memory issue right now- but I’m struggling and ruminating on it if it’s true or not. I just can’t live with myself if it’s true- but also I think if it’s just the enemy putting these thoughts and twisting my memories and putting intrusive images in my head to like keep me from focusing on my relationship with God. because it’s like it all happened after me truly surrendering. & I feel like I can’t give it all to God until I KNOW. im really struggling. but can the enemy even DO THAT? I know he can put thoughts into our heads. but what about ‘altering memories’
@scrambled The Lord knows your mind. He knows everything you think about! I think it just takes time. It surely is taking time for me to settle down. It’s difficult, and God knows that. I have some food for thought I just decided to bring up! First, seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and everything else will be added to you.
@LilahhasOCD thank you! 🫶🏼
@scrambled This was my situation to a T. Keep following the Lord. I promise He will deliver! Praying for you
To add, demons do tempt us with various things. I almost gave into something sinful the other day, but I paused and remembered that the wages of sin is death. Then, I thought about what the Lord would think of me backsliding. That’s why I didn’t act on the sin. Nonetheless, we are all going to sin, but consciously sinning whilst being convinced by the Holy Spirit is an offense to the Lord. It’s truly a spiritual fight.
When I got saved when I was 11 I began to have harm ocd …I believed it was Satan so I would rebuke him in my head for hours thinking it would make it go away ..I literally got sick I couldn’t eat for weeks and I had trouble sleeping and everyone kept telling me it was the devil so idk …I think it’s Satan but I tried really hard to get rid of the thoughts and nothing helped I prayed and prayed and asked Jesus to help me I’m interested in other ppls opinions too honestly because it’s not a coincidence the thoughts came after I gave my life to Christ ..
@Dess321 yes, it’s so crazy actually. I also have not been eating well. I’ve lost so so much weight- I swear it’s all spiritual. because it ALL happened when I decided to leave my abusive partner finally, obeying God- and then getting baptized!
@scrambled I believe that part of it is spiritual then I think that prayer is the answer bc what are the odds it always happens when we try to follow what Jesus says ??
@Dess321 I had this experience when I first came to the Lord as well. I believe it is because we care about Jesus so much that our OCD attacks that relationship immediately with doubts. Whatever we love most OCD will attack. However for me constantly rebuking my thoughts and prayer became a compulsion that made them worse. Ironically I had to stop praying and rebuking and the thoughts became less and less. My pastor taught me God is committed to our wholeness. This includes our mental health. Whatever it takes for us to get better, He is for that and with us in that. He is for liberation. <3
@julianofnorwich thank you for that! that’s helpful advice- it does seem like another compulsion rebuking and whatnot. I do that also.
Yes it’s crazy you say that because Im recently going through a flare up and my first thought was to start praying a lot and rebuking again but I knew that was part of a compulsion and it would leave me in a constant loop so thank you for confirming that I’m doing the right thing by not giving into it just bc of the fear !!! Helped a lot
Submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee. Notice the first instruction is to submit to God. We don’t fight the devil by constantly rebuking him (which is necessary at times). But we are told to worship and praise God, and the devil cannot coexist with that. He has to flee. Submitting to God and resisting the devil are one action I think. You can’t serve two masters! Easier said than done. But we do know that when our eyes are on Jesus, the devil doesn’t stand a chance. He can pop back in every now and then, but that doesn’t mean he is winning. Actually the opposite, he is terrified of the gift God has given you. And so he wants to pull you back down
My biggest flare up came the DAY before my wedding. We were also getting baptized at our wedding. The devil hates marriage, he hates baptism, and he hates that we did it publicly on a beach and other people would see and a seed would be planted. Anytime my OCD flares up, it’s before or after a huge win for the Kingdom of Heaven! Press on!
@Jesusislord03$ Omg I just got married a few months ago but we were staying with my mom we were attacked so hard and then we moved..that’s when this flare up happened so this is the first time me and him have been married and living on our own i believe that’s why this attack happened at the time it has but this post helped me alot and im sure helped everyone else as well thanks so much !!
That is what I am wondering 🤔
If satan did this to people
I don't think so. I don't think the devil has power to affect our minds he is a peon.
@julianofnorwich well, the bible does say he can infiltrate us with thoughts. but it’s more like the images that I wonder about
@scrambled OK, which verse is that? I genuinely unfamiliar
@julianofnorwich 2 Corinthians 11:3 Ephesians 6:11-16 James 4:7 Ephesians 4:27 John 8:44 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
@scrambled I see I agree those verses are about spiritual warfare. But I dont think they explicitly say the devil can cause our intrusive thoughts or images. That is a step in interpretation I do not see there. However there are many interpretations and we are free to believe as chosen . Be blessed 🙌 🙏 :)
I will also say in the same way Jesus wants us to become more like Him, you know follow the Spirit, have a pure heart, think like Him, etc…. The devil wants us to be like him. So any thought that is not from God, is just Satan projecting his own desires and sick agenda onto us. We strike down anything that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. We are not unaware of Satans schemes. So any time I get a really disturbing image in my head, I credit it to Satan because he is disturbed and sick. He also wants us to be fearful because HE is fearful. He has no hope, therefore he projects his hopelessness onto us. It really is about living with two wolves in your head. You become the one you feed. I choose to (even though it’s super hard sometimes!!!) feed the Holy Spirit. And starve the demonic spirits. Walking in the Spirit, renewing our minds, taking every thought captive… that is how we win this battle. Fearful thought? Yeh ok whatever. and then immediately praise Jesus! Love and fear cannot coexist. So hard to do! I’m right there with you in this fight
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Hi everyone, I wanted to reach out to see if anyone else has experienced something similar with OCD and intrusive thoughts. I’ve been struggling during moments of intimacy because intrusive thoughts, particularly ones related to POCD, feel so ‘sticky’—like they’re all I can picture. Even though I really want the thoughts to go away, they persist, and I’ve been trying not to avoid intimacy because of them. However, that makes me feel like I’m somehow ‘enjoying’ the thoughts or images, which I really dislike. It’s like my brain is playing this awful trick, and it’s leaving me feeling confused and gross. I guess I’m supposed to not let the thoughts bother me and continue as if nothing’s wrong, but I’m scared that by doing so, I’m almost training myself to get off to them or something. This fear makes it so hard to trust myself in those moments, and it’s been overwhelming. If anyone else has been through this, how do you handle it?
So I've had OCD since I was a child. Like really young. The first intrusive thought I can remember was when I was 5. It just keeps getting worse and lately they've been making me physically ill or throwing me into extreme panic attacks again ( ones where I can't move my body ) the other night I thought God was trying to kill me because I was thinking about ending myself from OCD+ life issues but in reality I was just having a panic attack😭😭it affects me daily. It gets a little better with therapy but I don't see therapy coming into my life any time soon and I'm not even sure if I would want to go (for multiple reasons). To wrap this up if you have severe ocd can you tell me what it's like?? I don't want to label anything without proper research and hearing others perspectives. Thank you!! <3 (My profile says all of my subtypes if that helps any)
Lately my OCD has been very horrible, it’s been more convincing than ever to the point where I’m genuinely convinced that I like this stuff, when I get a thought, I’ll hear my intrusive thoughts go “oooh, I like that, I’d do that.” and I just don’t freak out nor feel bad, I just feel like I like it even more, and feel like I would do/act on it and like it, and the feeling is strong and it lingers forever? It genuinely feels like I do, and I’m just lying now, i can’t tell if I make these thoughts worse or anything All I remember mostly just being like confused sometimes when these thoughts happen, but since I’m getting strong emotions that I like it, my brain says that means I did and I’m worried about that being true because I don’t understand nor know It’s like I am resisting to like this stuff now, it’s even tougher now than it was before
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