Religious OCD

Hi! I have been struggling with ocd for many years of my life, however, I have recently been struggling with religious ocd. Currently my ocd has been putting thought into my mind like, “you shouldn’t go to that party, because “God” doesn’t what you to” or “don’t do this or else it’s going to make “God” mad.” These thoughts have been overall causing me so much anxiety, and truly I don’t know what to do. I’ve been struggling to identify it’s actually Gods voice or not. Also, my ocd has been also making my prayer a very stressful part of my day, which is not how it should feel at all. Now finding peace in prayer feels more like a chore, than a conversation. Does anybody else have ocd like this? If so, any tips?

Religion & Spirituality OCD

Someone99

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 4d

Yes! My OCD completely messed up my faith and walk with God. I was also convinced God was showing me things and telling me things. Through that I learned something very important about God's "voice" to us: God's voice is never the loudest voice, the loudest voices are those of rigid, legalistic, judgemental, condemning,...and so on. Those voices are temporary and caused me some problems in my life. God's voice is quiet, peaceslfull, full of grace truth and love, and will never leave you or forsake you .... Very important to be able to recognize the intrusive thoughts, to separate from them so they lose power, once that happens, you will know the God you miss. It was amazing when I found that place again after more than 2 months of ERP therapy. It was a feeling like being sober again. And I know Jesus walks with me and I with Him, daily.

Waging War A...

Date posted: 3d

Hi! I just wanted to make sure you saw my response below (I responded to the original post, not to your reply), as I think you may find it helpful.

Someone99

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3d

@Waging War Against OCD Hey, my friend. Just to let you know, I'm not seeing another reply of yours. I see this same reply twice. Not sure why.

AbiBrooke

Date posted: 4d

I’m not sure what your faith is, but as a Christian, I heard something that shattered a lot of my justification for my religious OCD…we are not meant to obsess about anything, not even Jesus. And I’d say not about God either. I feel like obsessing over faith is seen as an empowering good thing, when really, it’s another obsession that can make things so distorted. I pray you can experience your faith without obsessing over it. I know how exhausting it is.

Waging War A...

Date posted: 3d

Hi! I just wanted to make sure you saw my response below (I responded to the original post, not to your reply), as I think you may find it helpful.

amethyst777

Date posted: 4d

I'm guessing with prayer your OCD is having you to repeat things? Are you Christian?

Anonymous

Date posted: 9w

Religious OCD

Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for dealing with religious OCD. I'm a Christian and I struggle with Harm OCD but then somehow, my religious beliefs got mixed into this where I am suddenly asking all these questions on whether God/Jesus is even good. And as a result, I feel so distant from my faith which makes dealing with my harm OCD so much harder 😢 Any advice would be appreciated.

Religion & Spirituality OCD

Anonymous

Date posted: 7w

Religion/OCD

Hello, This is my first community post and I would like to know if anyone else struggles with Religious OCD themes, I'm a Christian but please share any perspective you have. - What do your thoughts look like? - How do you know they are related to OCD? For me it's becoming a constant, 24/7 cycle and it's very draining. I want to find some kind of peace between my thoughts and God so I recently started NOCD therapy again. I'm not totally sure how this all works (treatment, OCD diagnosis, etc.). But if anything I want to know that I am not alone with Religious OCD. Thank you

Anonymous

Date posted: 4w

Religious ocd thoughts

I get the constant wave of sadness that ocd has taken my life from me. I can't share my thoughts and they don't feel like mine. I have episodes where I think God must hate me or see some secret sin in me that I don't see, or else I really really am missing when the holy spirit is saying to me. I want to be free so so deeply and have a normal, independent and fruitful life but God is not answering me. Why do I have these thoughts? Are they spiritual or just my mind? If anyone with Religious ocd can help or share how they navigate a true relationship with Christ while having ocd, I would really appreciate it. For context, I've had dozens of people pray over me and I've literally screamed like a child for God to give the answer, I had faith-based ocd even before i understood the gospel or personally knew Jesus. I want to live with eternity in mind and be free from these things so so much. Thank you!

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