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God loves you so incredibly much. He knows you have this condition and he loves you despite it. Religious OCD may try to convince u otherwise, but God himself sees how hard you try.
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@dallia I get that. I grew up religious and religious OCD was incredibly difficult for me to deal with. I am not personally religious anymore, but I know that God loves you because you love Him, and you want to talk to him. Your OCD will try to make you hone in on the semantics of the trinity. It’s hard but I believe in you.
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@dallia for me, I had to leave the church for a bit. It wasn’t anything against God, in high school I went to a Christian school that had a lot of corruption going on in terms of classism and bullying. Questioning things made me feel guilty, so I tried to not think about religion for a while. Then random things started happening to me that showed me God’s love again. I still do not consider myself religious, but I believe in Jesus and the ways He can show love to people. Thinking of it as relationship not religion is very healthy. Also, there are so many denominations that believe in diff things especially abt the Trinity. It’s okay to not know. Just know God’s love
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Hey there, I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way. I’ve struggled a lot with existential OCD, and while it’s not exactly the same as religious OCD, there is some overlap. Unfortunately, there won’t be an answer to your questions that will satisfy your OCD - it will always want more. I wish I knew more about Catholicism so that I could give you more specific advice, but hang in there. I know it feels like your world is shattering and that you won’t even shake these thoughts. I’ve been there and it’s awful - just know that it does get better regardless of whether or not you “figure it out.” It may take some time, but you’ll gradually start to notice these thoughts becoming less “sticky” and eventually they will no longer bother you. Be kind to yourself. One thing that really helped me (and I was in an awful place) was responding to the anxiety and panic feeling with “it’s okay for me to be anxious.” I don’t know why, but telling myself that over and over whenever I would begin to feel anxiety creeping up on me, which was just about all day, eventually had a profound effect on the way my body responded to these thoughts
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This is very interesting because I had a similar experience. I was only picturing God the Father in my head while praying, but after learning more about the trinity, I realized I should have been picturing Jesus and the Holy Ghost as well. Similarly, I felt like I had been praying wrong my entire life. I confessed to my bishop sobbing expecting him to be mad at me. He wasn’t! He said that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are different, but they testify of each other and are one in purpose. A prayer where you are picturing Jesus is still going to reach God the Father. The other way around is true. The scriptures say nothing about Jesus feeling neglected if you only are praying to the Father. They are one. When I say prayers and feel like I’m speaking to Christ, I don’t feel like that prayer “doesn’t count” anymore.
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@dallia Do you have any favorite Bible passages?
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There is 1 God in 3 persons. God is the Creator, Jesus is our advocate. The Holy Spirit is out comforter, who Jesus mentioned being sent to us after his ascension. It's a complete Godhead, when you think about it and really can be no other way. It's awesome that you have so much interest and sensitivity to God. Keep learning, seeking and drawing closer to Him!!! And talk to Him as a father, but a friend. Abba means "daddy". :-)
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Hi I have a question. I love jesus he changed my life and Made me a better person but my ocd loves to confuse me so I have a problem where I remember something in the past and I repented ofc but not it makes me question my intentions and my ocd always puts the are you lying to God card which makes me super scared and then doubt occurs and I'm so exhausted I misinterpret a lot like the voice of God I keep hearing tell the truth and repent now that's it all Good if it were true see ik I'm telling the truth not because of some feeling it's because ocd's version is so ridiculous but It feels soo real I just Want go to God without feeling this fear if I'm lying to him and I fear if somehow I'm wrong. So much anxiety and questions like what if that is gods voice what if I'm wrong pls pray for me and I see videos and I'm scared if that video was sent to me by God telling me to "tell the truth" I say that because my ocd is causing me to doubt the truth being that ocd is wrong
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