guys im so scared right now and i know my ocd is making it worse. i keep reading things online about the antichrist and whatever and im so so so scared. i keep reading things and i feel so scared like im choosing a wrong side or something. but i know i love God and Jesus. im so worried im wrong and i have no idea how to overcome this one :( sorry if this scares anyone or anything but any help would be very appreciated
God is good. If you put your trust in Him, you will be taken care of no matter what. Matthew 6:26
@slippery_salad Amen. thank you for your response and time i really appreciate it. im going to say this verse when i feel this way again. God Bless You 🫶
I understand. Sometimes I get into a fear mode where I get scared about the end times too. Lately, I've been starting to recognize when I'm in that fear mode. I am realizing that God does not want us in life in fear mode at all. It helps me sometimes to think about the passages in the Bible that say that Christians can look forward to the end times. For example, second Peter says that we can "look forward" to the day and "speed it's coming." And other passages say something similar. So we can see here, thank God doesn't want us to worry about the end times. It might be useful to try not to study the end times. Instead, spend time studying the love of God (in ways that don't trigger your OCD). And you can also study the safety and faithfulness of God, and how you are always safe in him. I've discovered that when we have OCD, it's okay to just take little bit of the Bible at a time and to stay focused on the verses that comfort us. This is because we have such a tendency toward fear, and we really need to be strengthened in the truth of our safety in our relationship with God and in his great love. But when we have OCD, we never seem to be able to understand that we are loved or even what it means to be loved. And we can't seem to understand Grace either. It's just part of the package of having an OCD personality. So we really need to grow in those areas. Before we start studying other things. I think if you can grow there (the love and safety of God), your fear about the end of the world will subside. The Bible says that perfect love casts out fear. So if you can meditate on how much God loves you and will keep you safe, that will help you not to be so afraid. Please keep writing to people and getting support. We really need a lot of support when we have OCD. I have so much support in my life. We can't do this journey alone. The fear is always overwhelming and we try to deal with our OCD alone. I know I can't do it all by myself.
@Tea and Honey thank you so very much this has been one of the most touching posts ive had on here. i will absolutely try to be better when reading my bible. i am glad you mention we can read it slower because i am sometimes overwhelmed with wanting to read it all i panic. very much appreciated. God Bless You 🫶
@anonbeom Please write here whenever you want. Love to talk to you anytime
im so scared right now it’s starting to become physical i am going to vomit. and i cant get therapy so all i can do is rant about it i am very sorry :(
SAME.
Does anyone’s ocd make them feel like what if they don’t actually love God or you’re just following him out of fear? I’m so afraid of hell as an ocd theme that sends me into a spiral. Then I have so many “what if” questions like what if I don’t actually know Jesus and just know about him then I think im saved but I’m really not or having to reconfess Jesus as your Savior constantly
@G C absolutely. this is very common for me aswell. but as i begin to read the bible and pray it slowly starts to fade. but i absolutely understand thats the reason i always stay away from tiktoks and stuff that guilt trip ☹️ but i agree its a normal theme but i believe we are both saved if we repent and obey God. God bless you 🫶
how has the end times and discussions affected your anxiety? for me its been very constant and scary, any advice would be greatly appreciated. (no negative replies please)
I opened one of my old bibles and it was mark 13 talking about Jesus second coming which is what I’ve been thinking about a lot recently because it’s a heavy topic right now and my ocd also clings to that and I try and pray and pray but I wonder if He was speaking to me telling me He is coming soon because I never ever read that bible I just felt like looking at it and now I don’t know what to do with the information if it was confirmation that he’s coming soon I don’t know how soon or he’s telling me to get ready and I’m kind of afraid and don’t know how to find comfort.
So, alot has changed. I'm Christian and currently believe we are in the end of times. It's changed my whole perspective on life. I quit my job and moved back in with family, starting to go to church, apologized to those I hurt except, one person who I talked to two family members and they told me to delete the message and with my other apology ( that i also believed was God telling me to confess in 2020) i lied at some parts because of shame and confusing myself most likely intentionally. I confessed everything to my dad and he says since i turned from it, repented, that i need to let it go and continue forward. Since then, my minds been saying that I'm outside of God's will and everything's gone down hill. I had also prayed that God exposed me and now it's like all this evil and wickedness that feels like it's coming out of my heart settles into my chest. I've prayed to God, worshipped to God, but thoughts and images of being sent to hell or my loved ones pops into my head and I've gone to sleep twice each night accepting the fact that because of me not doing so may have doomed me and my loved ones and I feel scared that I got so tired and stopped fighting it. I've had ocd since I was 7 but it just is so scary because it's hitting down to the wire and I'm scared that I was never a child of God at all I mean I have iniquity I thought I repented for but people I love still struggle with what I've done and I prayed for them and tried to help them and suggest therapy but I haven't did what I could to make it right like I should've. But these images and thoughts they're horrible. I feel like I'm against God truly and I'm like Lord change the circumstances and I won't resist so that I can preach Your word and everyday I feel like I'm gambling. It's like every thought is biblical for the most part. I don't want to kill myself cuz what if I have a chance that God will have mercy on me but....
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