Scrupulosity/ERP

(30M) Can anyone else who is struggling with scrupulosity help me? I have not been practicing ERP. I have a hard time believing it really does good. My OCD is largely focused around religion and scrupulosity, and I feel like ERP is just trying to make me ignore my sins so I feel better, while blinding me to my need to repent. I don’t just want to /feel/ better; I want the feeling of being in right relationship with God. I want the good feelings to come from that relationship, so I know they’re authentic. I don’t want to plaster over my sins with good feelings and pretend that they don’t affect me. What is your experience with ERP, and do you ever feel like I feel about it? How do you experience closeness with God? Does ERP help, or get in the way?

Religion & Spirituality OCD

Anonymous

Date posted: Yesterday

Jesus whispers and Satin yells, conviction and forgiveness come from Christ. Shame and questioning your self worth comes from the enemy. Cast your burdens on me and I will give you rest

Steve2022

Date posted: Yesterday

Are intrusive thoughts sins? I would say not as they go against your character. ERP is designed to help you remove power from thoughts - so I would like to think God is on our side here. As long as you keep talking to God that is main thing...

Scarlet5

Date posted: Yesterday

Are the sins you are talking about actual things you are doing…or are the sins from intrusive thoughts ?

Scarlet5

Date posted: Yesterday

I would think if you are actually committing a sin like breaking one of the 10 commandments, if you are sorry for your sin and ask God for forgiveness, God will forgive you.

Scarlet5

Date posted: Yesterday

If the sins you are struggling with are coming from unwanted intrusive thoughts that cause you distress and anxiety because they go against your character, then I would agree with what Steve said to you, that those intrusive thoughts are not actually sins….they are merely OCD thoughts. I hope this helps…I do not have scrupulosity OCD, so I am not familiar with the ERP for this type of OCD. I suffer from cross contamination OCD. I can only imagine how difficult it is to suffer from scrupulosity…as I am a Christian believer in Jesus and God. If it would help you to talk to me about your faith in God or it would help you to hear about my belief in God, I would be happy to discuss this with you😊

Anonymous

Date posted: 18h

I suffer from scrupulosity OCD and it's too much i can't hold on any long i fear i might loose control and speak out the blasphemyy some i feels i choose it but i don't really want, I lose interest in everything,i feels like every image, every word, every thought I try to speak contains blasphemy I'm exhausted I'm drained out of energy and i feels like no matter what i never wins over this thought Even during prayer i have this blasphemy thought and sometimes i got angry, I'm frustrated i feels like I'm gonna shouted that blasphemy out but it's all in my head and it' feels like i chose i can't control it , the next thing I do research and i knew what's the unforgivable sin means , the next things my thoughts think about it and I can't really control for me it' useless to live if i committed the one and only unforgivable sin

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