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- BassetHoundMom
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Sounds to me like you think because you don’t FEEL like a good Christian, that means you ARE not a good Christian. OCD often likes us to tell us if we feel some particular way we must be that thing. Example: if I feel contaminated, then I must be contaminated. But as you can imagine these two aren’t inherently linked. This is a type of thought-action fusion. Feeling one way way does provide evidence that you are that thing. I can feel stupid, yet be a Nobel Prize winner. Our feelings do not dictate the reality of the situation.
I am a worship singer and I get the same thoughts too like I'm not worthy of being up there because of my ocd or because I'm truly not anointed. It's very depressing so I really understand your struggle. But I agree with LaPink. Your name is written on the palm of God's hand. You matter. You are important. You are anointed. You are loved unconditionally.
You should look up the concept dark night of the soul
I relate to this so much
I have the exact same fears and it causes me to avoid people and going to church. Don’t give up. Be open with other believers about your doubts - your church family is there to support you and encourage you. Salvation is a decision but mostly much more sanctification which means that in time as we grow, we learn more about Gods love and grace through our life’s circumstances and this daily softens our hearts. Tell Jesus about your fears or prayer journal them. He was afraid and asked God for certainty the night before the Cross so he understands our human feelings.
Feeling Very anxious. A knot in my stomach. Nausea. I have religious ocd. Sometimes I feel like iam a fake christian. Doubting. Confused. Weak. I think that I was misdiagnosed and that I don't really have ocd. Only i AM really bad
Sometimes I have thoughts that I would normally assume to be ocd, not sound like ocd. I start to think/feel that it's God telling me to do these things?? I then end up feeling guilty for not immediately implementing these things into my life. I hate that so much of what used to feel like ocd seems unclear. I don't feel like a good person. I know a lot of sermons aren't made with ocd in mind, but I feel like I'm not listening to God if I don't listen to thoughts I would've thought were ocd before
I am a Catholic Christian, and something that has been stressing me out today is the topic of the Final Judgement. One of my OCD fears is cheating on my boyfriend and now I’m having crazy thoughts like “what if I cheated on him, and then on judgement day God judges me for it, and then me and him are eternally separated?”. I’m also really afraid to get married (the fear comes and goes) because I am afraid I will let my OCD sabotage it. I’m afraid I’ll let the shame and guilt get to me and I’ll confess to things I did not do. Ugh. Does any of this make sense?
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