FatherIimaginedyoutaller
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- 5y
JamarcelineJamarceline
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- 5y
Yes. My first symptoms were when I was little girl and I was afraid I would go to hell for doing minor bad stuff so i was doing compulsively good stuff to pay back for my bad stuff
crv2v3crv2v3
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I totally agree here I went to a catholic school for 10 years and it was hell and this is what it did to me lol
rrrrrbrrrrrb
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- 5y
I have thought this many times myself. I genuinely do think there is a link and have always been interested in someone studying this.
AnxietyGuyAnxietyGuy
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- 5y
I have always thought there has to be a beginning cause to OCD. This forum I believe when we put all of our experiences and knowledge together we will find the origin of OCD, and then we can all pull our knowledge and experiences together again to find the ultimate cure for OCD. WE ARE THE CURE.
AnxietyGuyAnxietyGuy
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VERY intellectual findings Nonbinaryteen. You could very well have discovered one of the leading causes of OCD. My hat goes off to you. Keep up the intellectual thinking. It’s thoughts like yours I believe that will solve this OCD puzzle.
FatherIimaginedyoutallerFatherIimagi...
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I genuinely can't tell if this sarcasm or not
JamarcelineJamarceline
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What is nonbinaryteen ?
DahliahDahliah
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Non-binary means not identifying exclusively as a male or a female. A teen is just a teen
AnxietyGuyAnxietyGuy
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No I don’t mean this as sarcasm at all. All thoughts are welcome here and I truly believe you may have found something.
JamarcelineJamarceline
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Anxietyguy . This is first compulsion I remember. There is also something about teaching children to satisfy other people's needs.. I mean something like : " give grandma a kiss she will be sad without getting a kiss from you" , or " share all cookies with all of your classmates cause you have to share"
AnxietyGuyAnxietyGuy
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Jamarceline, very interesting concept. Even though I realize it was a long time ago that you experienced your first compulsion as you described, do you remember any anxiety that you may have experienced before the compulsion happened? If so describe it the best you can. How long did it last and how intense was it?
JamarcelineJamarceline
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First anxiety was when I did something bad but I thought it wasnt that bad so I didn't care cuz I thought I can do it later ( it was something like I didn't clean up toys in my room and there was a mess when my mom and stepfather came back home from work and they expected my room to be cleaned up. And I think my mom had a bad day at work that day and she didn't pay attention to me and she was a bit upset that I welcomed her home with a mess in my room and there I felt first feeling of anxiety cause I didn't understand why my mom is so upset about my messy room. So next time when when they wanted me to clean something and I didn't do it before they come back home I had anxiety and every time when I didn't listen to them, before they even find out
AnxietyGuyAnxietyGuy
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Ok, well spoken. We very well might be into something here. It seems to point back when you were a child. For example I will now describe to you my first experience with anxiety. Growing up as a child my mother would constantly tell me to wash my hands to keep germs away. I became so obsessed with hand washing that my hands literally became raw. However everytime I thought of germs that could be on my hands and make me sick I had to perform my hand washing compulsion. Then I got a pet turtle and picked it up one day and went to wash my hands afterwards and my dad (now I realize was only trying to help me) told me to refrain from my usual hand washing compulsion.... I went for like 8 hours afterwards without washing my hands...the whole time my anxiety was a solid 10. This is my earliest experience with OCD.
JamarcelineJamarceline
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Sounds like wrong choice of parents'words cause anxiety and ocd and when parent or parents are focused too much on something that doesn't make sense to a child
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are evil spirits causing our mental torment ? (nr)
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MS2003
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- 20w
OCD makes it near impossible to be a good Catholic
I've been doing more research on the ins and outs of Catholicism, and man are the guidelines very strict. They're not bad in any sense, and following them makes for a good person, but with ocd these guidelines seem near impossible to properly follow. For example, it's a mortal sin to have an impure thought, and commiting a mortal sin puts you in a state of sin. This means you cannot receive the eucharist (body of Christ) at mass, which is a way to connect closer to God. You have to confess in order to be free from mortal sin. This is fine and all, but this means in my case I'd have to confess almost every week, which can be so tiring. I'm not trying to bash on my own religion, but these guidelines make it so incredibly difficult for me to feel good about myself. Knowing I'm committing one of the worst forms of sin everyday. Intrusive thoughts are a constant thing, does that make me a child of sin? I even skipped mass today because I feel guilty about being in mortal sin, but skipping mass is also a mortal sin! I feel absolutely terrible about myself right now, and feel as if my connection with God has been cut and it's entirely my fault...
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- 27d
God and OCD
I’m realizing that maybe my OCD gave me all the doubts about God and that’s what helped me be able to leave my religion (Christian Baptist Fundamentalist). Everyone around me never doubted as much as me or had as much skepticism (at least not out loud) and I never understood why I was so different from them. What is your experience with OCD and religion? Did it make you decide to leave? To stay? How do you feel about religion and OCD now?
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