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- Cyberdragon
- Date posted
- 4y ago
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- AnxiousashleyAnxiousashley
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Yea sometimes I think the ocd is a warning sign that I should do or shouldn’t do something. However when the thoughts want me to avoid my loved ones I know that God would never want me to do that. I do kinda believe OCD is like a demon. The devil comes to lie to us and kill steal and destroy. OCD has killed a lot of my dreams, and has tried to destroy most of my relationships and it certainly has stolen my ability to enjoy life and live in the moment like I used to. So I know God wouldn’t do this to me, so i definitely think it’s more of a demon than a voice from God.
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- lmjlmj
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Thank you for this reply. That helps me and sounds like my experience! I feel like OCD has always tried to steal the things most important to me.
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- lmjlmj
- Date posted
- 4y ago
This is one of my most common themes. I’m a devoted Christian and I struggle with discernment in this regard.
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- lmjlmj
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Dr Ian Osborn has an awesome blog about ocd and Christianity...it’s called ocdandchristianity.com. He talks about how churches sometimes don’t handle ocd correctly because they don’t understand it. I too thought mine was a spiritual issue for years till I finally learned about it and about scrupulosity in particular! I still have to now remind myself this is ocd and the enemy of course uses it against me in my life but God is for me and His plan is to strengthen me through it and even turn this struggle around for good. It also just helps bring perspective when I realize this is ocd not anything else!!
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- AnxiousashleyAnxiousashley
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I’m also a Christian and when I first started experiencing ocd when I was a kid, the only logical explanation was demonic possession bc it fit exactly what I was feeling: horrible thoughts that were the opposite of my values and feeling like something else was taking over me and I couldn’t stop it. I actually asked many times for an exorcism bc I didn’t know what mental illness was let alone what ocd was.
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- Cyberdragon Cyberdragon
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I do, I struggle a lot with good and bad thoughts and trying not to offend God
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- lmjlmj
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Do you still mostly struggle with scrupulosity/religious themes?
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- rachelkrachelk
- Date posted
- 4y ago
All the time! This is probably my main ocd obsession. Is it really God or not?
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- lmjlmj
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I think overtime we can learn to discern that the Spirit of God brings peace and not anxiety/confusion like OCD does. Dr Ian (I mentioned him above) taught me that God is pleased when I accept the uncertainty and move on with the risk that it’s OCD, to go against it because what’s more important is that we grow in trust in God.
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- rem
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- 3y ago
question for Christians w ocd, how do u know if it’s God convicting you of something or ur ocd thoughts messing w you?
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- Date posted
- 2y ago
Confusion
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
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- anthonycaronna
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Like myself and Jenette McCurdy, does anyone think that the Holy Spirit talks to them? OCD attacks all my beliefs. As I was sitting down on my chair reading something, a thought came up in my head saying come Holy Spirit when I wasn’t even trying to talk to God in that moment. My thoughts went on saying will this happen, and I heard like 2 voices. One said yes the other said no. I stopped in my tracks. I feel like crying and anxious as I type this. It wasn’t a feeling that made me feel peaceful, calm or happy like what the Holy Spirit does, rather than be confused and anxious. I never believe the Holy Spirit would answer a question like that rather than just being you up when down. My OCD has been toying with this one thing mainly and it was attack about it just now. It feels so convincing that that was the Holy Spirit and I’m filled with anxiety
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