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- Cyberdragon
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- 4y ago
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- AnxiousashleyAnxiousashley
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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- zzzz
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When in my mind I’m saying things like « no, I don’t want this intrusive thoughts, I don’t agree to it », in the same time there is another voice which says me « yes you want this thoughts, you wanna act like that, there’s nothing wrong with it ». Like angel and devil talking. I’m so lost, which voice trusting ? I have pocd but I think it can talk to many ocd themes. Don’t wan’t reassurance but, any advice for this ?
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- iamhereforyou
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- OCD Conqueror
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- Puppy
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