Heello

Date posted: 5y

CHRISTIAN PEOPLE/RELIGIOUS AND CONTAMINATION OCD HELP ME!!!!! I think I am losing my mind right now. I was not caring about coronavirus until today, now on Brazil things are gettings crazy as well and I dont know how to cope now. My mother as well started to talk its sign of the end of days and coming of Jesus. Thing is I am obsessing with this, I want to be saved, I want to go to heaven, I believe in Jesus as my own savior, but I am losing my mind. I am also doubting my salvation. Please someone tell me what I need to do to be saved, Ive regreted and repented for my sins, I want to feel happy again. I also super worried about this damm virus and about my family, I really dont know what to do ????

KickingOCD

Date posted: 5y

This sounds really frightening. I am a missionary and I have harm OCD. I believe the best thing for you to do at this time is to recognize that this is just OCD. It sounds like seeking reassurance is your compulsion for this. I encourage you to use ERP methods regularly if you don't have the OCD Workbook by Dr Hyman and Dr Pedrick I would reccomend it. Use imaginal exposure so your mind can habituate to these thoughts. You can do this!

Heello

Date posted: 5y

Thanks! I will search for these workbooks, and if mind me to ask, how could I use erp for this? I now how to fo it for pocd

KickingOCD

Date posted: 5y

It uses the same principles of habituation (getting your mind used to these OCD thoughts and stop getting anxious). They say ERP works best in baby steps and to make sure that you so it until the anxiety goes down. Teach your mind that these thoughts are just OCD and you don't have to get worked up over it. You can do it - train your brain!

pureolife

Date posted: 5y

The pandemic is a struggle for everyone, but it’s also a huge exposure for people with OCD. Be sure you’re looking at it as such: don’t let the worlds issues be an excuse to perform compulsions. Seeking repetitive reassurance or 100% certainty of salvation is a compulsion. If you pay attention to the news, there are a lot of practical things you can do to prevent getting sick or getting others sick: practice “social distancing,” wash your hands, sanitize doorknobs and light switches, don’t touch your face. Do the practical things they suggest, and don’t let yourself go down the rabbit hole of “what if’s” that tell you to do more. Stress often makes our OCD spike and it seems like that is happening for you right now. Be aware of that. Take time to relax and decompress. Don’t spend too much time researching (maybe limit your internet time.) get more sleep. And remember that this too shall pass.

Heello

Date posted: 5y

ok. Thanks really for replaying, I never thought about seeking certainty of salvantion as compulsion, I think it will be one of the hardest things I will do ( not seeking anymore ). I will try to relax and not panic anymore because of news and I really need to sleep, today Ive slept very bad, only 3-4 hours. This shall pass, yeah, I believe.

ocdillustrated

Date posted: 5y

∆∆∆couldnt have said it better myself

Catlady

Date posted: 5y

I’m sorry you struggle with this. I doubt my salvation a lot too. Based on what you’ve said, I believe you’re saved. God wants you to be watchful for signs, but He doesn’t want you to worry. Please don’t hesitate to go to Him and tell Him all your fears. He is there for you.

Heello

Date posted: 5y

thanks for replying, the problem is that i was away from the church and even got cold in prayers and that worries me that i am not in communion with God. I want to be able to talk to him, ask him to take all these fears from me, to take care of me during that moment. I do not know if it is possible to do written prayer, but here I do my prayer for His help

Catlady

Date posted: 5y

@Newstage Are you worried God won’t hear your prayers?

Heello

Date posted: 5y

@Catlady yes :(

Catlady

Date posted: 5y

@Newstage I believe that He will hear you because I believe you’re saved and even if you don’t believe it, you’re seeking salvation.

Martha

Date posted: 5y

I'm dealing with the same time !!! I'm so stressed about this ??? I want to cry but I just sit and thinking of worst case . What if the world ends , what if God don't let into heaven , what if I burn in hell forever ??but remember we are dealing with a disease OCD and God knows we're trying our best ? it's scary , I had a huge breakdown about year ago I would call my cousin who is a pastor and ask him over and over " will I go to hell? I know what you're dealing with . Understand we're fight a horrible disease , keep your head up and fight on

Heello

Date posted: 5y

this is so horrible, I wanted to just cry too, I want it. I am so nervous, hyperawere and ocd still makes us doubt a thing so precious to us like this :(

KickingOCD

Date posted: 5y

You could try using imaginal exposure, I'm going to start using it too. You write out a 5 minute explicitly detailed narrative of your fears and then record it and listen to it until your anxiety goes down.

Heello

Date posted: 5y

Hmm thats nice, I'll try it. You think would work for this? This fear of not being saved

ocdillustrated

Date posted: 5y

@Newstage It did for me. My therapist had me build up to over-correction exposures like swearing during prayers to God, or saying grace to the devil. We started with tasks as small as writing the word "god" with a lower case g.

Heello

Date posted: 5y

@NOCD Advocate - Katie But this wont later make me obsess? I heard some songs of SuicideBoys and them have lyrics like what you said, things with devil. But I started thinking God would punish me for that

ocdillustrated

Date posted: 5y

@Newstage That is the point of exposure. We do exposures to intentionally trigger obsessions so that we have the opportunity to respond to the distress with more helpful behaviors

Walt

Date posted: 5y

I feel your pain. As a fellow Christian, we must understand that our salvation is never losable, if you believe Christ died for you, if you have faith on it, and you repent, you try to deal with your sinful self everyday, you try at least to change your mind (that's repentance) then your saved. The salvation, you can't loose it, because Christ's sacrifice is sufficient, we are saved made saints through Him instead of Made saints and then saved. I recommend pastor Rick Warren on YouTube, there's a playlist called "Rethinking your life" is really insightful on struggling with bad thinking and so son. Godspeed, my friend.

Heello

Date posted: 5y

I'll look for his channel. Here in Brazil people are mixed, some believe in salvation is not losable (wich is the one that makes my heart in peace) and others that think you need to stay on the path of God until the end or you will lose salvation, this mess me up

Walt

Date posted: 5y

@Newstage I am also from Brazil, good to meet a fellow from the same country. It's important to be aware that it is not that our works that saves us, it is Faith in Christ, the thing is, seeking Christ will make you want to change and you can rely on the Holy Spirit for that, we can't do it by ourselves, nor we are saved because we made good things, doesn't mean we can just live the way we want and stop trying winning against sin, we have to try the best we can, truly in our hearts, but it is, after all, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that saves us. In Brazil I usually like Augustus Nicodemus. But I still recommend Rick Warren. That's it, I hope we can help each other.

Heello

Date posted: 5y

@Walt Nice to meet you! So I am not in sin if I believe that salvation isnt losable? I was watching Rick Warren, a very nice man, and now I'll look for Augustus Nicodemus as well. Lets help each other as we can for sure :)

ocdillustrated

Date posted: 5y

@Newstage Newstage and Walt, I'm so glad you connected with each other. It's gotta feel great to see people from your own country here. I'm just popping my head in to say that it sounds like you both got sucked into a reassurance seeking/reassurance giving cycle. Can you think of some ways to break out of it together?

chrisis man

Date posted: 5y

I want to believe in god does that count? My ocd is crazy and some how I doubt god is real so much even tho my whole life I never would I knew he was real but all of a sudden nothing makes sense idk what to do

Anonymous

Date posted: 12w

Religious OCD

Hey all. I need help. I am sitting on my bathroom floor freaking out and convinced that all my work towards getting better has gone out the window. I am so scared of the “bad guy” getting me all the time. I constantly feel like I have to prove to God that I don’t mean these awful feelings and thoughts that I have about the bad guy. I’ve had trouble sleeping tonight, going in and out of consciousness, all while dealing with bad thoughts going in and out of my head. Finally I woke up and am flooded with “you have so many thoughts and feeling that you let slide while you were trying to sleep. You had thoughts that you accepted the bad guy and you didn’t dispute them before you tried to move on. You have so much to answer for.” So now I’m sitting here in my bathroom floor hysterically crying and begging God to believe me when I say I don’t any of these thoughts or feelings… please someone help

Starve_The M...

Date posted: 11w

To my Christian brothers and sisters

Hi I have a question. I love jesus he changed my life and Made me a better person but my ocd loves to confuse me so I have a problem where I remember something in the past and I repented ofc but not it makes me question my intentions and my ocd always puts the are you lying to God card which makes me super scared and then doubt occurs and I'm so exhausted I misinterpret a lot like the voice of God I keep hearing tell the truth and repent now that's it all Good if it were true see ik I'm telling the truth not because of some feeling it's because ocd's version is so ridiculous but It feels soo real I just Want go to God without feeling this fear if I'm lying to him and I fear if somehow I'm wrong. So much anxiety and questions like what if that is gods voice what if I'm wrong pls pray for me and I see videos and I'm scared if that video was sent to me by God telling me to "tell the truth" I say that because my ocd is causing me to doubt the truth being that ocd is wrong

jsford04

Date posted: 10w

so overwhelmingly sad and need someone to talk to

My OCD has become so bad and I feel so alone. I have religious OCD (Christianity) and I’ve been doing okay with letting the blasphemous thoughts go in the moment, but I’m so overcome with guilt and shame I can barely function. I can feel okay and hopeful for a few minutes and then I’m reminded of the horrible thoughts and how nothing can take them back and I can’t handle the guilt. I’m becoming a burden to my family and feel so alone. I do not know what to do. Please help.

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