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Don’t have a great recovery story for you. I’m still fighting this thing daily. And even though your thoughts look different than mine, I understand them completely. What I can tell you is this: I do believe in God, and I believe that there’s always room for doubt in faith. It’s good to struggle with our faith, and God understands that struggle. When we start claiming things with certainty, it not longer impacts our life; you can set it on the shelf and be done with it. But no one has it all figured out, and like most experts on this site would agree, it’s good to make space for the doubt. And if it helps, know that there’s at least one person out here talking to Jesus for you and believing for you; rest in grace for a while =)
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Thanks so much- just having someone say that they understand what I’m going through is a comfort. I’ll keep what you said in mind. Thanks for talking to Jesus for me, I’ll do the same for you :)
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This troubled me from about age 13-21. I highly recommend googling Gary Habermas’s work on different kinds of doubt. A friend who knew about my struggles loaned me a recording of his lecture (I’m old—we had CDs back then lol). He talks about three different kinds of doubt: volitional, factual, and emotional. He responds to email, too. He’s gotten so many emails from listeners and readers that he has pastors who volunteer to guide people through their doubts and help them figure out which of the three their dealing with. Hope this helps.
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Google “The Thomas Factor” by Gary Habermas. It’s a free PDF of his book. You can also find his lectures on “Emotional Doubt” on YouTube.
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Awesome, thank you! I’ll definitely check out that recourse. I’m happy to hear that you overcame this struggle!
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I can relate to this so much its scary . I feel like I wrote this myself. I keep looking for proof , praying & asking for God to show himself to me so my faith will increase. Only difference is I start convincing myself I'm going to hell for doubting. Or that i only believe because I want to comfort my fear of death. Ugh. I have to keep reminding myself of all he's done for me. Its a struggle .
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I’ve definitely had those other thoughts you mention, too. I’m just trying to sit with the thoughts and hold on to the belief that God will never leave me nor forsake me, but it’s definitely is hard to trust that.
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It's not my place to tell anyone else anything. But I let go of my faith in deified figures. My faith is simply in source.
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OCD has decided to latch onto my religion (Christianity) and I find myself doubting my belief in Jesus Christ. Yet when I research, I even find myself doubting the atheistic and agnostic approach as well. I’ve been a Christian since I was 13, growing up in a non-Christian in truth but nominally Christian household. This is rough. Any advice?
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So I’m not sure how many/if any of you are Christians, but I’m assuming this can still make sense to some of you. This morning has been rough. I’m constantly thinking, “am I saved? Have I never been saved and I’m tricking myself into thinking I am? When I’m listening to Christian music am I doing for the right reasons? Is it too late for me?”. Things I know the truthful answers to but yet I still think these thoughts. I don’t understand why. Why do I constantly think about these “what if”’s? My heart always feels so heavy and I feel as if I need to talk to God right then and there to make it stop and go away. But then am I talking to the Lord for the wrong reasons? And the cycle repeats. Thankfully, day one of my therapy is tonight and I’m hoping to find at least a little clarity on this stuff. I’ve had OCD for 7 years and I don’t even know how it works. Any advice?
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Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for dealing with religious OCD. I'm a Christian and I struggle with Harm OCD but then somehow, my religious beliefs got mixed into this where I am suddenly asking all these questions on whether God/Jesus is even good. And as a result, I feel so distant from my faith which makes dealing with my harm OCD so much harder 😢 Any advice would be appreciated.
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