- Username
- EmWest
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I went through an extreme urge to change my life very quickly to be more holy. I sold all of my clothes that could be considered sexy, which was hundreds of dollars of clothing. I got rid of sexy makeup, almost even stopped wearing lip gloss since I had been wearing that since sixth grade. I stopped playing secular music and was not going to eat sugar or playbsecular music because it would poison me spiritually. I thought if I didn’t do all of theese things I would not live up to my potential and possibly be spiritually comprimised by demonic forces. I am very close with Jesus now and looking back in my extreme behavior it was all or nothing which my therapist said it was very much ocd. Jesus helps me pick clothing now based on what I feel comfortable in for my purpose, he shows me how to choose healthy lifestyle choices but without being under the demands of ocd, I am operating out of a place of love rather than fear.
Wow God bless u
Just someone with an outside perspective, it would appear that if you believe the world to be God’s creation, that means all of the things within it are part of his design or plan since omniscience is part of his nature. Also, it didn’t seem that Jesus withdrew from the world to avoid exposure to the less than morally upright parts of society. He intermingled with the outcasts and sinners alike. It would seem that, from a Christian perspective, you’d just follow his model. I don’t remember him saying an awful lot about leaving family behind or not listening to certain kinds of music.
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And thank y’all so much who’ve answered this far- it’s so reassuring I’m not the only one who’s gone through this and that I CAN have a stronger relationship with God and Jesus without checking all these boxes perfectly!! ❤️
I’m glad you’re feeling better. The thoughts and worries about this will come back, and unfortunately it’s probably best if we don’t repeat what we’ve said here. So, hang onto truth, even when fear wants to take it away from you. It’s ok to make sacrifices for God. It’s not ok to make sacrifices for fear.
Man, I so feel this. Finally, a close friend was brutally honest and told me “You don’t act like someone who is becoming more enlightened and at peace with herself and God. You look like someone who’s spiraling into mental illness.”
???? love that note !!
Hi friends, To my fellow christian’s who struggle with OCD. Can you share what you notice to be compulsions for you mentally/physically when it comes to faith? I’m struggling to differentiate what is me and my faith and what is me and the OCD. I don’t have a therapist so just would love some advice. EXAMPLES Iv noticed in myself I think are apart of the OCD: - obsessing over reading the Bible first thing, needing to keep my Bible streak and feeling guilty if I don’t -repeating certain prayers that I think I need to pray to be safe -mentally checking that I still feel connected to God throughout the day
I gave my life to Jesus Christ in July/August(i dont remember the exact date), everything was fine up until this point. This is something I've dealt with before I met Christ. I dont want to leave God because of this and I keep finding myslef being isolated and I don't know how to properly handle this. I keep getting really bad intrusive thoughts and I've prayed, rebuked, did a deliverance prayer, read the bible, everything. I prayed to God about how lost I felt and I just couldn't understand why this was happening, then he revealed to me that I am dealing with OCD, so I did some research on it. Does anyone have advice for this? 🙏🏻🤍
So today while I was talking to myself, sometimes I do this, my mind said something like to ask for a sign from God and I didn’t mean to ask it or even wanting to ask it. I was talking to myself about something that happened a few months back for when I asked God, my grandmother who’s my guardian angel, and St Therese to help me get over the hunch of scrupulosity and OCD (I’m Catholic). They then gave me a sign in Church to let them know that they heard me and I felt peace, love and excitement then. I have been dealing with something lately that I asked them then to send me a sign if something didn’t happen or occurred, even though I couldn’t picture myself saying that. If anything I would have said the exact opposite to prove what happened or occurred, not to show me a sign if something beautiful didn’t happen. Yet the feeling felt so strong as if I did say that and it kept replaying in my mind over and over again. Going back to in the moment, It just went to my mind and blurted to my mouth about asking a sign from God even though I didn’t mean for it or intended it. I then got a thought thinking that I saw something later this morning thinking that God sent me a sign about something. Well, later this morning while looking at my daily Bible app, I saw something and my mind and feelings said that God sent me that sign. Now I’m flooded with anxiety because I was getting these thoughts before and now they like manifested into reality. It’s like as if God planted those thoughts in my head to tell me what’s coming and what will happen. I’m so angry, anxious and sad. I’m scared now that what I didn’t say is actually something that I said. It’s like God is constantly trying to tell me something and he’s keeping on telling me as if he’s playing a game with me and he won’t do it until I give up and give in. I don’t know what to do. I felt very depressed last night because last night because I couldn’t take this anymore as if God is telling me these things or he revealed me to something. Is this God or OCD that’s doing all this to me? I know it’s a lot but I just need feedback from you guys
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