Christians with OCD- I feel like I’ve been getting signs saying I should abandon all secular media and potentially leave behind much of my family and friends to live a more “holy” life and leave behind “worldly culture” , I struggle to identify this as OCD as I’m scared it’s just me trying to avoid the “hard truths” that I just don’t want to face. What if God is sending me all these signs (admittedly through tiktok mostly) and I just brush them off as OCD because they make me feel bad? Anyone else experience this?

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.

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.

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!! ❤️

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.”