Anonymous
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Meof3Meof3
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- 4y
I am a Christian and I used to have religious OCD but not any more. I believe that Jesus is the one who saved me and he is the one who will sustain by faith. I shift the responsibility of maintaining my faith from myself to God and that helps a lot. With any type of ocd resisting compulsions is the only way to true healing.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
Thank you! I know that I need to put my trusr in God it just makes me feel guilty because I will start doubting basic morals or beliefs I have. What you said really gives me some hope though that maybe I can rely on God to help me keep my faith and believe what is right and not myself.
alissaaalissaa
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
Totally! This was one of my biggest obsessions at one point- what if I don’t believe in my religion?? Even though I did and still do. I still question it at times, and remind myself I have OCD which makes me doubt things and that there is never 100% certainty with religion and that is okay. I remind myself I don’t need certainty or proof to believe in Christianity. :)
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
Glad to know I'm not ths only one! I keep hearing about people rebelling against their parents (mine are Christian as well) or God and it scares me that I will or that I want to because people don't always treat me the same or like I am an adult because I've been kind of sheltered. But I believe in Jesus and want to follow Him and stop doubting everything !!
alissaaalissaa
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
@anyonymous I had a similar experience! I was always kind of sheltered growing up as well and always did what my parents did, so when I got older I started questioning a lot of things in my life and one of those things was if I really believed in Christianity myself or if it was just me going along with my family. I think everyone does this at some point, but for those of us with OCD it can be extra hard with all of the doubting and obsessing. For me, this was part of many other over-arching themes I had when my OCD was at its worst. I believe in Jesus, but I now accept that doubting is apart of believing and that it’s okay to not know for sure. Even with the worst of OCD doubts, I know Jesus understands me and my OCD and knows my heart.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@alissaa Thank you for this!! I have been doubting everything lately. Why do I believe certain things wrong, or even if I do and it has made it hard to enjoy life. I'm so glad I am not alone in this struggle!!
alissaaalissaa
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
@anyonymous Trust me you are never alone :) every thought you’ve had, someone else has had as well, especially on this app! I swear I’ve doubted everything there is to doubt in the world. Know that it’ll pass and you’ll grow from it :)
AnonymousAnonymous
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@alissaa Thank you! It makes me afraid I will ditch all faith and morals for another way of life and makes me almost feel like that's what I want! Its so confusing sometimes!!
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AnonymousAnonymous
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Glad to hear I'm not alone ❤ but sorry you are suffering with this
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AnonymousAnonymous
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Yes! He is my only hope too!!! Feel free to reach out any time you need to talk!! I am here :)
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AnonymousAnonymous
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I have not watched that yet but maybe I will have to check it out!!
Blahblahblah123Blahblahblah123
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The evil thoughts and the seemingly unanswered prayers for God to take them away made me doubt whether I was really "saved" and whether God is really there. I've grown apart from God over the years in large part due to OCD. I want to believe but I struggle with strong doubts. I think a lot of churches really fail people with mental illness. Too often mental illness is seen as a spiritual or sin problem when it is biological like cancer.
Blahblahblah123Blahblahblah123
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One of my favorite verses at the moment is 1 John 3:20 "If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything."
TippdogTippdog
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- 4y
I have struggled with this for many years. I have the worst blasphemous thoughts. I’ve accidentally, I hope, said some of these things. I feel terrible
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 4y
Yes I have had that too. Its terrible. I keep doubting my faith, my basic morals, whether I have Morals, whether I even want to be a good person anymore, and all of these thoughts scary and make me feel so worthless :(
jsford04jsford04
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- 16w
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