I'm a Christian and I'm struggling with OCD today. Ugh. Its attacking my morals, my beliefs, my hobbies, everything.

What has your experience been? I have not been diagnosed but I'm pretty sure I have experienced religious OCD as well as other themes at times

@anyonymous extreme fear of sinning personally. hbu?

@ocdm.7 Yeah pretty much. When I was younger I got stuck on the mark of the beast when I learned about it. I couldn't get it off my mind and was terrified I would accidentally get it or something weird. Now it has changed more into fear of wanting to sin or making a terrible mistake. I get really anxious when I watch TV especially. Whenever there is someone doing things that are sinful it makes me worried i will think its not that bad and do it too. Stuff like that

@anyonymous I have trouble watching tv too. Whenever they are doing something or say something that I think could be offensive, I start wondering if I'm sinning by continuing to watch it.

@anyonymous yep mine exactly. it’s a horrible theme for sure

@anyonymous i get anxious about listening to music too.

@ocdm.7 Me too :( I have gotten really anxious lately about TV and music even while watching or listening to tame music or watching really clean TV shows. Facebook is a BIG trigger for me too especially bc my cousin is doing some questionable things (at least to me they are) and I always start having weird thoughts when I see her post. It makes me think I want to do the things she is doing or become bad or go against God and it makes me so anxious :(

@anyonymous i definitely get that. do you have an idea of where the ocd came from?

@ocdm.7 I don't know! I remember even doing things at a really young age that could have been ocd. Apparently I even pulled my hair out as a baby so maybe I was born with it? Idk if that's even possible tbh

@anyonymous i see

@anyonymous anything that triggered it?

@ocdm.7 What do you mean? Like now or originally?

@anyonymous is there anything that triggered religious i mean?

Thank you :)

I lean on God when I'm struggling. Without Jesus I honestly don't know if I could handle it ❤

Glad to know I'm not alone. What has your experience been with it? If you don't mind sharing of course! Any tips would be good too! :)

@anyonymous I'm still struggling...I'm going to be honest with you. This intrusive thought or words have been with me for years. Sometimes I can distract myself just enough to ignore it for a while, but it always comes back.

@Vannafaith Yeah I understand that. It's so hard but I keep on trying and that's what counts most I think!

did you beat it?

Yes. All OCD is the worst but I feel religious OCD affects every part of my life

@anyonymous It affects every part of my life too. I'm constantly asking forgiveness everytime I do or think something which is all the time. Intrusive thoughts make it harder. Also when I pray I feel that it has to be done perfectly as well.

@M H Yes, I definately understand that. I have a lot of fear around sin and I often am praying throughout my day to try to be forgiven for the thoughts

@anyonymous I hate intrusive thoughts because of course they are unpleasant things and I feel like they are going to come true unless i ask forgiveness and pray it doesn't happen. Then i try telling myself that God is understanding and i do not command him, so just because i think something it doesn't mean that God is going to do it.

@M H Yeah that's something I have been learning too. I would have a thought that I didn't care if God hurt my family or something and I didn't mean that! I would freak out that he would but I realized Gods actions aren't based on my intrusive thoughts

me too. :/

That must be hard! I have had obsessions like that too Especially and its so scary but I tried to lean on God and know it was my mind