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- Philippians4:7
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@pluto Yeah I wanna think it's because I've been terrified of that that things related to that subject have been manifesting a lil more. But I will never be too sure and that's what kills me. I really don't feel like continuing to think about it but even when I do distract myself it's still in the back of my mind. We all know that's how ocd is ☠
Read 2 Corinthians 12:7. Paul is talking about a “thorn in his flesh”. He had an illness, maybe mental or physical, that was hindering his ministry. However he says that “when I am weak; then I am strong”. God doesn’t want us to have OCD. But he allows “bad things” to happen for a reason. Perhaps to bring us closer to him. People with OCD, myself included, hate uncertainty and like to be in control of situations. So it’s important to remember that God is in control. When doing the ERP/SOS on this app. I have changed the messages to this: “You May have run someone over with your car. I will accept the uncertainty, move on and now God is in control” Perhaps this is a good message for you to use? It has helped me!
Remember that the evil one disguises himself as and angel of light and love to attack the mind, his favorite tool with OCDers is confusion. Remember to rebuke the devil in the name of Jesus and wait for that still small voice from God. Demons scream in our heads, God waits for your soul to hear him.
@cwgrlup1990 Definitely true. I'm constantly renewing my mind and covering it with the blood of Jesus aligning my thoughts with His.
Since you are religious, you should know that the devil can give you dreams. So the dreams could have not been Divine. Or maybe you are SO SO stressed about this that your brain created this dream.
Use the sos tool of this app when your thoughts get the best of you. Very beneficial in bringing us back to reality
Are you in therapy? This is a perfect situation to tackle in therapy. It sounds so exhausting to have your mind trying to figure this all out. Praying you find support in people with your beliefs or at the very least someone who can help you work through this.
No not at all..Yes that's exactly what I'm looking for thanks so much @bda
@AllanC93 I agree with the Bible verse. But accepting uncertainty is really hard for me. It's like "admitting" you are something you're NOT. Just because I get distracted/forget about it for a little while doesnt mean it doesn't bother me anymore. Idk if thats one way of accepting uncertainty.
Before going to sleep in my prayer time i always rebuke any dream that's not my own nor God's that's the thing.
So I don't understand why I'm still getting these triggering dreams ?
Sometimes things we are scared of make it into our nightmares. Ever watch a scary movie then have nightmares? Or be nervous about something and dream of it? I have harm OCD and had a dream about almost poisoning someone the other night. No matter if you really have this problem or not you are still able to make decisions that align with your values. Sounds like you have no desire to harm anyone. Try to focus on something to distract or calm you before sleeping perhaps
Ok i will try it out @hilary
Im in a tough spot. I have pocd and ive had hocd i havent been diagnosed by anyone but im positive im right. Im also not trying to type this out for reassurance but i dont know if this is,on top of that i had a disgusting addiction to transgender pornography. It didnt feel good after i watched it but i couldnt stop, i always told myself this is it no more but would always do it again. After This i questioned my sexuality i knew i wasnt attracted to the same sex but why was i watching this then. I really felt the affects of this january this year when one night my mind just kept repeating to me you are a pedophile, this really destroyed me i couldnt sleep and at times almost threw up because of this fear of becoming one. I started remembering moments in my life when i would watch hentai and looking back on it now i could consider it cp even though many people wouldnt to me it still feels like it. I know im not attracted to any of this stuff but i feel so broken and disconnected, i dont feel like i can tell anyone but i feel like i should i just dont know how. Sometimes i get urges to watch transgender porn again to prove that im not a pedo but i dont think any porn is good for anyone. Recently i became a christian and i keep praying that these thoughts will go away, going to church really helped me and theres a girl that i have a crush on there but now that im in isolation and my church isnt on things are really tough. I hope i can get through this time and come out stronger and mentaly better. I hope this is ocd. I am currently doing nofap which i feel is really helping me and im on a very long streak. However i really dont want to watch transgender porn again but i keep feeling like if i do the thoughts will go away. I know i must not give up and fight through these thoughts to become the best possible me. Im sorry about this jumbled up mess but i needed to get this out there to someone.
So I (16 f) haven't been diagnosed with it but I think I have OCD. Specifically POCD and real event OCD. I did something in 2021 that I regretted then and I regret even more now. I read some fanfiction that involved incest and minors and I hated it. I hated it bc it was disgusting, bc it went against my morals, and bc I read it. I was bored but I still wish I didn't read them. And since April of this year, I have been suffering bc I read them. I'm scared I'm a pedo and I really don't want to be one bc I don't want to do the things they do to kids. I Don't even find kids attractive but I get groinal responses and I'm scared that I actually do. I suffer from intrusive thoughts everyday. Even though this flair up started in April, I've been suffering from it for a couple years. But nowadays I'll be lucky to go a hour without them. I posted a similar post like this on Reddit a month or two ago and all of the comments said I wasn't a pedo and that it was POCD but I'm spiraling. During those months I would be scared I was a pedo and not be scared bc I knew it was ocd back and forth but this time it's different. I'm scared that I'm actually a pedo but I don't want to be. I don't like the thoughts and I don't want to do anything to kids. I know people say that 'if you were a pedo you would like the thoughts." Or "if you were a pedo you would know you are." And that's helped me but now I feel like I could just be in denial. I tried to not let it bother me but my brain tells me that if I don't react, that means I like the thoughts. I have younger cousins and a nephew and I hate being around them bc I'm scared that I'll get attracted to them. I hate when my younger sister hugs me bc I get scared that I'll get attracted. There has been multiple times where I just went in my bathroom and just broke down crying. And I hate crying but I cried more than I usually do. It's gotten to the point where multiple times I felt suicidal and honestly I feel like that now. But I usually got over it and realized it was just OCD but I'm scared that it's not. And I feel like if it was just thoughts then maybe it would've been better but it's the fact that I read those even though I hated it and was disgusted by it. I just really don't know what to do. I'm sorry that this post is too long.
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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