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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 ☠
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- 6y ago
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!
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- 6y ago
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.
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- 6y ago
@cwgrlup1990 Definitely true. I'm constantly renewing my mind and covering it with the blood of Jesus aligning my thoughts with His.
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- 6y ago
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.
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- 6y ago
Use the sos tool of this app when your thoughts get the best of you. Very beneficial in bringing us back to reality
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- 6y ago
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.
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- 6y ago
No not at all..Yes that's exactly what I'm looking for thanks so much @bda
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- 6y ago
@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.
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- 6y ago
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.
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- 6y ago
So I don't understand why I'm still getting these triggering dreams ?
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- 6y ago
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
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- 6y ago
Ok i will try it out @hilary
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- 16w ago
I’m really struggling with something related to me ocd, and I would appreciate kind and supportive advice. If you can’t relate or don’t think anything you have to say would be helpful, I kindly ask pls refrain from commenting this is a really sensitive topic for me. Recently, I’ve noticed a pattern that feels something extremely new and distressing. The first time it happened I remember telling myself before self pleasuring that I am in control no matter what thought comes into my mind because I wanted to prove to myself that these thoughts are just from OCD and I know who I am and an intrusive that came out of no where, and i suddenly felt an intense fear that I was acting on it. In the moment I genuinely felt like I did. And afterword, I panicked and started questioning myself. This SAME FEELING has happened three times in a row each time, the intrusive thought was unwanted and random, and completely against my morals most recently it involved pocd and it feels even worse because it generally felt like I acted on it the thought in the moment while I was self pleasuring the panic doesn’t hit until afterwards when I stop :/ I start thinking that maybe I generally made a mistake and I’m now just realizing that it’s wrong because it generally feels like that :( but when I actually think about it again goes against my morals and values doesn’t make sense it feels incredibly real, and I can’t seem to shake this feeling off that I may have acted on it I’m terrified because I never wanted these thoughts in the first place. And I definitely didn’t choose them. If I had known, I would’ve had these intrusive thoughts I wouldn’t have self pleasured in the first place but it’s extremely hard to convince myself that this may be OCD because I feel like I have no other reason to believe that I didn’t act on it :/
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- 13w ago
Sometimes I think " do I like kids?" "Would i get aroused if I saw content with kids?""What if I'm a pedo and cant accept it?" "What if I'm ok with these thoughts?" "What if I'm not distressed enough " "What if I enjoy these thoughts?" , i avoid kids as much as i can, i cant look at them bc I'm scared I'm gonna have some groin like response. I keep testing if I'd get turned on or if I'd have some groinal response to sexual scenarios with kids. Sometimes I think that if I took my life this would be over and i wouldn't have to think about this and i wish i doubted something else instead of things like this. I had similar situations just with different topics such as if i loved or found sexually appealing a guy while in a relationship and i kept asking myself those questions for months and i avoided going to school for weeks and when I went I'd cry and have anxiety attacks. I had it with past actions i obessed over and felt the need to exploit every detail and be honest because otherwise i was being a fraud. I had it for sexual things that happened when i was a child. Im not diagnosed with ocd but should i tell this to my local counselor? Can someone help? Give me advice or tell me anything?
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- 12w ago
I feel like a really terrible person right now, I keep replaying this, and no matter what I can’t remember what happened, it’s like my brain is purposely not letting me think about it. Without wasting any more time, I’ll get into it. Basically, I was at Walmart, and looking at cards with My Dad, I saw anime ones, took pictures of them for my sister, even ones that were anime kids, because I did my best to ignore it, so I looked at a Hunter x Hunter card, I stared at the black haired kid, being all like “ I’m glad I’m not having any thoughts about this, I’m glad I’m having normal thoughts and not thinking anything” I felt happy, then as soon as I looked at killua (white haired kid), everything collapsed. I don’t know what happened, my brain won’t let me remember. But I’ll give bits and pieces. I think that I had false attraction, and something in my head, said “oh, I wouldn’t mind being attracted.” “He is attractive, and I’m attracted to him.” “I remember a girl thinking he is attractive and he is” “ It’s not wrong to be attracted” “ I don’t care about his age” .. something along the lines of that, and now I’m panicking super hard, because I’m worried if I said those things, I feel like I ruined my life that I’m a pe//do and deserve nothing, idk what to do, I feel terrible… I remember when I was having the intrusive thoughts, I was panicking and was worrying, but it kept playing out, and I kept hearing things talk, it was drawn out too long, that now I feel convinced that I was saying those things, I tested it too, and I can confirm that I didn’t say that, but why am I still not convinced? I know I wouldn’t say those things, I was hoping the complete opposite would happen. My brain kept making me feel like it wasn’t wrong and it was okay. Maybe that’s why I’m so convinced I did that. I’m just spiraling super bad right now, I don’t know what to do or what to think, I don’t know if I said that or not… even if I did test it, I genuinely just feel like I said it, and I wanted it, because I still feel uncertain, I still feel like I said it, part of me just wants to be like oh I did and so I can move on, not because I agree with it, I just don’t know what else to do… I’m really scared.
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