Intrusive thoughts are mental facts, haha don't chase after them just smell em and walk away haha they will eventually go away on their own.

No such thing as being 100 percent certain but faith is key

Wow I'm glad my story can help in any way. There's lots of advice, but the main one is have faith in God. He knows us better than us, He knows we have ocd and He has led us to this page and others that can help us over come this, we just have to have faith and refuse compulsions and disregard obsessions, we don't worship ocd, we worship our Lord, He will never abandon us and loves us just as we are this moment not for who we think we should be. Trust that He loves you and is always with us. Have faith seek help and know you are not your thoughts. Logic doesn't get rid of ocd, retraining your mind will, changing behaviors will. Best of luck friend. God bless you

Trust me I also know it's this easy but it's tough to do but not impossible, it's very important to know your values and goals and use them as a meter to stick to decisions close to your values and as you know, ocd is not our values so anything ocd has to say is lies and we are better and smarter than that to follow after a lie. The truth will set us free right? Refuse compulsions

Yes I have, and sometimes I still do. The first time it happened I felt horrible and spiraled into compulsions and prayers and crying but that's before I knew what ocd was and how it behaved. Once I understood how it worked and got therapy I started to apply the home work, erp, cbt, seeked spiritual guidance from my confessor, started watching and studying what my faith values are not what ocd was telling me they were. I recommend a website called Scrupulous Anonymous it helped me, get closer to God, ask Him for wisdom and for Him to heal you. Remember the words of Jesus, the truth will set you free, God's word is truth, not ocd not intrusive thoughts or thoughts, just God's word. Intrusive thoughts are thoughts that if we could we would stop them. Know that nobody has control of their thoughts, they just come and go and we decide whether to hold on to them or watch them go by, next time you have one of those thoughts, just laugh at it with sarcasm, tell yourself wow what a silly thought, I'm choosing to let it go and walk away from it. Say it with attitude God gave you a spirit not of fear but of power love and self control. I'm here if you need help but you know who's always there with you, God. He loves you.

@NOCD Advocate - Cesar O. Your words want to pierce through so badly and stick! my mind knows all this to be true already I have been putting this exact thing into practice and I cannot say it hasn't helped with that said I was already struggling with severe anger issues. So when it hits me from that angle it's hard to recover from.

@NOCD Advocate - Cesar O. It's like I laugh at the absurdness of it but it laughs right back 😞 not trying to be negative, just sharing

@elizabethcrowder3gmail I know how it feels, but you only need to laugh at it once and walk away from the obsessions, ocd will laugh and shout but your job is to disregard it, don't fight back, let it yell let it say nasty things, that's not from your heart, God knows. The road to recovery is not easy but it's worth it, stand up to ocd, you're not alone, the God who created heaven and earth and everything in it loves you and is on our side!

@elizabethcrowder3gmail I also have anger problems, they were worst before but I found a release in music, lot of Metallica haha I play guitar which has helped me release the anger in a positive and safe way, I suggest you find some way to do the same for your anger, pray to God for wisdom. Accept the anger when it comes and don't fight it let it be and watch it go

@NOCD Advocate - Cesar O. Thankyou for such uplifting words, I I have no doubt they came from God. I will continue the good fight ❤️

@NOCD Advocate - Cesar O. I was already well on my way to working on my anger when all this hit 4 months ago and believe it or not this monster has in some way forced me to keep my anger in check.... weird I know.

@NOCD Advocate - Cesar O. Music has always been my saviour but since all this I haven't been tapping into it as much which is strange for me.

@elizabethcrowder3gmail All healing comes from God

@elizabethcrowder3gmail This monster got me closer to God, nothing can separate us from His love

@elizabethcrowder3gmail Go to the music! Haha don't stop, music is an amazing gift from God

@NOCD Advocate - Cesar O. Y’all’s is lucky, just about everything triggers me, especially music

@Anonymous There was a point believe me where even touching my guitar would trigger me and I couldn't play music for months, I was so scared for no reason and the ocd started to find ways to scare me off everything even TV, commercials, colors, words, but all it takes is one act of faith and courage and refuse compulsions on any obsession and keep going with it, it doesn't feel good in the beginning but if I hadn't done that I'd still be stuck in the pile of compulsions I used to be under.

@NOCD Advocate - Cesar O. Everything just seems so confusing rn. I only recently found out I have ocd and my mind isn’t even working right rn on top of that because I’ve been grinding it out for so many hours straight. Everything just seems different, I’ve gotten myself into a mindset of believing the lies and trained my mind in ways that I wish I never had. I can’t see out of the lies or train my mind away from them at the moment. It feels like for every good thing that happens another bad one comes that’s twelve times worse.

@Anonymous I know exactly how you feel. When I discovered I had ocd it was too late to hold on to something, it hit me hard and I was confused and I was trapped in lies, I also thought I wouldn't be able to get out but thank God I received good therapy and with hard work I was able to function again, it's not easy and I know you won't be recovered from night to day but if you do one thing right now is stop adding compulsions, keep the ones you already have right now, any time a new ones about to come stop yourself and tell yourself wait a minute this is ocd trying to ruin another thing and refuse that new compulsion, seek help and talk to your friends and family about it. You're not alone friend, you aren't the only one going through this and believe me you are not your thoughts!

@Anonymous You are not alone...I'm right there with you.