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I by no means have take any offense to your particular beliefs, if they are what give you meaning then that’s great. I just want to offer the alternative prospective for some members who may be feeling like OCD is somehow the result of a moral failure on their part, or some “sin” they committed. OCD is a brain disorder. It has nothing to do with anyone’s choices, moral or otherwise. You don’t need to repent, because you have nothing to repent for. Treatment exists, and should be pursued by anyone it’s available to. There’s nothing wrong with you, and you’re whole as you are.
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Totally agree with you. Thinking this is a part of our sins we committed is totally wrong and is also a trigger for most including myself in the past. This is totally not true because I know waaaaay worse people that don’t have ocd. In fact people with ocd are some of the kindest nicest people because their actually scaired of their thoughts.This may sound like a compulsion for me to say that but maybe it’ll help others that think they have ocd because of their past. Trust me that’s not true. You were probably born like this and it’s ok. OCD doesn’t make you a bad person. You will have ocd forever but it’s ok it’s controllable I promise you as long as you do ERP. I’m 40 and had this my whole life with 2 major episodes besides all the other ones. It’s scary it’s a bully and it wants to control you but you need to take charge. Episodes may last weeks or months but that’s ok because you have your whole life. My advice whatever ocd doesn’t want you to do, do it! My last episode was on my 40th birthday on vacation with my wife in best friends after 6 years of being ocd (free), well we’re never freee but it focuses on positive stuff more then negative. After years of mot having it I was convinced I never even had it. Then it came back with a vengeance like hey you forgot about me. So nonstop all day every minute on vacation what a sucky time for it lol. But I forced myself to do everything even tho every minute I wanted to cry. Couldn’t sleep couldn’t walk just felt like a pit in my stomach. It was a major episode that even drinking alcohol couldn’t subside. But I forced myself to even go snorkeling during this, I forced myself to go on a boat trip, and even tho during those moments my ocd was skyrocketing when I look back I don’t Remeber those feelings I Remeber that I went snorkeling with my wife and best friends, I took an awesome boat trip, I enjoyed my time. you need to push and push and never give up. it’s the hardest challenge in your life but I promise you can live a happy successful life and even with the ups and downs it’s ok. Sorry for the long rant I just want younger people or people who just found out that ocd is what they have to believe if they try and fight they can be happy.
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- 3y ago
@Mikeb63 YES — you can live a happy successful life even with the ups and downs!! 💖
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- 3y ago
Yes, Jesus is the best! He is my Savior regardless of what OCD tries to tell me. But God is totally okay with us seeking treatment for OCD. He wants us well in this life too! God used NOCD to change my life and offer me the healing I know He wants me to live in!
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Keep pushing madison you can do it
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HAHAHAA. No.
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- 3y ago
I certainly did not mean to imply not to get treatment. I myself am researching how that would work best for me. I should have said that directly. God has provided treatment options as an act of common grace. There is a chance for a better life but no guarantees. But assuring the hope of an eternal life to come will in and of itself make this life better. Fixing our eyes on Jesus makes the cares and struggles not seem quite as daunting. I absolutely did not say OCD was a sin on an individual level, but rather the result of living in a fallen world. None of us are to blame for having a disease, but we each have to take account of the sin in our lives that if left unaddressed will keep us from God. Thanks for reading my post! Praying for you all!
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- 16w ago
If you suffer from Christian OCD and feel Jesus hates you and you’re going to hell every few seconds but I keep fighting it because when I pray it says Lucifer and I refuse to pray to him. If I do Jesus will send me to hell. I’m terrified. When does it end. Some Christian’s are so peaceful, I want that.. why.. I feel cursed forever. I have faith in others journey… not mine. I’m stuck like this forever. My mind will never be the same.
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OCD has decided to latch onto my religion (Christianity) and I find myself doubting my belief in Jesus Christ. Yet when I research, I even find myself doubting the atheistic and agnostic approach as well. I’ve been a Christian since I was 13, growing up in a non-Christian in truth but nominally Christian household. This is rough. Any advice?
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Hello everyone. I was just wanting to post on here regarding a situation that I have been dealing with for a few months now. I have been taking my walk with Christ seriously for about a year now and ever since I started I’ve noticed a bunch of intrusive thoughts and it’s caused me much distress. It all started back in June of 2024. I missed a church service because my wife and I were taking care of our daughter and I went to a Best But store and upgraded my old Apple Watch to a new one. I felt like doing so I committed idolatry because I went and bought that instead of going to church. I felt immense guilt for doing so and the next day I cancelled my order. I thought that maybe I was over thinking the entire thing so I went ahead and placed a new order and got the watch. For two weeks after getting the watch, I ruminated about whether I should keep it or not. It didn’t feel right with me and was overwhelmed with guilt for having it and it was debilitated with anxiety and stress. Eventually I decided I would just give it back so I went to go return it on the last day I could do so only to find out I could not. I thought that was a sign from God that I could keep it. I felt the most relief after that that I had experienced in quite awhile but then the next day after I started have thoughts again thinking that I didn’t try hard enough to return it and that I’m some how putting it before God. Well eventually I came to terms that there was nothing I could do about it and I was able to stop worrying about it being an idol. Well my mind jumped from that to another thing in my life and this one has been harder to get over. I have been on hair loss medication for 7 years and I had a thought one day telling me that “if I’m a true follower of Christ, then I shouldn’t take the medicine because I’m placing too much importance on my looks” I again felt immense anxiety and dread and tried fighting these thoughts away but could not help but think” what if it is and this is conviction of the Holy spirit”? I would constantly look up online any answers I could find to help relieve my anxiety but I can’t. I pray to God all the time for his will to be done in this situation and sometimes I feel better but then it all comes back. It’s hard for me to read the Bible because there’s so much about idolatry I always feel like it’s God talking to me like it’s a sign or if I’m just taking it that way? I asked God to show give me an answer about this situation and a day later a YouTuber I follow posted a video about removing idols from our lives. I felt that was God speaking to me or wasn’t sure maybe it was a coincidence? I just feel so cornered and out under so much pressure on what to do. Of course I would like to keep taking my medicine because it has helped me but then I have thoughts that tell me it is an idol because I am not able to give it up. I cut back taking the medicine a lot more often over the last months but I don’t know if this is God telling me to do so or my own mind. Like if I want to keep my hair I believe God allows healing through medication and it’s a gift. But these thoughts are telling me that I rely on taking it and it’s an idol and that unless I give it up completely I’m not following God’s will and it’s an idol. It’s caused immense doubt because then I read Romans 14 and it says anything you do with doubt is sin because it’s not of faith. I feel like I’m being attacked and cornered because I’m forced to stop taking something that has helped me. Now I have thoughts telling me to stop wearing my retainers every night because I got Invisalign a few years back to fix my teeth and that unless I stop taking my medication and wearing my retainers I’m not authentically following God. I don’t know what to do at this point. I don’t want to go against God and I don’t want to commit idolatry. I know God is all loving so I doubt this is all coming from him. I have to take/wear these things daily for them to work and the ocd will twist that in saying they are idols because of that and I just feel so cornered and defeated. I try to find things constantly online to see if anyone else has similar issues but I can’t. I know this is a long post but just trying to get some clarity on the matter. What should I do to help my situation?
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