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Hello Cojack! Just by reading your story...I can tell you were raised Catholic. First off, congrats on finishing college! I am not going to answer your question fully since I believe its going to give you reassurance and thats a no no for OCD. I will tell you this...it’s important to have your own personal beliefs and to stick with them. This is coming from someone who is currently practicing Catholicism. You will find many Catholics who believe in one thing and some who don’t believe in another thing but both call themselves Catholics. Ive personally dealt with scrupulosity many of times. Its not easy but it gets better ?
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Sweet soul! Jesus wants me to tell you that you are not only completely forgiven, but completely and utterly adored! He loves you, and there is nothing you can do to earn it! Isn’t that cool? Float in the ocean of his grace. It is yours.
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Hi Cojack - I am also Catholic, suffer from religiosity, and worry all the time that I’m going to hell. The funny thing is that I don’t really even believe in hell, most days. ? My godmother, a nun, and one of the most amazing people I’ve known, told me that heaven and hell are metaphors and not to be interpreted literally. A nun! Blasphemy to many, I’m sure, but I’m going to believe her over a priest who threatens hell over cheating on a test. We all have our interpretations and can we prove which is correct? Can anyone? I don’t think so. It comes down to faith, then, which comes down to choosing which interpretation resonates with you the best. I hope it’s a kind one. Also, I cheated in college, too. It didn’t hurt anyone but me and I’ve paid for it. The hard part is forgiving ourselves. Best to you. Peace be with you. ?
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Hi my friend. I’m so sorry to hear that things have been hard for you and your mom. I’m not Catholic, but I am a Christian so I thought I should tell you what I believe. You are right, you only need to be repentant and confess to God. He is the only One who has the authority to forgive our sins and the Bible says that He will. I know you feel undeserving, but that makes His grace all the more beautiful because it covers everything❤️❤️
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Ephesians 2:8!
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Thank you guys. You are all so nice. Im just worried because the priest at my Roman Catholic Church was so adamant on if you have a mortal sin you will go to hell! He said It doesn’t matter if you have more good then you then bad!! You go straight to hell. I feel like a good person. I would never hurt or kill anyone and I try to help people when I can. Since plagiarism is stealing am I going to hell? Even though I prayed to god to forgive me and he gave me a second chance and the professor gave me a second chance. I don’t want to go to hell when I die. I want to see my grandfather who passed away 6 months ago and I miss him dearly. Mom says only really bad people go to hell. So am I considered a bad person?? It’s so confusing and hurting my head???.
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My friend, salvation isn’t earned. It isn’t about whether you’ve been good or bad because the Bible says no one is good but God. All sins are mortal if we don’t have His forgiveness. It’s whether or not we have accepted Jesus as our Savior that matters. His grace covers all our sins. The Bible says that there is no condemnation for those in Christ❤️❤️
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“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9
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Does anyone feel like god didn't forgive them even after confessing? Doing alot of sins and confessed but still have this fear of thoughts telling you you had so bad Thoughts about him and that you don't deserve to be forgiven? Or it's too late? And anything religious triggers you?
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so my dad is Jewish and my mom is Christian. I used to go to Hebrew school when I was younger, but recently I started going to church and becoming a Christian and turning to Jesus and when I recently got diagnosed with OCD a couple months ago I had really really bad religious OCD. I had very disrespectful thoughts about Jesusand God, but mainly Jesus. and I had very disturbing thoughts about Jesus that made me avoid a lot of things, but I know that’s making the OCD worse. I’m doing erp currently my religious OCD has honestly gone away. I’ve dealt with it. I am managing it but ever since I’ve had religious OCD and had disturbing and disrespectful thoughts about God in Jesus mainly Jesus, I’ve felt a awkward distance between me, God and Jesus and it just feels like I’m going to hell and they don’t love me anymore and I haven’t felt the same presence from God ever since I’ve had religious OCD and I’ve had some situations that I felt like I blasphemy the Holy Spirit and I committed blasphemy and I just feel like God really doesn’t love me anymore and I’m done for i’ve kind of been numb to it so it’s not really bothering me, but I want a better relationship with God and Jesus it just feels like they don’t love me anymore. Has anyone else gone through this? and I’ve had situations where I felt like I was very disrespectful and mocked God and Jesus, but mainly Jesus. And i freaked out for days didn’t feel like myself repented multiple times pretty sure this is just religious OCD but seriously I have not felt the same with my relationship with God and Jesus. OCD has really really affected my life and it sucks. I’m going through Harm OCD right now. So religious OCD has kinda gone away but I just want a better relationship with God and Jesus sorry this text is so long. Has anyone else gone through this?
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Sunday evening- (three days ago) While I was doing homework, I had my mouth slightly open and was moving my tongue. I had the intrusive thought of mouthing the devil’s name or saying it (im not sure if it was before, after or during the time I had my mouth open). Then it made me wonder if I did mouth it or say it- which I’m not really sure if I did but that’s the false memory aspect of my OCD. Then I had the thought that I did that as a way to get help from the devil on my homework- almost like if it was me doing a bad prayer to the devil in return for something. I know mouthing just that isn’t a bad prayer in itself, but I wondered if those were my intentions and if god interpreted it as such. I didn’t really dwell on the thought then. Later that day I felt really fatigued and had a headache so I went to bed early. I woke up at a normal hour the next day and did some homework before school but I started feeling really fatigued again. I decided not to go to school since I wasn’t feeling very well. I was wondering what had been the problem later that day (Monday evening). I then had the outlandish thought that maybe it was god’s way of punishing me. Maybe I really had said the devil’s name/ mouthed it. Maybe I had done it as a way to get help from devil with my homework. Maybe I’d lost gods favor. Then I started worrying about having that irrational conclusion that god might’ve punished me (which I’m pretty sure isn’t the case but the possibility that it could be) scared me and makes me think that is the case. The worries continued onto Tuesday and they kinda spiraled from there. I was worried I’d then be perceived to be crazy for having thoughts like that and wondering if maybe there are other underlying mental illnesses present. I also started wondering that if I have lost god’s favor and it was a punishment, what is to stop me from doing worse things like an actual bad prayer? If I did do that and it was considered bad by god and have already been judged, am I done for good? These thoughts were easier to ignore during the day but at night when I lied down for bed, they were at the forefront of my mind and harder to push away. I did try RPMs but the anxiety still stayed and the thoughts didn’t “get bored”. I also started stressing about not being able to sleep which is not a good feeling- especially since I had a test the next day on Wednesday. I kind if had a mini panic attack. I got really hot and my heart rate was up. I started getting stressed about ending up like I did before OCD treatment when the intrusive thoughts initially became a problem a few years ago-where practically every day was passed with the gnawing feeling of thoughts and doubts at the back of my mind and the difficulty in falling asleep would lay over me each night. I ended up calming my breathing and falling asleep. When I woke up I felt glad that I’d slept but I was quickly bombarded once again by the thoughts. They remained ever present throughout the day (today) and I felt kinda down the whole day, the stress from the thoughts lingering all day, along with the fear I might not sleep well tonight, etc etc. those thoughts have kind if been I just wanted to write it down and share it and see if anyone else has experienced something similar. I just feel guilty and stressed and kinda frustrated too. Besides the fact I’m kind of dreading having to lie down for sleep and have major troubles falling asleep like a while back. I appreciate if you’ve taken the time to read this and all comments.
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