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- Religion & Spirituality OCD
I have to write a paper with sources and I get so nervous I’m gonna steal and accidentally plagiarize
I have to write a paper with sources and I get so nervous I’m gonna steal and accidentally plagiarize
I’m so tired ocd it has ruin my life and most important my relationship with God😔
My ROCD was doing better but I’m seeming to pick up new obsessions like I heard this tiktok that had a song that said the d word and now it’s on repeat in my head and I’ve heard something’s about how some thoughts are sinful so I’m really stressing about having those thoughts
Guys I just did a presentation about OCD in my class and gave a key understanding of what it REALLY is.
Today, I was in the bathroom and i heard a song playing on someones phone that said "you can't ve lazy its time to make a change" or something along those lines. I get really scared because i usually think things are "signs" from like the universe, what doesnt help is i don' t have a job ajlnd i'm 18, i just like to do my own thing. I know i need a job and i will be getting one but not just yet, i'm really scared that the universe stuff is real and its talking to me. Could someone please help me?
Am I the only one that always has unwanted Images of God pop up no matter what you do.
Ugh I haven’t been to the gym for like 6 months because they say you have to wear a mask when people are in your 6 foot distance so I came back hoping it wouldn’t be as bad to try but people keep getting into my circle and I feel guilty for not wearing one
I don’t know how long to keep my makeup on because my ocd may have said to keep it or not keep it on for over six hours if that makes sense.
Hi, my name is Lisa and I began exhibiting OCD behaviors when I was three. I never understood my obsessions and compulsions, and my constant fears that my actions would harm someone else. I was finally diagnosed with OCD in 1990 at the age of 19. I have taken medication for OCD for the last 31 years, and the only one that really helped was Clomimprimine (Anafranil). However, that caused me to gain a great deal of weight, so now I'm on Luvox. I still struggle with counting, checking, contamination fear, obsessions and compulsions and no longer work. I would like to manage my symptoms better. .
Hello everyone, I wanted to share this for everyone with Religious OCD. This gives me hopes❤️ https://mail.google.com/mail/mu/mp/683/#cv/search/Nocd/1783c1fe1b5ca262
After having a ok day sadness strikes again It’s just been a nightmare dealing with this. I feel like I don’t even know who I am OCD has flip my life upside down I had deal with other themes in my life but Religion OCD has me scare and doubting everything about who I really am I don’t understand why and how I got to this point. I feel numb and I don’t feel anything which is making me doubt more who I am. I feel like I’m not a good person after all and it’s making me feel really sad😔
Hello just joined this app. Been dealing w intrusive thoughts since I became a Christian and through bad relationships they have gotten worse and worse. It really does suck the enjoyment out of everything in life. Could be just hanging w a friend and get a thought and it ruin my whole time w them.
Is anyone a waitress? Entering tips is so hard bc I’m worried I’ll enter it wrong and that would be stealing from the the customer. It could be only a few cents but it’s really hard
Does anyone have this feeling that you're stuck inside your body?Like your body belongs to someone and you're just the soul that feels stuck inside.
Having ocd and being emotionally numb makes my whole situation even more worse.I wanted to scream, be mad, cry but I can't.This is so messed up
I did an erp and there's one image haunts me. The image will just came to my mind out of nowhere. Is this normal??
God I'm scared that I will dream of my intrusive thoughts 😞
For people with Scrupulosity, what have your ERPs been?
So I am a professional astrologer and I’ve noticed that over the years it’s one of my biggest triggers as it makes me compelled to check or reassure that I’m not a predator. I’m constantly comparing my charts to those of child murders and rapists and when I see similarities I immediately start compulsions....checking for other placements and aspects that could read differently. I get so sick to my stomach at the thought of me being anything like these ppl. I also obsess over impending doom. Thinking of taking a break in the near future. Another form of “checking” that I use is to talk to my daughter about boundaries, safety, and inappropriate touching-making her swear to tell me or another trusted adult if she feels violated. N I don’t want to project my trauma on to her; but if I don’t do it I feel like she’s walking around potentially harmed. I’m not a religious person but as a spiritual person, I was taught that we are the sum total of our thoughts. This has been such an exhausting ride.
I would like to ask for prayer....I just hope I get complete peace about my situation. I think God understands my situation... I hate the storms of life....uggghhh.
My therapist told me today “ it’s a moment not a bad life” and that made me think of all the beautiful things god given me and that I’ve been through I need to be more grateful for the good moments and the bad! THANK YOU LORD for all the blessings in my life I trust this path you put me on! Amen
There’s so many blessing in my life god has given me but I can’t fully enjoy them because of my OCD. I am slowly getting better but I get very frustrated sometimes
All mornings are usually rough but this morning was great! It gets better I use to be in a very very bad place but slowly Iam getting back to myself.
What are people’s experience with religious OCD? I have constant thoughts that something is wrong in my relationship with God, that I’m in sin in some way, that I’m not a real Christian compared to other Christians, that I want sin instead of God... the list goes on & on. I’m constantly ruminating. I do it without even thinking about it. These thoughts are in the background 24/7. 😔
Can I ask for prayer? I had a real event OCD and I am not getting completely over it.....I don't know if I am being a perfectionist or what......what I did is hard to explain....with all of what's going on I am on the suicidal side. I feel like I need to talk to a therapist soon....even my old one that is not completely trained in OCD(but not sure if it's a good idea).....I have an appointment the 15th of April...it is hard to wait that long....I am so confused on what I did...what it means....how bad it is, etc....I don't want to trigger others but I am sure some would think what I did was shameful but one person said it wasn't really bad at all.....I have talked about it so much...I can't stand that it happened--I need Gods help.....I am scared God is mad at me.....I have had a ridiculous time w/OCD this last year----
I use to wash my hands every 10 minutes! Now I only do it once every hour!! Baby steps but ILL GET THERE!! And so will you! Stay positive and give love to everyone around you! God is good, god is love
Good day everyone! I had a a rough morning but I stayed positive and my day is getting better! God died to save us all we must not worry of the afterlife because he loves us ALL. I am trying to enjoy the life he gave me with the people I love. I hope you all are having a good day, if not stay positive and optimistic! Good is good
Hope everyone had a good day! If you didn’t remember that tomorrow is a new day! God loves us there’s no need to worry because he LOVES us all!
Advice for all the people with scrupulously believe it or not what has help me with intrusive thoughts it’s getting back to the lord! I am also in medication but It only help with my mood until I became closer to him again and believed in his mercy I have feel 80% reduction on my thoughts I have been able to control my compulsions not matter how bad the thought was but Not still all my cumpulsions but is a work in progress its hard but it’s possible if you believe trust me I was in the worst place 4 weeks ago it has taken me a month of torment day and night Torment wishing I was not alive! And hiding from Gods word feeling condemned and that I was going stray to hell please take to your time to go through the torment but stay faithful to God and Believe that he is with you I’m still in this battle but this is my testimony that he is with us! He says in Deutouronomy 31:8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
Took Prozac in the past which helped a lot! I understand now that I have ocd and hyper focus so much on it that I feel like I’m holding myself back from progress. I’m on Prozac 12th week. Week 3 on 50 mg. Has helped somewhat but some days seem to be hard I fear I’ll always be stuck on ocd related thoughts. Which hold me from getting better
Sometimes I feel stuck. I feel that my head will just end up always doing these erp exercises or always have ocd related thoughts in the back of my mind
My father passed away 2 qeeks ago. I have had an uptivk in my obsessional thoughts. Is that to be expected?
Today was a little rough but a LOT better now! I stayed positive and optimistic. Whenever your having a bad episode try to stay positive because thinking negative will lead to negative outcomes sometimes stay optimistic and positive. God is good. It’s hard to stay positive all the time but with practice it will be easier. God loves us all and I always remind myself that! Good day everyone!
In baby steps I am getting better!!!! Reward urself if you notice change! Something that helping me is staying positive and optimistic! You got this god LOVES YOU! He loves me he loves you he loves everyone unconditionally
I feel so frustrated by how hard OCD makes it to live out my values as a Christian. It makes me want to give up following Jesus if it's this anxiety producing. With it being Easter today that's been difficult as it's meant a lot of exposures. I'm proud of myself for not avoiding but now at the end of the day I'm confused and anxious. I just feel really angry that all these feelings have to come along with my faith. Anyone else feel like giving up?
Today In Resurrection Day I have decided to get back to My lord Jesus Christ and trust him no matter how condemned I feel I know he is the way and I have to trust him thru this trial! He has Mercy for all of us knows that we are not perfect trust him in all the ways and believe that he came to save all of us! It won’t be easy But I can everything in Jesus Christ who strengthens me! Every one going through scrupulously is time to break of this chain and trust him let that thought past thought your head and let it go it’s not yours! Believe that God is in this battle with you and invite him to fight this with you He knows your heart! The farther we get from him through fear the more the enemy gets closer trust in God Jesus and Let go! It won’t be easy but is a Journey with Jesus Christ not by your self!
If anyone is struggling with religious trauma today, you’re not alone my ocd began as religious ocd. And then I left that church. It takes a lot of bravery to change your mind from what you were raised with. So, if you’re struggling today, you’re not alone
I keep on reminding myself I am on this path for a REASON. God loves me and you and everyone! We’re not alone here. God is with us every step even if we can’t see, feel, or hear him he’s always here taking care of us. Hope you all had a good day 💜 always stay optimistic
I had my first session today and it felt so good to just dump everything I have kept inside for so long (almost 2 decades). I even had the courage to post on social media a little bit of my story and "out myself" as having OCD, because I wouldn't have finally asked for help if it weren't for great people like you who shared their stories. I had a really hard afternoon, but I know the pain will be worth it because I will finally be able to tame this monster after this therapy.
For my Spanish speakers dealing with scrupulously every time I have a badthought I say Todo lo puedo en Jesús Cristo que me fortalece and it has help me a lot we maight not be at control but god is and it’s time to let him take control over us❤️🙏🏽 Stay strong And Have Faith
God, these doomsday scenarios just killing me :/ everyday I fear there will be earthquake, tsunami and bunch of stuff. Because of this, I'm always afraid of the future like will I even have time to marry? Will I have kids? God OCD is killing me
God loves allllllll his children EVERY SINGLE ONE of US! We’re here because of him. He loves us and me must trust this path we’re in. Iam trying to live the life he gave me and enjoy what hes blessed me with. It’s ganna take some time but I’ll get to where I am meant to be! Thank you god! I trust u! And I’ll trust this path u have put me on!
Just a reminder that YOU are more than your ocd! You’re a son, daughter, mother, employee, bf, gf, father, friend, BFF, Anything else! You’re so much more than ocd. God loves u and we’re here for a reason.
I always ask “why me” why do I have OCD? But god knows why I am here! Why were all here! This is meant to make us better and stronger. Thank you god for my life and one day I’ll understand why you put me through this.
Religion stuff is rlly triggering me :( I have been losing faith and I don't want that. I rlly hope I'm not alone
Just a reminder that you’re going to get through this. God loves us all and put us in this path for a reason. Today was a rough day but staying optimistic!
hi guys :) hope you’re all doing well. Today my OCD hasn’t been great. I decided to look into crystals and maybe buy some but I ended up stumbling onto a website about silicosis relating to some crystals and (even if it sounds uncommon to some one of my BIGGEST OCD triggers is cancer and products that maybe risk your chances of getting it) i completely freaked out and have had it playing on my mind all day, causing me to stress and not be as focused as normal. I was wondering if any of you use crystal and if so what ones you use ??
One thing that I’ve been obsessing over lately is gluttony (over eating ) and so when I eat I’m always like am I hungry and it’s really tough.
Religious OCD So I was watching the news some minutes ago and I got triggered when the journalist started talking about the vacine and the restrictions that some countries are creating. I have lost someone of my family due to covid and I am really feeling scared right now. To be honest I dont see or search for conspiracy things around the vacine and religious things such apocalypse. I am really worried. I dont know what to do.
Being uncomfortable is necessary for growth. I thought I share this quote with you all OCD is very hard and even thought I’m doing better than 4 weeks ago I’m still in this fight! And it’s a process trust me I thought I would never get out of the stage I was. God is good and even if your OCD makes it seem like he is not here with you he is always praise him even if you don’t feel close to him. He gave me hope❤️. If you need help find help from a profesional, get in meds and hold on to god! is hard very hard but we are in this together we are no alone!
Ocd rlly making us see things that are so little but it did make us anxious
Everyone I need help....I need to go through the steps for everything to get better....but it is just a big fight for everything......I am so sad about my OCD themes as they are many. I see people going through the motions to get better but I just want to be in denial that I even have issues....I think I have brain damage o top of the OCD....I am sure many people feel thr way I feel but it's like Iwant to isolate.......Can I ask for prayer as well??.....I have asked for prayer many times but I have to mentally accept I probably need ERP too to fight this.
Good day everyone! I had a pretty good day today in a while which means things are hopefully getting better. I start over thinking at night but hoping that soon I’ll be able be able to do better. Stay positive!
Sometimes im not sure if i can beat this ocd scrupulosity! This is the hardest thing i ever been though!
Today I'm gonna try my best to not do any compulsion, checking the weather, and coming in here. I'll keep this post updated
So the last few weeks i have been talking to my mom about a few of the fears and thoughts i have been dealing with and even if its a form of reassurance it just feels nice that i can talk to someone about it because i was afraid for so long about how that would go. And hopefully tomorrow at my doctors appointment we will be heading towards progress.
I'm been seeing 666 numbers a lot. But not rlly 666, sometime its 1666, 667, 1665. I haven't stop thinking about it.
I can’t do this anymore I’m so scare!😞😞
Hey guys. Everyone is here for you. Your gonna be okay. Remember that GODS HAND IS OVER EVERYTHING. Your going to be just fine. Seek God and Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Amen and bless you all. 🙏🏼✝️
Having bad thoughts about the rules of keeping kosher for Passover. Anyone else? I have been working on not saying sorry (erp) but for this situation I feel bad
Hello everyone me and Jayson are making a group chat for Christians dealing Religion OCD In case you feel alone in this if your interested send your numbers or ask for our number
I keep on have to telling myself god put me on this path for a reason. He has a purpose and I must know that everything will work out for the best. Keep trusting keep pushing. Good day everyone
God is always watching over us and forgiving us for everything that happens on earth. We shall not fear and we should respect and trust the path he has placed us on
Any one dealing with blasfemos thoughts?
Today is a rough day but I am trying to push through and make it a better day. Having these thoughts make it seem so real but knowing ocd is causing them makes me feel at ease
I don’t understand ocd. I don’t know why this is happening to me😔😔
So recently got a new therapist....says she doesnt want to focus on my ocd diagnosis cause shes not sure thats what it is. Then ask me if i have anything to talk about......absolutely nothing because OCD consumes my life
does anyone else have a problem with false memories? like things you know didn’t happen but feel so real?
Any other Christians on here deal with atheistic/skeptical thoughts when they listen to Christian stuff, it’s been a lot worse lately.
Anyone with Religious OCD want to chat? (First time on here)
i feel uncomfortable when someone tryna moving my things in my table or when i am tryna change the place of my things also i have weird routines that i can not change i feel worry if i tried..... in this year i had many panic attacks because of doubts about religion and future and another stuff then i went to therapist and diagnosed with pure ocd i stop going to therapist again because of my exams but i read about it and i tried to handle my doubts or intrusive thoughts but i am always feel like something wrong or i will be panic in anytime and i am always thinking about ocd and that i am not normal and i can't be like normal ppl am i supposed to go to therapist??
an ex of mine who I cut out because it would be bad for my relationship just followed me on social media(I didn't follow him back) and its freaking me out thinking now my significant others ex is gona show up too if i don't confess. Thinking it'sl some how spiritually connected and I feel guilty as if I'm /cheating/ on my s.o by not mentioning this and worried that this will somehow create terrible events in my relationship. My relationship has been healthy and steady for over a year and a half. This all sounds like jumbled garbage but yeah yikes when rocd and spiritual ocd overlap 😭🤧
I am an ex christian who is now Norse pagan.. Well not yet. I dont know if this is religious OCD or what, I feel it would be bad to worship jesus and only jesus, though he would be in my list, I love jesus and wish he would love me, mankind, not for worshipping him, hes supposed to love all, I dont see him as my god for now, though I will always worship him in one way or another. I feel I have bewronged him and betrayed him.
I had a trigger and Im trying to resist impulses. One of my triggers is around the church I go to. It has beliefs that I've started to question and move away from, however I do still attend. One of my triggers is people saying if you still attend a church with beliefs some find problematic you're automatically part of the problem full stop even if your personal beliefs are different. After such a post appearing in my feed I've spiraled and some of the impulses to read the threads about this online are back and it's making me feel miserable. Im doing my best to not give in to the trigger but it's also made me feel so bad and contributed to a deoressive episode.
Not looking for reassurance and i know i am truly trying but i think i might get the hang of this no reassurance or compulsive behavior. Whether i have ocd or not or i am this or that. I wont care ill just be me and live my life. Get help when i can get it and hope for the best.
Iam very scared of not knowing if I’ll make it to heaven but I know my ocd is controlling those negative thoughts Even though I feel like god has abandoned us all I know he’s looking over us. Today was a rough morning but I am riding the wave. Started my medication today
question for Christians w ocd, how do u know if it’s God convicting you of something or ur ocd thoughts messing w you?
Things that would’ve happened anyway happen and I think it’s bc of my magical thinking. But I know that has no logic and isn’t true. But I get scared hat I have this power and it’s my duty to compulse to keep everyone alive and safe and the full moon (which we have) enhances this power it just makes me feel hopeless
My house felt extra quite today :( after my parents passed away last year every time I am home alone I had bad thoughts. Last night I considered dying because Iam alone and my ocd is killing me but in one of my many dreams I dreamt of god telling me to have patience because its not my time yet. I am so scared of my life after death but god should decide when I should go. If he’s keeping me here it’s because I have a mission to complete. I have refused to take my medicine but I will start today. I wish my parents were here.
Every time I go through something hard I never get support from my mom....(I am not in my 20's btw? I am 41 ...so this might seem bizarre).....but when you try to talk to parents or atleast my mom, she never believed me when I had a problem....I had long covid....
I was walking around town and I was thinking about things that trigger me. Sometimes it feels like I don' t want to be in a relationship and just be single, but at the same time i want to stay with my girlfriend. I wad also thinking about how I cant talk to her about things because Ik they will make her worried when it comes to things about how I feel about the relationship. Right after i get done walking and i call her, she asks me if I ever dont want to be in a relationship and also that she can't talk to me about certain things. Now i'm scared out of my mind that this whole situation is like a "sign" which is what i'm deathly afraid of. Please somebody help, i'm worried it's real.
Does anyone know of any inpatient rehabs that specialize in ocd, I’ve taken out patient classes and they did help but some days I just feel like I keep getting worse and I’m starting to feel hopeless please lmk, thank you :)
I have contamination OCD especially related to covid. I’m afraid to touch things other people have touched for fear of being contaminated. This evening we had people over to our house, my wife’s brother and his girlfriend and his son. It’s the first time we’ve had guests or anyone in our home other than workers in over a year. Her brother and his girlfriend have been vaccinated. His son tested negative 2 days ago (we insisted that he get tested before allowing him in the house for the evening). We spent the entire evening (5.5 to 6 hours) with no masks on. I was fine all night in terms of being anxious - I touched things the guests touched and was breathing the same air and I was not anxious because I felt it was safe - they were vaccinated or tested negative. Then at the end of the night, 5.5 hours after he arrived, I found out that the son works part of the day in a big indoor space with tens of other workers and no one wears masks. Now I’m very anxious. Also, they left a short time ago and my son hugged them as they were leaving and then hugged me - this was bad for me OCD-wise - I felt contaminated and washed my hands and face which had touched my son and his shirt after he hugged our guests and he and his shirt were touched by their faces. Finding out at the end of the night that the son has been working around others without a mask totally ruined the night for me and now I’m very anxious. I had a nice evening/night and then it had to be ruined and I had to find out something that made me scared and anxious and feeling contaminated. I want to know why I had to find that out instead of just enjoying the night.
I have a bad habit of viewing or thinking about things which make me cringe how do I stop this
I have religious ocd and have compulsion to look up information whether something is forbidden or nor whyher this is mandatatoty or not
My OCD huper focuses on religious/moral teachings that contradict themselves and it is driving me crazy because I want things to be in harmony and I want to solve this contradiction in my head and I know I can't. Acceptance of that has been helpful, but here is my question. I was watching a video that sparked this contradiction in my head, if I want to do this as an exposure and response, should I continue to listen to this video because it is bringing up uncomfortable questions and thoughts, or do I walk away from it because it is making me want to jump down a rabbit whole and search and read other sources to solve it? I should just watch the video and try not to let my thoughts get to crazy and tell myself "who cares"?
Sorry to be posting but I guess I just want to know if there’s anyone out their with my type of fear. My existential ocd began about a month ago when I had a panick attack and ended up with depersonalization. I had never experienced depersonalization till that day since then for whatever reason my brain can not grasp that I went through that so instead what occured was my ocd became infatuated with it. First it hit me with what if I am in a simulation and I was able to disregard it but then it hit me with what if you where abducted by aliens and they are feeding you a simulation. So now I’ve just been stuck in this nasty brain fog and it sucks because at moments I can’t even enjoy family time because I get somewhat fearful and paranoid over my family fearing they are aliens or that they aren’t real and it truly makes me feel so alone. I guess what I am saying is is there anyone else who’s ocd believes they where abducted by aliens and are just being fed a highly advanced simulation while being bed ridden unconscious or conscious. I just keep getting nasty intrusive thoughts as well like what if bad shit is going in around me and I’m not even aware due to the simulation. Idk I think maybe I’m just going nutzo at this point.
I feel like im stuck in my head and thoughts all day long. And cant pull myself out of them
What to do about needing assurance? So if you've seen my earlier posts my OCD is around reading negative things about religion and faith when people say all religious people are delusional, etc. I don't feel a need to check the negative threads that say negative rn but my OCD is unsettled by it and it feels like I need too ask reassurance from people who know me that it's okay with them what I believe, etc even though I know they don't care. Or going back to threads from other non-religous people who don't care almost to make sure some other people are okay with religious people even though I know many many people don't care. I've gotten better about not checking compulsions but now this secondary uneasy feeling is eating at me.
I’m having a bad backdoor spike where now, I’m obsessed with doing the therapy correctly. It looks 100% like I’m doing it wrong, but I think that’s OCDeception. I’m really trying not to ruminate, but then OCD hits me with “you’re just doing thought suppression! You’re just pushing the thought away! Go back to it and make sure you’ve felt the anxiety, then you can move on” even though that is totally a compulsion. I’m terrified and full of doubt. I’m pushing forward anyway, but I’ve been dealing with this obsession for weeks now, and I hate it so much. It’s so much harder to overcome than my other themes and it’s making me miserable. I literally doubt everything I do when I try to apply ERP, and I constantly get pulled back into rumination even though I try to stop. 😭 Please don’t give me reassurance on if I’m doing it right or wrong, though! Just looking for some encouragement.
Can I please ask for prayer?...I pray God helps me to understand this and heals me of schizophrenia if I have schizophrenia attached with OCD....I need healing from OCD too but we all do.
We, individuals, gotta have like "Recovery phase"💀 like that day u feel normal, no panic attacks, no acting on compulsion. then the next day, our OCD got worsen💀
Funny thing kinda sorta no but i feel guilty about all the guilt i was dealing with before i talked it out. Just like i could have done something different but i feel like thats the story with almost anything in life.
As a Christian, everything on this earth feels so futile in view of all that is to come, and Gods justice will be giving to those who haven’t believed in Jesus. And so day to day I get anxious about doing things that are directly connected to tellin people the gospel. Or giving money to charity. It’s definitely ocd but it’s rooted in truth. Any Christians want to give me some guidance?