It’s Not Always About Me (Or So I Think )

[AsterWhelmed255]

Heyyyyy, so I was wondering… I have a bit of a problem wherein I’ll read someone else’s testimony/story wherein they’ll say, “Oh yeah, I was doing this and this and this wrong, but God was testing me/I really needed to fix that/etc.” and so on and so forth, things like that, and I’ll get really uptight, because I have a tendency to immediately jump to applying everything I read or hear that’s a similar theme to my OCD to my own situation, and as you can imagine, that’s really stressful (not to mention the guilt settling in for overreacting after the initial anxiety blows over). Does anyone else have problems with misapplying other people’s life experiences/situations to your own because of OCD?

Aster

 

[kaykay9.0]

yes!!! definitely been there, done that!!! And you're right--often it doesnt apply to us---its just the OCD thats talking!

 

[babychrist]

Heyyyyy, so I was wondering… I have a bit of a problem wherein I’ll read someone else’s testimony/story wherein they’ll say, “Oh yeah, I was doing this and this and this wrong, but God was testing me/I really needed to fix that/etc.” and so on and so forth, things like that, and I’ll get really uptight, because I have a tendency to immediately jump to applying everything I read or hear that’s a similar theme to my OCD to my own situation, and as you can imagine, that’s really stressful (not to mention the guilt settling in for overreacting after the initial anxiety blows over). Does anyone else have problems with misapplying other people’s life experiences/situations to your own because of OCD?

Aster

Aaaaaalllllll the tiiiiiiimmmmmeeee.:o

 

[AsterWhelmed255]

yes!!! definitely been there, done that!!! And you're right--often it doesnt apply to us---its just the OCD thats talking!

Yeesh, you don't know how much I needed to hear that, especially tonight. Thanks, hon. It's also nice to know others have this, too.

Aster

 

[AsterWhelmed255]

Aaaaaalllllll the tiiiiiiimmmmmeeee.:o

Join the club, sweetie.