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Recent content by Ozious

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    A conviction from God or was it just a coincident?

    The funny thing is that this particular situation played out pretty much exactly like past instances of "God speaking to me." I ended up praying about it again, and I was more or less reminded that, at least for me, God speaks to me through convictions and not through coincidences. I've had this...
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    A conviction from God or was it just a coincident?

    How do I know if something is a message or conviction from God rather than a coincidence? Last night I was imagining up stories (i.e. like a book plot) before bed since it helps me sleep, but then I started feeling weird about it. I prayed to God to see if if what I was imagining was ok, and...
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    Feeling like I'm idle in my faith

    Thank you I'll check it out
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    Feeling like I'm idle in my faith

    Honestly, I think support is exactly what I need right now. I've been having these doubtful feelings about where my faith stands for quite some time. Recently I received a small bit of validation, and it rejuvenated a lot of self-confidence that'd been lost. I started to realize how difficult it...
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    Feeling like I'm idle in my faith

    Oh I probably should've clarified that isolating myself is kind of what helps me calm down. During moments where I'm completely stressed out because of my scrupulosity, interacting with other people usually seem to make it worse. I do go about the rest of my day, but I only do low-stress activities.
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    Feeling like I'm idle in my faith

    Well most of the time I end up feeling frustrated, disheartened, and condemned, and these negative emotions feel as if they're coming from God despite me knowing they're not. Inevitably, I isolate myself until these emotions go away or until I don't feel as terrible. I guess you could say this...
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    Feeling like I'm idle in my faith

    Yes, I'd say I understand how scrupulosity works. It's just how it affects me personally is what I can't understand. My scrupulosity doesn't cause me to give into some crazy compulsion, at least not anymore. Now, it's these constant feelings of doubt, shame, and condemnation. I always feel like...
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    Feeling like I'm idle in my faith

    It's just this general feeling of not being productive enough with my faith. The Bible says a lot about not idling and to always do good such as going out and doing charitable deeds, helping the needy, coming together in worship, and so on. The problem for me is that so many everyday things...
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    Feeling like I'm idle in my faith

    So it's ok for me to spend this much time taking care of myself? I'm still not completely over my scrupulosity, far from it actually, but sometimes I feel like I'm ok.
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    Feeling like I'm idle in my faith

    So I've been struggling with really bad scrupulosity for many years, and it's taken me a long time to recover from it. Throughout my years with scrupulosity, it's caused me to live very legalistically when it came to my faith. It was always "I have to do this" or "It's a sin if I don't do...
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    Scared to read the Bible

    I took your advice about reading verses from Psalm, and I it helped. I had read through two of the gospels and felt a lot of condemnation from them even though believers have no condemnation. Even reading through some of my favorite books (Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians) caused me a lot of...
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    Can you advise me about stealing?

    You see, these are two separate events; using the program against their statement is one thing, and whatever comes from you using it is another. Yes, using it past the "expiration date" isn't exactly right, but unzipping files in and of itself is no sin. You've already righted your wrong by...
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    A cycle of stress, confusion, and exhaustion. What is this?

    It's funny how many ways OCD's anxiety can manifests itself. When you've struggled with OCD for so long, it starts to become harder to see the distinction between your normal emotions and emotions conjured from OCD. From what I see, this is definitely your OCD. When you see something that...
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    Disgusting thoughts, afraid I want them/want to do them, kinda worried I'm possessed or antichrist t

    As for your current issue with praying, don't try to spew meaningless words if they aren't helping. For some, reciting a prayer is enough to develop a connection with God, for others, not so much. Prayer is about connecting with God, and there isn't one way to pray. Prayer can be praise, asking...
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    Disgusting thoughts, afraid I want them/want to do them, kinda worried I'm possessed or antichrist t

    It's going to be alright. You're not possessed, the antichrist, or even sinning for that matter. I have similar experiences with intrusively, horrible thoughts, and I'm often tempted to great extremes. But that's all they are: thoughts and temptations. You need to look at who you are now and...