The Canceling Compulsion

jc9992 · Feb 26, 2008

Okay, i know a lot of you on here have struggled with saying "no "not" "never" to keep out bad thoughts.It has become a habit for me and i say them all the time even if im not having bad thoughts.It is a very distressing compulsion and im trying to stop.

So my question for all of you is...How do I stop.

Help would be appreciated.

kaykay637 · Feb 27, 2008

I would pray about it. Ask the Lord to help you break the habit. I would tell the Lord that you want to break the OCD cycle and that you don't mean or want these thoughts that are wrong, but that you are going to ignore them from now on. No cancelling (This is really a small concession for YOU, not really the Lord if you know what I mean. But I think this will help you do it.) Then just try your level best to do it.

If you can really get to the place of believing that these thoughts have no spiritual significance, it will be a lot easier. (But of course, the struggle against OCD is what makes believing that difficult in the first place...)

jc9992 · Feb 28, 2008

I have prayed a lot about it and God has been helping me the past couple of days to not do the compulsions as much.

keep me in your prayers.

wiggsfly · Feb 28, 2008

One thing I've learned over the years is that you can never really stop the badd thoughts. Instead, the trick seems to be in focusing your mind on something else, a book, the tv, whatever.

Boxers1 · Feb 29, 2008

I agree with you completely Wiggsfly....Treating OCD is not about "stopping" the thoughts from coming...They will always come...Its about learning to live with them until you have a more balanced appraisal of them (i.e. meaningless, not true) and then we can more easily toss them aside and focus on something else like TV, a book etc...b/c our body has learned to not react as aggressively as it once did. The urge to "fight" the thoughts always comes from the surge of anxiety produced by our brain putting off fight or flight chemicals inappropriately. When the fight or flight chemical surge is reduced in our body, so is the urge to "fight" the thoughts.

wiggsfly said:
One thing I've learned over the years is that you can never really stop the badd thoughts. Instead, the trick seems to be in focusing your mind on something else, a book, the tv, whatever.

TheDeepblue · Mar 1, 2008

Yes I know what you mean. I'm constantly saying what I would combat the thoughts with all day long. In my head and sometimes in a mumble or whisper. Almost all the time I habitually make good thoughts of God (since it's the opposition of what I want in my head) play along to the melody of a song that's in my head. And sometimes the song melody tries to take form as a bad thought, and then it's a battle.

jc9992 · Mar 2, 2008

Ive been praying about it a lot and i havent been doing the compulsions as much the past few days.

Search

Search

The Canceling Compulsion

jc9992

Regular Member

More options

kaykay637

Hi, everybody! Have a blessed day!

More options

jc9992

Regular Member

More options

wiggsfly

Walking the tightrope of life

More options

Boxers1

Member

More options

TheDeepblue

Newbie

More options

jc9992

Regular Member

More options

Similar threads