OCD and Me

Zeokas said:

Although not officially diagnosed I strongly believe that I have OCD. As of right not I am out of work, but do plan to seek help once employed.

There a few ways I feel my OCD my control the way I pray. At the same time I feel that If I stop praying a certain way it my be wrong, so I don't.

• There are some things during pray I repeat 2-3 times, maybe more if it doesn't feel right, is this normal?
• I tend to say lord a lot during prayer and if I usually say it and forget or it doesn't feel right I redo it. Is this normal?
• When i pray for someone for what ever reason, lets say depression. I can go into a full length explanation, or story of how/why the depression is affecting them and worrying me. I will pray for each individual occurrence in their life versus praying for their depression as a whole and if i don't do it this way i feel wrong. Is it okay just to pray for their depression and for healing, versus every single encounter and going into a full explanation or story? (again this is an example, this can happen with multiple pray topics)
• Once i add sometime to my pray I dont take it off. Is it okay to stop praying for something? I feel bad if I even think about stooping something during my prayers even If I'm not even sure if it needs to be prayer for anymore.

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This looks exactly like ocd. I struggle with it too but just remember that God knows your heart and Jesus loves you very deeply. God bless you

Do you get get anxious if you don't do those compulsions?

Look up Ali greymond videos on YouTube. Those are very helpful especially during an anxiety attack.

I suffer those too. It actually ocd.

Zeokas said:

Although not officially diagnosed I strongly believe that I have OCD. As of right not I am out of work, but do plan to seek help once employed.

There a few ways I feel my OCD my control the way I pray. At the same time I feel that If I stop praying a certain way it my be wrong, so I don't.

• There are some things during pray I repeat 2-3 times, maybe more if it doesn't feel right, is this normal?
• I tend to say lord a lot during prayer and if I usually say it and forget or it doesn't feel right I redo it. Is this normal?
• When i pray for someone for what ever reason, lets say depression. I can go into a full length explanation, or story of how/why the depression is affecting them and worrying me. I will pray for each individual occurrence in their life versus praying for their depression as a whole and if i don't do it this way i feel wrong. Is it okay just to pray for their depression and for healing, versus every single encounter and going into a full explanation or story? (again this is an example, this can happen with multiple pray topics)
• Once i add sometime to my pray I dont take it off. Is it okay to stop praying for something? I feel bad if I even think about stooping something during my prayers even If I'm not even sure if it needs to be prayer for anymore.

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In my opinion, this is classic OCD! I've had these types of compulsions before, too. I'm glad you're going to look into getting help. Look for a therapist who knows how to treat OCD! ERP is considered the best therapy for OCD. Also, I'm willing to share advice and links to good web resources if you'd like!