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I was on this forum several years ago because of OCD thoughts about committing the unpardonable sin (blasphemy against the holy spirit). I felt this site helped me so much. Recently in the past year my OCD has spiked so bad that Im back to my old fears about this issue. Thoughts that feel...

So I fell off the horse the other night....An obsession started to grow, caught me kind of by surprise, and then totally spiked a panic type feeling. I cannot believe my body reacted when truly it is not a new obsession it just sounded more agressive or forceful. I know intellectually that I...

I found this article extremely helpful in reminding me of the cognitive therapy techniques to recover from OCD. Wherever the article talks about obsessions, remember this works for religious obsessions too b/c the issue is not the content of the obsessions. The issue is the anxiety disorder...

I just got back from a great vacation, but I was troubled that I found my OCD spiking while on vacation...I did my best to employ my therapy techniques but I was really annoyed that my vacation was scattered with various OCD spikes that seemed to put a damper on my mood. I can't tell you how...

Does anyone have any good experience with alternative/natural medicine for OCD? I cannot tolerate SSRIs, but I use xanax to help control my anxiety. I had a rough spike last night...I was really mad that my body reacted with a shot of adrenaline and fear right in my stomach to a thought that...

Can someone remind me why performing the cancelling phrase is not helpful in treating OCD. It seems I always feel so much better if I do the "Never is that true" or "No I don't accept that" after the obsession occurs. And my exposure therapy without the cancelling phrase is causing an all out...

It still blows my mind that the key to coping with our horrible obsessive thoughts is to Do Nothing and let them happen...basically don't try to get rid of them, just get used to them and say "ok whatever" (even if you think you just went too far- you're still supposed to say "ok whatever." I...

OCD friends...I'm still struggling with the fearful thought of hs..i blaspheme you...please forgive me for sharing this terrible obsession, but it is causing me much grief b/c of the perceived fear that it is the unpardonable sin that I had to tell you about it...am i the only one to have this...

Why do our brains get stuck on mainly horrible obsessions with OCD? Is it the shot of anxiety that the body produces in response to the thoughts the very reason why they get "stuck" in our heads...is it that the anxiety or emotional response we have makes the thought or image more firmly...

Hi friends: I need a reminder...i can't shake this new thought...i don't know why i can't shake it...well i kind of know why, but don't know why...I was thinking about the unpardonable sin again and the words I blaspheme you came into my head and then immediately i started the NEVER...

So there are OCD thoughts and then there is that terrible anxious "feeling" that accompanies them. So I think it is that "feeling" more than anything that separates the OCDr from the non-OCDr. I have talked to my husband about certain of my religious obsessional thoughts that have "terrified"...

I was curious as to what people's opinions are as to using anti-depressants vs cognitive therapy to treat OCD. I did not feel well on the 2 different anti-depressants that I tried so I just took anti-anxiety as needed. My question really is does the anti-depressant really decrease the...

Sometimes I feel like my obsessional OCD thoughts sound like "someone else" in my head saying things in different emotional tones like yelling or angry or evil sounding. It seems I am more afraid of the thought if it sounds louder or angry then if it was just a non-emotional sounding thought...

Many times my OCD has lent itself to utter frustration when reading the bible. There is much I don't understand. I fear what I don't understand. I fear contradictions. Even the disciples when they walked with Christ were still "dull" of understanding at times. When Jesus told them to beware...

I am thankful for this forum b/c it has been the beginning for me to really open up about my struggles with OCD. After using this forum, I have found it easier to talk to some other people about this disorder. I know I always said it was frustrating to talk to people without OCD b/c they...

I am struggling today a little more...I am fearing that my mind can call the holy spirit the devil...I am really troubled by it. But ANYONE's mind can go there right? Our minds can go ANYWHERE and its not unforgiveable? I am not the only one who can fear this or think it right? I wish I was...

Does it ever seem like you are afraid of your own mind with OCD? I am still troubled that my mind can "say things" or I can force myself to think something that I don't believe. It's like my mind says it or wants to say it, but my heart doesn't. Is this how it is for everybody else? I'm...

Thanks to everyone who shares in this forum...it really is a blessing. If I would try to explain myself to a person without OCD, they can't relate and they don't get it. They just say "So you had a bad thought...Big deal...just forget about it and ask forgiveness." Man, if only it was that...

Marc, I don't mean to keep re-hashing the unforgiveable sin thing, but it really has been a huge fear for me. If that verse in Matthew was never in the bible, I don't think I would have even thought anything offensive regarding the Spirit. I still struggle that my mind is able to blaspheme...