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    Can a backslider return to God?

    I became a Christian when I was 13 years old but I backslid from the time that I was 15 until I was 18. At that point I came back to the Lord and rededicated my life to Christ. Over the years I've really struggled with certain passages in the book of Hebrews which seems to say that a person...
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    Trying to find a Christian wife

    I don't know if I'm posting this in the right place, but here it goes. I'm a 40 year old guy that is really trying to find the right woman for me. I'm not your typical 9 to 5 kind of guy. My passion is playing music for a living (metal) and I'm always working towards that goal to where I can...
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    Doing what I need to do

    I know what I need to do to overcome my ocd in an area that I'm really struggling in with my ocd. The major problem that I'm having is being able to do what I know I need to do to overcome my ocd. The disorder is so strong and overwhelming mentally, physically, and emotionally that I find at...
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    Still in this battle

    I'm REALLY struggling with my ocd in my drumming practice. When it gets the best of me it's emotionally crushing. I believe that God has told me what to do to overcome it, but the way it attacks is so powerful sometimes it feels almost impossible to overcome. It attacks me the same way...
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    Come of meds and need help

    I have weened myself off of my ocd meds because of some of the side effects. Can any of you tell me any supplements or herbs or all natural things that i can take that will help me with my ocd? This is very important to me because my ocd has gotten harder to cope with since i have come off my...
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    Not trusting thoughts and feelings

    A lot of the time i find that my thoughts and feelings tell me something is wrong and tells me that im sinning or messing up when im not. I believe that this is just my ocd causing me problems. But the thing is this, when it is our ocd that is working through our feelings and thoughts to make us...
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    Questions about ocd based books

    I have a number of books on ocd. I have "the ocd workbook" and "brain lock" as well as others. Brain lock seems to be the only one that differs somewhat from the other books, in that it does not have the person do classic ERP things. What do you all think about this and what do you all think...
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    Im really suffering

    Im really suffering in my life. I spend 90% of my time fending off lies and bad thoughts. These lies and bad thoughts dont come non-stop thank God, but they do come a lot. When i get confused enough to where i cant tell if i have sinned or made a mistake and i give in its like im getting knocked...
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    Need therapy

    I really need therapy for my ocd. The thing is that i dont have any health insurance and the therapy that i need is like 175.00 a visit. I am going to do what i can to increase my work load that way i can afford it but please pray that God will provide the finances that i need for therapy. As...
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    Ocd causing me problems

    Over the last day ny ocd has been causing me a lot o problems. I get it into my mind that all kinds of things that im doing are wrong or sinful. It can be a whole number of things, like the way i wash my hands or if i do actually commit a sin i get it in to my mind at times that if i dont dwell...
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    Pushing through my ocd

    I find that at times when i go to push through what my ocd is doing to me i get it in my mind that im doing the wrong thing. I get it in my mind that the very act of pushing through things is wrong in itself. This can get me stuck where i cant push through what my ocd brings into my mind. I...
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    Doing the right thing

    When it comes to coping with my ocd 99% of the time im sure of what to do, its just real hard for me to do it a lot of the times. What is all of your advice that will help me to be able to do the right things?
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    Ocd causing me problems

    My ocd is making it to where when i sing along with music i feel like im messing up. Also, it may be making me feel like im sinning when i sing. It happens almost everytime i sing and it is keeping me from being able to enjoy listening to music, which is one of the most important things in my...
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    Making therapy work

    If im lucky i will be starting therapy next week and i want to be able to be helped as much as possible. Does anyone have any advice for being able to do the things that are not sinful that the therapist tells me to do? Sometimes i find it very hard to do what people tell me to do to get better...
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    Im really struggling and need help

    As some of you have seen i posted a thread about me having problems with feeling like im sinning by breathing out with a wrong reason or motive (this is the thread for those of you that did not see it http://www.christianforums.com/t7365772/ ). The struggle that i was having with my breathing...
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    My ocd pattern (i need help with it)

    I find that a lot of the time my ocd has a pattern. A lot of the times it is the same pattern whatever the issue at hand may be. Usually what will happen is that i get it in my mind that its worg or sinful to do something that is not wrong or sinful to do. When i go to do the thing that its...
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    Getting seroius about therapy

    I want to get serious about doing therapy that will help me beat my ocd. I am planing to see a new therapist on june 3rd and i want to be able to do the things that she tells me to do that are not sinnful to do to get better. I also am working on doing self directed therpay that i help me. I...
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    more physical problems

    last night i said something about breathing to myself. that started me feeling like everytime i breath out in a certain way i get it in my mind that im breathing out with a wrong reason or motive. this happens everytime i breath out in a certain way. this is keeping me from breathing out in a...
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    major problems when i pray

    at times when i pray certain things i get into real hard battles. the things that cause me the most probelms when i pray are praying for forgivenss for my sins, telling God i love him with all of my heart and soul, asking the Lord to always bless my drum practicing and a few other things. it has...
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    more ocd problems

    im having this problem where i feel like im doing something sinful and wrong when i touch my teeth together. this has happend before but went away but its come back. each time i let my teeth touch together when i talk or eat or or just when i let my teeth touch together at all i feel like im...