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I did the same thing with a story I saw today! It spiked my OCD pretty bad. I won't say what the story was but I'm trying not to let it get to me b/c if I do I will go into full-blown panic. It had to do with a mom & her 11 year old daughter. I have 2 daughters that are 1.5 years old and I...

I was right there WorriedOne. Everything you are saying is exactly what I've been through. I know God will pull you through this dark time in your life and I also think, like me, you will be closer to Him after it is done. I also agree with Kerrysue about literature on OCD. I wanted to suggest a...

How long have you been on the meds? It takes a lot longer for SSRI's to work on OCD than depression. And yes, I am pretty sure it is OCD or you wouldn't be obsessing about it. Are you having anxiety along with the obsessions? And a lot of fear? If so then it is for sure OCD...

I think your biggest fear is losing your salvation (which is impossible if you are already saved), but your OCD is focusing on that fear. Your salvation is probably one of the most important things in your life and that is always what OCD picks on. And of course the more you focus in it the more...

I actually have gotten through the OCD on that subject and now I know in my heart that I believe in God. I feel a lot more normal now, but I still ocassionally have the thoughts come up. It spikes a slight bit of anxiety but I don't obsess over it like I used to so it goes really fast and the...

I am definitley iffy about medicines also. I actually had a few bad episodes with some seizure medication in the past, but I had to take it for seizures. I have taken Zoloft before, right after I had brain surgery, and it actually made me feel better, not worse. It made me feel normal again and...

And I just thought about it, but I hope my story doesn't spike anything in you. So sorry if it does...

I was there too. My mind kept telling me, "you want to be an atheist, it will just be easier that way, what if..." I hated it. It was all day every day. And it was so bad sometimes I actually thought I wanted to go along with it, even when it scared me. But I have had different OCD themes and...

What does EOCD stand for?

I defintely agree about the thinking inwardly thing. I notice more now when I do it and try to keep myself busy. I also notice that the more I read the bible the better I feel and the more my life makes since, but I still have a long way to go b/c these thoughts get the better of me a lot here...

And I also wanted to tell you, just from my experience and now that look back on my obsessions about not believing God is real or the bible is true or even if Jesus was not just some made-up man, that when I read the bible, bible studies, christian articles or even theological books/speakers on...

Wow. I went through this same exact thing! It started around the end of August and went on for months, but it seemed like years. I am finally over it, but it was not easy, and still is not sometimes. If you ever need to talk just send me a pm and we can talk. I am actually now closer to God than...

Ok, so it has been a while since I've been on these forums. My religious OCD is pretty much gone, Thank God, but here lately I have been going through some other stuff. My depression has come out strong. I keep feeling like life is worthless, there is no point and I just can't seem to find joy...

Have you tired SSRI's? I just started Prozac 2 weeks ago and feel like a different person, like my old self. The first week on it was literally hell, b/c it shot my anxiety/OCD/depression way up but then it went way down and I am so thankful to have stuck with it! I hope you can find the help...

Awesome Dabro!! I'm so happy for you! Keep it up and I will say a prayer for you.

Oh yeah, and I don't know if you have read it, but he told me to read "The Imp of the Mind" by Lee Baer. It was a good book for people with OCD. I actually read it before I even started seeing him b/c I knew I had OCD, I just thought I could handle it myself. Come to find out I couldn't.

I think exposure is different with everyone depending on what you can handle. My therapist has me watching videos/reading articles on atheism 3 nights a week for 1 hour each night (b/c I was scared God and all that goes with it wasn't real). But I couldn't handle it and had to stop earlier than...

No, they won't. I hav been in therapy for over a month now, without taking medication (I just started prozac last night for depression but it will take a while to work), and my therapist has me doing crazy stuff. My thoughts have been focused on ,"what if God is not real, what if the bible and...

I think the OCD does make some of our regular doubts up-close-and-personal. But I also believe once that original doubt/question comes in it can produce other questions that you would never originally have. Mine actually started with this stupid thought of "what if God is really evil and playing...

Agreed Mitzi. My therapist told me no more online searches...for anything, no more even straight reading the bible anymore. I can only dig into the bible if it's for research for my group bible study or Sunday School class study. And no more praying for forgiveness for my doubts and I can only...