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I’ve somehow gotten into my mind that the sole fact that I’m freaked out by thoughts that God wants me to get rid of this hobby of mine/I’ve sinned so I have to get rid of it/etc. means that the OCD’s persistent admonitions that this hobby of mine is an idol is really...

To “stop attending to thoughts” means “to ignore them even when they’re clamoring at you to engage them and you feel you really need to to have some peace of mind” right? Aster

Hey, this is somewhat related to a previous post, but I wanted to go into a little more detail, since this has been the thing that has REALLY been nagging at me this past week. Now, obviously you people who have blasphemous thoughts and stuff don’t have this problem, but man, I’m sure you people...

Heyyyyy, so I was wondering… I have a bit of a problem wherein I’ll read someone else’s testimony/story wherein they’ll say, “Oh yeah, I was doing this and this and this wrong, but God was testing me/I really needed to fix that/etc.” and so on and so forth, things like that, and I’ll get...

It seems that more often then I’d like, I’ll have dreams that relate to my OCD theme, where my worst fears are realized and whatever the OCD says turns out to be true. Then I’ll wake up and be all freaked out and anxious about it, wondering if my dream was actually my subconscious telling me...

We people with Scrupulosity have pretty much the opposite problem to most people, Believers or not. Many people, even Believers, have very deadened consciences. Nothing prods their spirit, they believe everything is right with the world and they have nothing left to improve upon or fix in their...

I occasionally get these, and man, they really freak me out. I used to think “God, if you want me to do such and such, take away the pain” when I had a headache or pain from exercising, or things like that, and just like that, the pain would vanish for a few seconds before coming back! Freaked...

Or, in other words, does the OCD actively dredge up memories or situations from weeks, months, or even years past to try to get you to freak out or feel bad, to support its argument? Things you probably haven’t thought of in months, or if you did, it was only in passing, because you thought it...

I know people with OCD have unwanted thoughts all the time - like sexual or violent or blasphemous thoughts - but I was wondering if anyone else ever got thoughts that were unwanted, but you felt guilty that they were unwanted and for freaking out. Like, thoughts that sound really pious or...

I know it sounds completely stupid to people who don’t have OCD (I know it did to my mother when I tried explaining it to her), but does anyone else ever feel like they HAVE to listen to the things the OCD is telling them? Like, what if this is really important this time, or what if I actually...

I’ve always felt closest to God when I’m creating, be it stories, art, or videos, and when something sparks that creativity and instills in me a deep love and passion for that subject and for creating, I’ve always seen it as a gift from God, and continually praise Him and give Him thanks for it...

This is a HUGE problem for me right now. Since I have ROCD and Scrupulosity, it seems that everywhere I look, the phrases/words “idolatry,” “get rid of,” “surrender,” “release,” “let go,” and the like seem to jump out at me and clobber my psyche, sending me on spikes of varying degrees...

Has anyone ever gotten a really bad spike from self help books, specifically Christian (non OCD-centric) ones? Like, a passage will just jump out at you, whack you upside the head with a baseball bat, and get you right back to worrying and ruminating with a vengeance again? :( I went to the...

Because it can’t ever hurt to compare notes, and I’m curious. ;) So, I was wondering, do any of you have reactions or tics that come with the onset of an OCD thought, that help you label it as such? Here are some of my own personal tics when I get a thought that I classify as OCD, if you...

Hey guys! :) Hey, I was wondering if anyone else’s OCD makes them guilty and/or anxious for feeling guilty and/or anxious? Like, it uses your reaction to the unwanted thoughts/feelings/situation to turn the argument to its advantage and “prove its point” as it were? For example, my OCD...

Hello there! :hi: I’m new here, though I’ve been following this particular forum for a few months now, ever since I discovered I had Pure-O OCD (Scrupulosity and a subset of ROCD, mostly). I’ve learned a lot and have gotten great help from this site, but there are still a few questions that I...