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obsessive compulsive disorder

  1. EtainSkirata

    OCD in dating: confessing

    Hey all, What are some guidelines for dealing with obsessive thoughts and how they impact dating? Specifically I'm thinking about sins: I did something wrong today (not sexual, not drug related, and nothing to do with my boyfriend, to be clear), and I asked God for forgiveness, but do I need to...
  2. EtainSkirata

    POCD, feeling almost suicidal

    My POCD is in full swing and I can't function Generally speaking, I get these random impulses to do minor bad things, but like, it's at almost exactly the same time I'm making a mistake. Like I'll think "I'm gonna scuff my boyfriend's shoe on purpose," like a split second before I do it because...
  3. EtainSkirata

    Obsessing about dating

    So I met this guy recently. I'm usually pretty good at reading people and determining pretty fast if a guy is someone I'd want to date or not. And when I first met this guy, I had a couple small red flags. But he wanted to hang out so I decided to give him a chance. We ended up going on a date...
  4. W

    Recent experience with OCD, maybe this could help.

    Convert from the past year or so here, I suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder and what might be described as intrusive thoughts. Recently I had kind of a crisis of faith; I perceived a thought that was something like, this is your last chance. By not doing something, you've rejected Jesus...
    • wandering_sheep
    • Thread
    • fear of not being saved intrusive thoughts obsessive compulsive disorder salvation salvation belongs to the lord salvation by faith scrupulosity
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    • Forum: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  5. EtainSkirata

    I love to cook but I get so scared cooking for others

    I was going to bring a sweet potato casserole to a Christmas party tonight. But when I was opening the cans, I had trouble with the can opener, and I freaked out because I thought a piece of metal from the can got in the sweet potatoes. And then as I was inspecting the can to see if the piece...
  6. J

    Possible Trigger Warning: Regarding OCD and Anxiety When Receiving Communion

    Hi. First, those who have OCD and difficulties in receiving communion may wish to skip this message as I don't want my own issues to add to anyone's existing anxieties or intrusive, unwanted thoughts. I need to preface this by saying that I have OCD and, while all OCD sufferers probably think...
  7. EtainSkirata

    I want to cook for other people but I get so scared and anxious

    I just spent an inordinate amount of time making a cake for an Easter potluck. And it took me forever because I had to make sure everything was clean and safe. I have this fear of metal bits getting into food, and I'd spent the morning putting together some furniture so there had been some metal...
  8. EtainSkirata

    Anxiety about job offer

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  9. R

    Fear of the unpardonable sin

    Hello there I hope this post will somehow help me because I can't stand it anymore , I've been dealing with terrible blasphemous thoughts for over a year now and every time I thought it was getting better by knowing that its OCD and intrusive it just kept getting stronger and harder , it...
  10. EtainSkirata

    I feel like I'm regressing

    I feel like I'm more and more afraid of things. I feel like I'm losing things I enjoy, because I'll always find a reason it's wrong in some way. I'm living in constant anxiety, worried about one thing or another. "Your favorite book has people swearing in a made up language, don't read it. That...
  11. EtainSkirata

    OCD is destroying everything

    I can feel myself about to spiral again. My brain is looking for something to latch onto. "Your favorite book series has a few things you disagree with in it. Your favorite show? That character's costume is slightly inappropriate. Get rid of them both." I just. This is driving me nuts. My brain...
  12. EtainSkirata

    Not listening to OCD... but unable to separate it from logic

    Hello, it's me again! Don't worry, guys, I'm working towards getting therapy. I just... need to post about another Thing my brain has come up with. (I also literally have no friends to talk about these things with--technically no close friends at all due to some stuff that happened awhile...
  13. EtainSkirata

    Feels like my brain just needs to be fixated on SOMETHING.

    Hey all, Anyone else get the feeling that their brains NEEDS something to obsess over? Like when an obsession is dealt with, there's a void or the feeling of waiting for the other shoe to drop, until something new pops up. Like it almost feels weird to NOT have something to be constantly...
  14. EtainSkirata

    Afraid of Symbols

    Hello, it's me again. I'm afraid I'm becoming a regular poster of problems on here, which I'm not exactly proud of. I'm afraid of the pentagram, plain and simple. And I'm afraid of drawing it. And I obsess over whether or not, when my fingertips happen to scratch against a surface, whether or...
  15. EtainSkirata

    Compulsive Praying

    Hello again, I keep having these obsessive thoughts that I'm saying something... unholy, to put it vaguely. It's not so bad when I'm at work, because then I can focus on my job and my mind isn't really free to wander. But when I'm off work, in the mornings or evenings, I keep thinking that I've...
  16. EtainSkirata

    Obsessive Praying for Forgiveness

    Hey, it's me again. I've been on a frustrating cycle of thinking I'm saying something sinful (mainly that I'm talking to demons), then praying for forgiveness, then having, like, a few seconds of peace, to going right back where I started. It's gotten so bad that it was a struggle to open my...
  17. Sabertooth

    The Church & Mental Illness...

    These USA churches are good at dealing with mental illnesses (such as schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc.), Vineyard, Assembly of God, Foursquare Church (Links above are locators.) They are present in other countries, as well. (Do not discontinue taking your medicine without...
    • Sabertooth
    • Blog entry
    • 1 min read
    • anxiety bipolar disorder church depression obsessive compulsive disorder ocd schizophrenia
    • Category: Christian Forums
  18. A

    OCD or God? Severe panic attacks constantly..please help

    I've been having a really hard time as of the past two-ish months. My OCD has resurfaced but I'm scared that it's not OCD but the panic is so strong that I have no other option other than to listen to it. Recently it's been telling me to get rid of my friends..I'll out of the blue start to get...
  19. E

    New to this forum. . .asking for prayers and guidance for worsening OCD. Thank you so much!

    Hello everyone, just wanted to go ahead and say thank you for viewing this and for possibly giving me some Biblically sound tips and information on the things I have been struggling with recently. I have to start off by saying that after reading a lot of these threads, my heart feels much more...
  20. J

    Not many people even know that scrupulosity OCD exists

    Obviously scrupulosity and religious OCD is a major subtype of this disorder with many people dealing with it each and every day. How many times have you heard people "laughing off" this type of OCD though and how sick of it are you? What can be done to put an end to the jokes surrounding OCD...
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