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  1. 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...
  2. Z

    OCD and Me

    Although not officially diagnosed I strongly believe that I have OCD. As of right not I am out of work, but do plan to seek help once employed. There a few ways I feel my OCD my control the way I pray. At the same time I feel that If I stop praying a certain way it my be wrong, so I don't...
  3. B

    Please Help - Is it OCD or is it me?

    Hi, there. This is very long, but please read. I've been a Christian for years (at least I thought) - I remember asking Jesus into my heart and I got baptized as well years later. I've been very devoted and feel like I've had a close relationship with God over my lifetime. I've prayed and read...
  4. J

    Can’t Stop Repeating Prayers (OCD)

    Hello, I’ve been a long time sufferer of OCD even though I only recently got diagnosed. My OCD began around the time when I was about 8 or 9 and experienced the death of my great grandfather. Soon after that, I began to feel the need to pray constantly for my family in order to keep them alive...
  5. N

    HELP Prayer Request Please (OCD and Intrusive Thoughts)

    I created this account just so I could post this honestly. I suffer from OCD and intrusive thoughts, and its severely impacting my religious beliefs. Some of my worries include accidentally praying Bad Things or praying to.... a certain bad guy in Christianity (don't wanna say the name because...
  6. S

    Baptism

    Hello I got baptized as a baby and raised up as a catholic but now I'm just a christian who just believe in what the bible says and not in the Catholic teaching but the bible says reprent and be Baptized and as a baby I didn't reprent or believed. Should I get baptised now when I believe I...
  7. Ashley755

    I need prayer for a couple of things

    Hi brothers and sisters, Not quite sure where to begin, but truthfully I just need prayer for my doubts, and my OCD, and the fears I've been experiencing as of late. I'm hoping to return to a place of confidence and right-mindedness soon. I'm hoping for deliverance from a lot of things. Thanks...
  8. S

    Unforgiveable sin

    hello I wonder if I have done the unforgivable sin. I wanted to say I love the holy spirit but I said I love my holy spirit. I said it more ignorantly and accidentally because now I no longer know exactly how and what I said it and whether I really said it or thought it. I had read somewhere...
  9. S

    OCD & Faith

    Just wondering if anyone has overcome OCD affecting their Faith and how they did it? Im having problems finding a good Christian therapist/counsellor... I have had 2 moments of relief for a few hours from this but after all the ocd comes back. I want to be able to read my Bible and listen to...
  10. Ozious

    Scared to read the Bible

    So I've been putting off reading the Bible for some time now because, well, I'm afraid to. To put things into context, I've struggled with really bad scrupulosity for a good majority of my life, and I've had to deal with it on my own. A lot of what I dealt with had to do with morality issues...
  11. J

    A cycle of stress, confusion, and exhaustion. What is this?

    I'm 18 years old, I really don't know what this is... I really didn't think I'd end up posting a thread regarding this situation... I'm sexually and romantically attracted to females. That's something I have no doubt about. Though, it's as if there's something in my head trying to tell me I'm...
  12. Joy Allen

    Workplace Advice Please

    Guys, I pulled a summer job in a photo studio. I sweat to death in it. No air conditioner. I get to the point where my ears almost pop and I want to faint. I only pulled it as a summer job because I work in education and I have a pretty little student loan. I'm married and I don't want my...
  13. Heartofsilver

    Ruminating Past truamas

    Hello everyone, I keep ruminating about a crisis that involved my abusive family that happened months ago while I was having psychiatric issues. A part of what my mind has me thinking about is how after I shouted empty threats to my dad while on the phone with my boyfriend who has mild...
  14. Joy Allen

    Does anyone relate to me or can anyone help me?

    My family doctor prescribed me with a generalized anxiety disorder. I was put on a low dose of Lexapro and I just recently went off of it after two years and I feel fine. I do not feel the physical anxiety feelings (I used to feel shaky on the inside). I got to the point where all I did was live...
  15. B

    Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit - Why there is still Hope for You!

    I will give you some additional details on the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, but for you who struggle with this, I think your real freedom will come from understanding God's true character, the love and mercy of God. How He turns heart towards Him. Understanding His Grace. You need these...
  16. Heartofsilver

    A few months ago...

    Hello everyone, A few months ago I started having severe panic attacks which was triggered on by my OCD/rumination thoughts and going too hard for too long with school which resulted in me not properly taking care of myself. This was due to lack of time and mishandling by the university. I also...
  17. R

    Need Help grieved holy spirit

    Hi, I posted some background in my intro thread but as name suggests I am coming out of a period of backsliding. I grew up in the mainline church and when I was 19 I was convicted of sin by the Holy Spirit and was born again. I was a new creation in Jesus Christ and was on fire for about a...
  18. K

    Anger and Blasphemous thoughts

    hi, I wanted to know if anyone has gone through something similar as me. I find that when ever I am irritaded by something or feel convicted about something or that I have to pray out of compulsion that I get really angry and then start grtting blasphemous thoughts about Holy Spirit. It feels...
  19. A

    OCD/Vows as a child?

    Hello everyone. I was wondering about being bound to a rash vow/oath I made as a young girl. I should say that while I do not have medically diagnosed OCD, I have struggled with impulsive thoughts and suicidal thoughts ever since I was in the third grade, and many of my symptoms match that of an...
  20. H

    To all who Need Hope and Help with OCD/Instrusive thoughts/fear/anxiety

    HELLO ALL. So i have been delivered from all of these terrible struggles regarding instrusive thoughts, ocd, fear of blasphemy, etc. all the stuff that you all post about and currently struggle with. I was the worst of the worst just about. I am here to tell you there is hope and healing and...