a new obsession!

[PjC23565]

hey guys, i have OCD and scrupulosity. but right now im having a new obsession.

Im so scared that i DONT have OCD and that all this crap that i do is really ME!!!! i feel hopeless, like theres no answer to whats wrong with me. has any ever had this obsession!?

 

[marcb]

Rest assured, you have called it what it is, an obsession. "What if I don't have OCD" is a common one and I went through it pretty hard. This can be a pretty nasty one, because it can give your anxious brain a lot to obsess over. The fact that we have this obsession makes it pretty clear to me that we do have ocd.

The thing about ocd is there is always one more problem to solve, and if you are tired of one, there is one waiting for you. I try to surrender it all and rest in God's grace.

Hang in there. Marc

 

[Softee]

Yeah i have these feelings a lot, ignore them though because if it was you, it wouldn't be bothering you, just another obsession ocd wants to throw at u

 

[seajoy]

hey guys, i have OCD and scrupulosity. but right now im having a new obsession.

Im so scared that i DONT have OCD and that all this crap that i do is really ME!!!! i feel hopeless, like theres no answer to whats wrong with me. has any ever had this obsession!?

Yep, nearly every ocd'er has this thought. It's one of the ways my doctors knew for sure I had it.

 

[wiggsfly]

I've had that one for a while. Actually, there was a good 10 year period where I went from one disease to the other...

...I think the doc thought I was trying to keep him in business on my own...

...Now that I finally got past diseases I'm on economics....

 

[StephenDM]

I know I have OCD but have never heard of "scrupulosity" - I looked up the definition and decided that it is exactly what I have as well. Amazing that we are all so alike!

Concerning your quote: "I'm so scared that I don't have OCD and that all this crap I do is really me!"

I think this might be what some people might believe about mental illness (ie some very legalistic Christians)

However, the fact that you are worrying about this I think proves that you do have OCD.

I acknowlege that we frequently have to use the term "OCD" to try and help others understand us, but in the big picture I don't think God cares what we call ourselves but onl;y what He calls us. Whether we have OCD or do not have OCD is irrelevant. Fact of the matter is, God confines all humans under sin (Jer. 17:9-10) and then proclaims believers totally well and sound in Christ Jesus. If we don't "feel" well it is merely because we have trouble seeing the truth through the awful world in which we live. We won't be totally saved form this world until we die (Romans 8:23-25).

 

[gracealone]

Yep! Me too. Had that same thought/obsession. Diabolical sometimes isn't it.
My test is if I'm obsessing and anxious about the obsessing it's OCD for sure.
Mitzi

 

[powerofprayer]

Me too!! I've been OCD since I was a teenager and I now have 3 daughters - ALL diagnosed and being treated for OCD - yet I still "obsess" over whether or not I really have OCD. I think this is a very common obsession.
Sandy

 

[jesussaves1989]

I had an obsession once. Over a person. It got so bad that, today, him and I can't even be friends anymore. But it was more of a controling issue with me. I also thought at one time "I think it's really me. I think my mind has a mind of its own." I've learned that OCD can be controlled. So, now when I start to obsess over something, I do stuff to get the obsession off my mind. For example, read, write or you could think of something you want to do. That's how you break an obsession. So, I don't think people should worry about if they have it or not. Because if you do, don't be ashamed because you aren't alone.